I have forgotten to update this thread in here, so let's continue... The Impala is pretty close of being driveable now, I've had bunch of stuff to do in life so progress has been kinda slow but steady...
I had bought a set of Hedman headers for this. Now that I was going to bolt them on, I had a local company put a ceramic coating on them.
One part that I couldn't find anywhere was the oil filler tube for intake manifold. All speed shops here in Finland were out of stock and they were not easy to order from USA either. Several companies there were out of stock as well, or if not, they offered a decent priced part, but a ridicullous postage for it... Luckily, I found one used from a friend. Just had to give it a bit of sanding and a new paint.
As far as the carburetor, I decided to go with a Quadrajet. Simply because I had one laying around (old carb from our race car) and I'm quite familiar with it.
I wanted to make a proper fuel line instead of fuel hose, so I had to find the right fitting for the carb. That turned out to be super hard too. No-one had one in stock. But then I found a newer electric Quadrajet that was pretty much junk but had the fitting I needed from a swap meet.
Here are the rest of the supplies for the fuel line project... The glass filter has been waiting in a box for 30 years to be installed in this car. My father never got it installed before, so now I did.
Fuel pump needed a good cleanup.
The engine bay was really dirty. After a lot of cleanup and sanding I was able to get it ready for paint. Firewall was painted red and rest of the engine bay and frame rails are black.
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After:
Air cleaner needed some modifications. I wanted to use the stock air cleaner with the Quadrajet, but of course it didn't fit. The center hole was too small. Friend gave me an aftermarket air cleaner base by Edelbrock. It fit the carburetor, but not the air cleaner. So after a bit of cutting and welding, I grafted the aftermarket base center hole to stock 2bbl air cleaner base. Now it fits both, the carb and air cleaner.
...To be continued...