Oh sure, 2 miles from our house and you never stopped in!

Remember the butternut yellow 67 SD 396 at the swap meet? My neighbour? You drove almost right past his front door...

Anyway, looks great. Carry on!

very nice   once you have a "rat" you will never go back.

427carl wrote:

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69Laurentian wrote:

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I hope to be doing what you are doing this fall on my Laurentian. Let us know how it goes and what snags, if any you have.
Tdd

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        Thats a "for sure" project!   Rare one owner Rat motor located. Canadian motor sold at Pontiac dealer in South Western Ont.  Will fit all Laurentians


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More details please!  Inquiring minds want to know!

Carl I should have popped by (is his name ken?) to look at his power steering brackets!hahaha! This might be pushing it, but would you be able to ask him if he has a spare set? I'd like to test fit them with that pump at bought at the swap meet before ordering a set from Year One.... of course having a dad who's a machinist he's already onto fabbing something... "why buy it when you can make it!?"

I'm itching to get it out, before this fast summer flies by!...

andrew

p.s. wishing i was barrie to buy some parts!!

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Looks like the underhood shot of that 68 that sold from PEI.

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      As usual, you have a "good eye"  that was a shot ,to show,how his motor will look,  of course with a little clean up..  The 427 was actually sold at a Chevrolet dealer,but will fit a Cdn Pontiac.. I recently aquired the Rat, and Todd is buying it on the monthly (dont tell the wife) plan. lol  I got him a "deal" on financing. $50.00 per month for 9 years (including interest) Last payment must have something to do with a party, as they mentioned balloons? 

By massaging you mean with a big hammer? I just bought some flow-tech ceramic coated headers and cant get the passenger side to fit . I think my frame might be sagging

Carl,
Cheaper yes, but fun, no! That car needs a big block..

I used 454 1990-93 truck engine mounts(the part on the frame) on a 81 Malibu, and it sat the motor a little higher...

I keep forgetting to ask you. Do you have the ps fluid remote reservoir that mounts up in the corner?

On other brands that first tube is beside the second tube not in front... anyways i had to bend it in a lot to get it to fit... but i've blasted them and repainted, and the engine should be going in this week... my brackets are coming from Ausleys and Summit this week... also upgrading the sway bars on the car and bought chrome wheel well mouldings...not sure if i'll like them on the car but i'll see how they look...

i have some 1.75" mandrel bent tubing from when i modified my sbc headers for angle plugs, so this winter i'll pull that header and re-shape that tube, i'll have to practice my mig skills its been a few years....

andrew

yes i do, i picked it up at the swap meet, from a BBC truck though, i ordered all the brackets for the PS from Ausleys, and the Alternator brackets from Summit... they had the best prices on those parts... sickening the upcharge locally (3 brackets: $80 at summit, $180 at softys) i also bought the stock bracket to mount the resevoir to the fender, chrome armrest bases etc...

Carl, you'll probably know this!... the PS pump i picked up has a press fit pulley, where my original one has the keyway/nut.... i think the press fit only started in the mid 70s, so i'm assuming the guts were rebuilt on this pump at one time? since i have a chrome pulley for the keyway style i'm probably going to disassemble the one i bought and put my other guts in to use the 67 vintage keyway/nut pulley.... have you ever pulled one apart? do you think i can just re-use the o-ring??

while i have the engine on the stand, i'm trying to run my plug wires under the headers (versus over the valve covers -which is easier!) and up at the back of the heads... its going to take some extra work/retainers etc to make it fit well, but it will look nice and clean not having the wires draped over the valve covers...

thanks,
andrew

I think the only difference is the return line spigot configuration... i do not know the difference to see it, but i could send you a pic of mine...and perhaps find one off an original chevelle... the resevoir is identical... if the only difference is the return spigot then i assume you can solder (or maybe its pressed in?) a more correct looking one on and all of sudden you add $150 to the value of the pump!!