my 1970 belvedere project

[Basket case]

looks great!

 

[bigredbird]

^ x5!

When you lasered the line, did you take into account the amount of lift that the body's got at the back end?

 

[joshb1983]

really need to find some bucket seats and the lil side scoop louvers and a few lil odds and end things for body...then only thing left is the drive line...need to find a good 8 3/4 rearend and prob a drive shaft..since im putting a 727 in it and not sure if my old one will fit...i see alot of ppl putting the go wing spoiler on the 70s would it look good on mine?i like it normal but wondering if spoiler would make it look better.any ideas?

 

[moparstuart]

lookin good

 

[moparstuart]

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?t=27233

 

[Ron 73]

That isint a bad price Stu! Last one i think around 135 bucks...

 

[joshb1983]

got the stripe for decklid and put it on yesterday...it turned out pretty good..pain in *** though,,my trunk lid is a lil higher on left side or my rear left corners a lil higher,,so i had to put stripe on a lil lower on left side,its only way i could keep stripe straight and level,,the end cap for quarter panel or what ever its called seen a lil higher or my trunk lids tweaked not sure which ones making it off

 

[roadrunnerman]

looks good. I would say your trunk lid is tweaked like you thought.

 

[Basket case]

fantastic! now....about those wheels......

 

[joshb1983]

took some pics of car today...i think its looking alot better than it did when i got it

 

[Basket case]

:jerk:without question! It's amazing how some "simple" mods can improve the look. be proud youngman :jerk:

 

[joshb1983]

heres a few more...i took a bunch but fig id show the best ones

 

[moparstuart]

looks fantastic

 

[joshb1983]

heres the head off the 440 i got..im gonna rebuild them my self...there 452s

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here they are after i cleaned them and took a grinder the them

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here they are after i did the valve job on them

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heres the valves after i did them

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thats my progress so far...i got a 440 and a rebuilt 727 off my cousin for 450 bucks..i decided to rebuild the original heads to save some money..want some aluminum heads but cant fit into budget right now..the blocks at my cousins being rebuilt..boring 30 over and new pistons and all the goodies..i took heads with me to try and save..fig down the road i will buy some aluminum heads..

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View attachment 86603heres my dads old 70 roadrunner pics from early 90s..the hood off that car is the one on my car now..pretty cool to have something off my dads old car on mine now..my cousin hung onto hood for 20 plus yrs

 

[Basket case]

the heads look great...but I don't see Dad's road runner.....

 

[joshb1983]

heres his old RR my hood came of off..this is the car that made me want a 70 b body ever since i was a kid..the black car beside it was his 1968 396 ss camaro,not bad for a chevy, it was a mean car

 

[Basket case]

you gonna do the Centerlines too? great lookin '70

 

[Propwash]

Nice touches Josh. She looks good!

 

[bigredbird]

the hood off that car is the one on my car now..pretty cool to have something off my dads old car on mine now..my cousin hung onto hood for 20 plus yrs

That is very, very cool. Best kind of family tradition! :icon_thumleft:

 

[moparstuart]

great job keep it up