Roostre's 1967 C20

[Roostre]

Big day today. I started out installing the front inner fenders. The passenger's side reproduction fit only OK. I managed to mangle it around and get it in there. It is fine to the casual observer and works for my driver's truck. The driver's side original fell into place when I looked at it.

After that, the battery tray and coolant overflow bottle went back in. That reminds me that I owe a coolant reservoir thread here a picture of my beer bottle zip tied in place overflow reservoir. I'll have to grab that tomorrow.

Next up was installing the battery, reconnecting the front lights, and routing the wiring harnesses under the hood back through their plastic trays. Shockingly to me, all of the electrical worked: every single light came on with the switches, the vent blower fan fired up, and even my windshield wipers were on. My son likes to play in the cab pulling knobs and pushing buttons, so the blower fan and windshield wipers startled me when I connected the ground to the battery.

After all that proved to work, I couldn't very well stop without seeing if the engine would pop off. I poured some fuel down the carb vent to fill the bowls, and twisted on it. It fired right off without any hesitation! I love small block Chevy's, they just go.

With everything working, I'm more convinced than ever this old girl wants to be back on the road. All I have left is to put the interior back together. I also have rear shocks to slap on her.