Thanks Jim, I appreciate that. Late 60's Novas and 66 Chevelles are my favorite cars. Seem like they all have SS emblems on em now. You'd think GM only made them that way. A 250 with a T5 would be a great set up in a Nova. I mentioned in another post someplace that I bought a set of NOS clutch and brake pedals for a late 60s-early 70s nova at Hershey. Had the Z-bar and all the doodads. Great score. It's on my automotive bucket list for sure. (Jay coached me all along the way doing my T5)
My buddy John and I spent 12 hours this weekend trying to sort out the electrical on this truck. The guy I got it from put in a 12 volt harness, but since I bought it without a motor and trans there were quite a few wires dangling. Also, I never got the wiring diagram so we really didn't know what went where. I really don't know what I was thinking but I figured it'd take us 4 or 5 hours. Doh! At this point I've got headlights, running lights, tail and brake lights. The truck starts with a switch. The alternator works, but we have to make a change to the wiring, and we ran a lead for an electric fan, but we need to add in a relay and a switch for it. We changed out a headlight bucket for a new one too. I've got no dash or gauge lights, but that's due to a faulty headlight switch. I'd like to get the dome light and horn to work. That might be asking for a lot. Lol.
If it wasn't for a few friends of mine, especially my buddy John from high school (close to 40 years ago), this truck wouldn't even have a motor in it yet!
I'm still trying to get a lot more done before June 1st, but I'm falling behind on my "real" work. Ugh. As I like to say, I'll see how it goes!
