Rebeldryver's '65 Impala SS Black Betty

[Scott Liggett]

Cars lookin good Reb!


randome, but- Jericho is on instant netflix now. i remembered that you mentioned your car as an extra once, and right then it shows up parked next to the main characters Road Runner

Its sitting next to an Abrams tank in one episode. I got screen time in another, the last one I worked. Someone here got a screenshot of it. My Caprice got a flash on that episode too.

[Scott Liggett]

I've been driving the car since I got back. The clutch is set in now. I took apart the carb and cleaned it out cause it had six month old gas in it. The brake pedal is slow to come back for some reason. I noticed grease on one of the rotors too. Weird. I'll grease up the pedal shaft where it swivels, then investigate the power booster/master cylinder.

[Scott Liggett]

I've been driving the car since I got back. The clutch is set in now. I took apart the carb and cleaned it out cause it had six month old gas in it. The brake pedal is slow to come back for some reason. I noticed grease on one of the rotors too. Weird. I'll grease up the pedal shaft where it swivels, then investigate the power booster/master cylinder.

After driving it to work this morning, I'm pretty sure the problem is the CPP booster. The amount of boost varies from good to none.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Is it grease on the rotor or dirty/greasy brake fluid? With your description, it sounds to me that you have a a leaky seal on the caliper.

[Scott Liggett]

Is it grease on the rotor or dirty/greasy brake fluid? With your description, it sounds to me that you have a a leaky seal on the caliper.

Its just a spot about the size and shape of the pad. I went looking for leaks because of this. No sign. Maybe just from the car sitting unmoved for six months left it.

[SuperBuickGuy]

it's just a guess on my part - I had a truck that had similar issues and the cause was a faulty caliper.... but there really wasn't any sign it was leaking. the only way I know what it was - when I replaced the caliper the problem never returned

[RustyRodder]

Its sitting next to an Abrams tank in one episode. I got screen time in another, the last one I worked. Someone here got a screenshot of it. My Caprice got a flash on that episode too.

havent seen you yet- Ill look.



Underside looks clean!

Im not as jealous as I would have been a year ago, since I got one of them cali cars now :D

[Caveman Tony]

sweet music on that vid, Scott!

What are your cam specs? LSA?

I want that noise!!

[Scott Liggett]

Here are shots of the car on set with the tank. The tank isn't really an Abrams. It's a British Centurian that has new body panels welded on.





This is the screen shot.

[Scott Liggett]

I found some pics of my Impala I shot right after I moved to LA 12 years ago. It still had it's stink bug stance and the body was at I bought the car three years earlier. I shot these with my Dad's 1965 Nikon F and a Nikkor-Q Auto 1:3.5 f= 13.5 cm telephoto lens. This was up on Mulholland Dr looking back over the San Fernando Valley.

I liked, still like, the look of the car, but it drove horribly.







This was taken at the beach just after I lowered the car. It's overexposed a bit.

[kyhunter89]

Love the look after its lowered. Are the front tires as far outward as you can get without rubbing?

[Scott Liggett]

They got pushed out by 5/8th of an inch on each side with the disc brake conversion, after these pics were taken. The front's have never rubbed.

[RustyRodder]

Here are shots of the car on set with the tank. The tank isn't really an Abrams. It's a British Centurian that has new body panels welded on.





This is the screen shot.

haha, thats quite awesome!

[Scott Liggett]

Possible Drag Week Participation Plans

Thanks to Randall, I may be going on Drag Week 2011.

I am wondering what I should do to the car for this, or should I just leave it in it's mostly reliable, and slow, shape.

I just replaced the trans, clutch and scattershield. I have the 8.2 in. 10 bolt with 3.36 gearing, GM posi in it now. I have a 12 bolt, GM posi, and Richmond 3.73 gears that would need to put together and installed.

The 383 sbc short block is old and tired, but still runs good. Built in '94 and has around 75,000 miles on it. The Vic Jr heads, Comp XE288HR cam are three years old.

There is no cage, don't really need it, no driveshaft loop. I've had issues with the wheel studs and the lugs that have closed ends so the inspectors can't see how far the threads go through the lugs. There have been arguments about how much thread contact I need. I'm also using the original seat belts.

I don't have tons of cash to throw at the car. I'm wondering where I should start, priority wise, to get the car prepped.

[squirrel]

Buy some studs and nuts. Or run stock type steel wheels.

If you guys keep this up, I'm gonna have to go too