I went under the car to do a bit of a clean-up around the mid-crossmember and realized that there was just too much crud that I couldn’t get at under the car. Fortunately there are only four short and two long bolts to remove so an easy removal – especially since there was plenty of oily residue over them. ( and the parking brake mechanism needed to come off too)
Freshly painted with a coat of Tremclad satin rust paint. I’ll let it dry and give it a final coat of Tremclad gloss black – both are oil based.
While the paint is drying I went back underneath the car to clean off the thick oily crud from the floor pans and trans/driveshaft hump. Messy, but nice to have it cleaned up.
In between times I sandblasted the fan. I have a new fan clutch on the way. I’m puzzling now what colour to paint it – black, Chevy orange, silver???
My adapters arrived to fit the 2″ exhaust to the 2.5″ mufflers. The band clamps came in also so I’m pretty well ready to install the exhaust once the engine is back in.
Got a set of hangars for the C3, but as usual they needed mods for them to work right. Extra holes needed.
Lining everything up so the pipes are held in roughly the centre of the crossmember opening.
Using a scrap piece of 2″ pipe I’ve got the hanger in a nice spot. Now to do the other side.
Crossmember back in place and all is ready for the engine install:-)
Next: Getting the re-built engine in place.