1965 Chevrolet Impala: 2017

Sunday 15 October 2017

Air Filter Shroud

Next on the list in the quest to satisfy the engineer... shroud over the pod filter.

In NSW, we need to create a shield around the air filter to prevent any petrol fumes in the engine bay being ignited by the flames of a back-fire.

The Impala (being the tank that it is) had plenty of space to route the intake and to fit the pod filter in the front left corner of the engine bay. So all we needed to do was fold up some gal sheet to enclose said corner of the bay.

Time to get the carboard out...

Then the steel version...

Rivnuts are my new best friends... brilliant for this sort of work.

Test fit...

Then paint (satin black of course) and final fit...

JRD

Exterior Rear View Mirrors

Car came with driver's side only; required on BOTH sides for engineering.

New ones on both sides at the same time...

Sunday 26 February 2017

Speedo Controller

The desire has always been to keep the exterior and interior as stock as possible.

For the interior, rather than go for a dash with electronic displays driven by the ECU, the plan is to keep the original dashboard and have the speedo driven by an aftermarket controller that gets its input from the VSS, controls the speed of a stepper motor which drives a traditional mechanical speedo cable.

Enter the Dakota Digital Electric Cable Drive Speedo Control Unit (ECD-100-1) purchased through Summit.

Controller unit mounted in the glovebox...

IGNORE! WRONG! BAD! The red wire in the photo here is (incorrectly) wired to battery positive, it has since been (correctly) wired to switched positive (ignition-on)...