67' Grande Parisienne daily driver build

dudemanbro · Addicted!

67' Grande Parisienne daily driver build

craigd · Veteran Member

Good luck with the work that lies ahead....

Should be sweet with that 427.. smile

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

Sounds like a great deal Justin! What year/kind of truck are you taking the engine out of? Good luck!

I taking the day off tomorrow (it was hot working outside today, luckily we have a breeze here up on the north shore). I'm going to a small car show in Kensington tomorrow.

-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Saturday 20th of August 2011 03:16:57 PM

dudemanbro · Addicted!

@$!&^^$*^%$%^$&$*%$ i forgot to take my camera...

anyways the truck is a late 70's/early 80's gmc top kick, yes i know it is a talldeck motor but it runs too good for me to not take up on the deal. the owner is making a trailer out of the truck frame because he is a very small farmer and cant afford to put the truck on the road so he told me that if i took the time to pull the motor it is mine biggrin

anyways i need a wiper motor and big block chev motor mounts (the whole thing, even the part that bolts to the motor

do you have a wiper motor in the old parts car you have? if you do message me

dudemanbro · Addicted!

heres the way the GP' sits now, i will get some pics up of the motor and i will snap some when im working on it.

i have all of the parts for the front clip, all i need to put the car on the road is my emergency brake cables, tranny, brake pads and thats it...

going to drive it for a year or so then pull it apart for a resto..

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

dudemanbro wrote:
going to drive it for a year or so then pull it apart for a resto..

Good idea Justin! At least you have a lot of room to swing that 427 in there!

dudemanbro · Addicted!

heres some pics of the 427... now to just find a tranny

dudemanbro · Addicted!

motor is now ready for the car...might be getting a tranny in a weeks time, then i just need a clutch and brake shoes :)

Elroy · Poncho Master!

nice work, are you using the high mount waterpump , intake pulleys and all that ? I wonder if someone makes an alum intake for a tall deck?

rabbit64cs · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Elroy wrote:
nice work, are you using the high mount waterpump , intake pulleys and all that ? I wonder if someone makes an alum intake for a tall deck?

not sure about the intake,, but they do make intake spacers so that any BBC intake can be used.

dudemanbro · Addicted!

rabbit64cs wrote:
Elroy wrote:
nice work, are you using the high mount waterpump , intake pulleys and all that ? I wonder if someone makes an alum intake for a tall deck?
not sure about the intake,, but they do make intake spacers so that any BBC intake can be used.

there are some intakes that they make but they cost lots of $$$$$ so spacers are more ideal

the only thing thats changed is a low profile aircleaner, plugs, wires, cap, rotor button etc.......and no air compresser

jonathanD · Poncho Master!

dam thats a nice engine! i can't wait to see your car on the road again!

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

jonathanD wrote:
dam thats a nice engine! i can't wait to see your car on the road again!

I can't wait to see you two young guns get your cars on the road!

dudemanbro · Addicted!

Found a transmission!!!!... smile . 4 spd muncie out of a chevy monza.

comes with clutch, bellhousing but needs a shifter. im getting it for 300 and hes holding it for me till i get the money, cant wait for the 20th... biggrin

by then i should have everything else i need rounded up so by the end of october the car might be running/driving.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Chances are if it's an original Monza trans it's a Saginaw but that is fine. It's just not as strong as a Munce but if you drive it a bit on the easy side it will live.

crazyj · Poncho Master!

I think you might be disappointed in the engine as far as performance unless you make some changes. Not sure what you expect ,if you plan on hauling gravel your on the right track. You might want to do some measuring to make sure it will fit ,the brake booster might be in the way because of the taller deck height. Are you planning on using the stock exhaust manifolds or headers ,again check for clearance. If you change the distributor you will need to build or buy one with a slip collar to make it fit. There are lots of 454's around ,put your steel 427 crank in one and build an engine that you know will fit and the parts are plentiful. I seen a fella put a stock tall deck in his 62 Chevy truck he figured it would go like stink....wrong it was like a boat anchor. Anyway good luck with your project ,I just wanted to tell you about my experience with the 427 TD.
P.S. That steel 427 crank and 4 bolt caps are worth $1000.00 alone ,good find.

Crazy J

dudemanbro · Addicted!

biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin picking up my tranny this weekend...did i mention " biggrin " ?

anyways its not the transmission that i was talking about earlier, this transmission is out of a 1980s camaro, i chose this because it has a hydro. clutch and thats what the car is setup for, its also the identical tranny that came out of the car recently so i wont have to move the tranny cross member. oh by the way, i bought a set of brand new BBC motor mounts 1 day before i found the original motor mounts, brake peddle(which is now put away if i ever want to put the car back to an auto), and along with all this other stuff i found the pieces that were removed from the center console so a manual trany could be used.

p.s.... some pics will be up soon as im staring to do some body work, maybe even some pics of the new to me truck i recently grabed

-- Edited by dudemanbro on Thursday 3rd of November 2011 09:06:51 AM

dualquadpete · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Just reading 1st part of this thread & thought [hurts doing that] any chance this engine could be a 366 & not a 427??? Both are tall decks & the 366 was quite common in the top kicks & brigadiers [ Chev & GMC] Bags of torque & not so on the rev. dept.

dudemanbro · Addicted!

dualquadpete wrote:
Just reading 1st part of this thread & thought [hurts doing that] any chance this engine could be a 366 & not a 427??? Both are tall decks & the 366 was quite common in the top kicks & brigadiers [ Chev & GMC] Bags of torque & not so on the rev. dept.

it is a 427, the original owner told me he had the opturnity to buy the same truck with a 366 but he turned it down, the 427 should be good for 4500-5000rpm but no more, i had it up to 4600 in the truck when i took it for a drive.

oh and i was reading on another forum that the 366 can be bored out to a 396...is this true i wonder?

jonathanD · Poncho Master!

Pontiacanada wrote:
jonathanD wrote:
dam thats a nice engine! i can't wait to see your car on the road again!
I can't wait to see you two young guns get your cars on the road!

by the end of movember ill be driving again hopfully just a bunch of metal work today

jonathanD · Poncho Master!

dudemanbro wrote:
dualquadpete wrote:
Just reading 1st part of this thread & thought [hurts doing that] any chance this engine could be a 366 & not a 427??? Both are tall decks & the 366 was quite common in the top kicks & brigadiers [ Chev & GMC] Bags of torque & not so on the rev. dept.
it is a 427, the original owner told me he had the opturnity to buy the same truck with a 366 but he turned it down, the 427 should be good for 4500-5000rpm but no more, i had it up to 4600 in the truck when i took it for a drive.
oh and i was reading on another forum that the 366 can be bored out to a 396...is this true i wonder?

if your going to do a full resto later on... Don't worry about what size the engine is your going to get another engine right? i know i am. going to rebuild the 283 to look stock and sound stock but have a little more kick to her! but Again your making Great progress and i can't wait to see the next step!

dudemanbro · Addicted!

had the bbc running not long ago and it sounds great now the new plugs/wires/cap/rotor and carb rebuild kit helped it alot, before the motor was running to rich