1966 Chevy Impala Build (Senior Project)

Passengers side perfect no dents or rust

Another Passenger side Photo

Front of the Impala... Missing one small trim peace on the right side

Drivers side... Bent/ruined trim mold... missing drivers window glass

Time Log

May 5, Car was delivered at my house.

May 10, 2 hours. Cleaned the engine bay.

May 13, 2 hours. Pulled old motor out and striped it down to the block.

May 14, 1.5 hours. Cleaned up the old motor, made sure it was in build-able shape.

May 26, 2 hours. Took off left fender and hood, cleaned out the trunk and interior.

May 28, 3 hours. Removed all of the interior, cleaned the brakes so it could be pushed around.

June 6, 6 hours. striped the car down to just the shell sitting on the frame.

June 7, 2 hours. Removed the body from the frame.

June 9, 5 hours. Sand Blasted the frame.

June 10, 2 hour. Painted the Frame

June 20, 2 hour. removed all the panes of glass.

July 20, 3 hours. removed old suspension, and installed new shocks and front a-arm bushings and sway-bar bushings.

July 27, 1.5 hours. Undercoated the body.

August 14, 2 hours. Cleaned and sandblasted the cylinder heads.

August 15, 1 hour. sanded and painted rear end cover and drive shaft.

September 20, 4 hours. took apart the rear end and changed the old gear oil, painted the cover, and put it all back together.

October 5, 1 hour. went around finding every little kink and scratch to sand out.

November 10, 2 hours. sand blasted the heads.

November 11, 3 hours. started to clean up the valves and started to seat the valves in the heads.

November 16, 3 hours. cut out windshield, sanded door jams, in and around the dash.

November 17, 4 hours. ground out all the old bondo that was from the old body work. sanded down all the rough spots, started to work on the body work.

November 17, 5 hours. sat down and pounded all the kinks out and ground out the rust spots. Using a few special tools to roll the tin back to its old shape.

December 6, 5 hours. Put all new body bushing on frame, cutting and adjusting for the new size.

December 7, 3 hours.

December 15, 3 hours. Starting honing and cutting the cylinder walls.

December 18, 2 hours, cleaned the block up and honed it one last time before we send it off to get cleaned and cam bearings put in it.

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Total Time: 70 hours

1966 Chevy Impala Build (Senior Project)

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Opening the hood and just walking around looking at it.

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