Topic: Netbrsr 79 400 4 Speed

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I purchased this car in May 2010 off of ebay,  the car was in Western Missouri.  

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Here it comes apart

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Motor out

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Interior on its way out,  still working on getting the ducts out.

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And now for the bad,  the only sheet metal problems are the floor pans,  the passenger side was the original one I noticed so I ordered one from http://www.body-panel.com/.  will see what I get when it gets here.

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I did some quicky sandblasting on the floors to knock off the rattle can paint someone had painted and found I need a drivers seat area pan as well.   I may try to get this side out of my parts car,  need to inspect next time i am there. 

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On a side note,  I am glad the majority is apart,  I am running out of basement storage.

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I also ordered the 79 restoration guide today from here,  hope it helps me get this back together.

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While pulling the motor,  I found out its locked up,  I bought it un running but was told that it did run,  so didnt think I had a motor problem until now. 
I took the heads off and found a little rust,  sprayed some pbrustbuster in there and let it sit over night,  it turns over now,  so I think no major problems.  However since i now have the engine tore down,  I am looking to change blocks,  this one is a 500557 block and after some research I am not sure I want to put the $$$ into it,  would rather find a xx481988  block to replace it with. 

I am not planning any serious mods,  so I am sure the block I have would work just fine,  just one of those things I guess.

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Here is the major parts list that I know of:
xx481988 block
Super T10  (have bell housing, flywheel, clutch and pressure plate)
Drivers floor pan seat area only

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I am planning on making something similar to this,  to flip it on its side.  Anyone out there tried this?




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[mont1le]

Looks to be a cool project.
Was the car an original 400 4 spd car or you are making it one?
What year was the ngine you took out and what heads are on it now?

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It's an original 4 speed car vin (2W87Z9L******),  but the motor and tranny were long gone.  The engine that was in it is a 77 YU coded 400.

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It was also an originally dark blue exterior/baby blue interior.  I am thinking of making it corvette yellow with tan interior. I never was a big fan of the baby blue interior.

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So far it's been alot of fun:)