My 66 Build

[Todd66]

Well I did get it all together for the show. I ended up trailering it to and from the show because I had basically 0 miles on it. It has some carb tuning issues and it was running too warm for my liking on the cruise, but I am glad to finally be able to drive it. (My wife is glad it is "done" too).
"The trailer queen"

[Chip]

It has been a long time since I've seen that sticker in your rear window! Was that on the car when you bought it? Or are you an old member? Car looks awesome!

[Todd66]

My car was out of Reno, NV. It was actually from my daughter's car when we bought it in American Fork. I thought it was cool so I kept it for mine. Priveledge of paying the bills and doing the work

[Todd66]

I thought I would give and update and a couple of things I learned. First, at least on a ball joint beam, the 17X7 BRM do not work very well on the front. The turning radius sucks. The inside of the wheel hits the lower torsion arm when turning. I have 1/4" spacers to try and help. I am looking into disc brakes to help push out some more. (The wheels look cool though ). Even with the vents in the decklid I was running too hot. I finally removed the decklid so I can drive it and tune. I will try and chronicle my solutions. I have a couple of ideas, because I don't want to resort to stand offs. I developed an ignition miss at lower RPM's. I pulled all the plugs to look and could see nothing wrong. I decided at that time to get rid of the Spiral Pro wires. I think there seal instead of the flapper for sealing at the tin is a good idea, but a total pain in the a$$ in the real world. It also fixed my misfire . The 2275 runs well and is fun to drive everyday.

[Todd66]

I finally installed the radio I got for Fathers Day.

I thought about installing the rear speakers under the package tray to hide them, but decided it was not practical to lower the rear seat everytime I wanted to listen to the radio.

The front speakers are waiting on me to make the mounts. I know they sell them, but part of my idea for this project was to see what I can do instead of buy. Ok I am cheap
The funny thing is I haven't been listening to the radio, because I like the sound of the engine more.

[Todd66]

So I finally decided I could no longer live with the terrible turning radius brought on by the offset of the 17x7 wheels. My crew cab, long bed f-350 has a better turning radius. The wheels hit the sway bar/lower torsion arm. I was already running 1/4"spacers to help push them out.
I decided I would install CB's disc brake kit to push them out further. I really didn't see any issue with the drums, but I had to do something and I didn't want to run a ton of spacers.
Where the rim was rubbing

Out with the old

In with the new

As far as I got last night. I forgot to bring home my race driver and bearing packer from work.

[Todd66]

I have been driving my bug everyday now. It has been a blast. 23-25MPG pretty much all around town, so I can;t complain. I am interested to see what it will get on a long freeway cruise. I finally got the carbs jetted correctly with my wideband. Thanks to John @ aircooled. He has been very helpful in this process. I have been fighting oil temp getting hot, so I bought a Derale atomic cool cooler. It took some figuring to get it mounted up above the trans but I finally did get it to fit. I had to order some 90 AN fitting to make the bend and I am waiting on them to show up.

[RAMZROD]