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Did the first drive to the gas station and O'Reilly for more tranny fluid. It made it! Didn't push it at all bit can definitely feel more power. Only went to about 2.5 psi of boost before I let off. Manual steering is going to take some getting used to- Never had a car with that before...

Spent today installing gauges. Got a tach, oil pressure, volt meter, and boost now. Also got the carpet and seats back in. Tomorrow I need to do the headlight wiring modifications which will hopefully 100% fix the lighting issue I've been experiencing. Halfway confident that the first test...

Nice ride... be sure to watch the for sale ads here on the forum for 8.75 rear ends too... I ended up buying a used one and redid the axle bearings and cleaned it up myself... I even regeared it myself, but after it being super noisy, ended up taking the center section to Moser and had them set...

I don't wanna get prematurely excited, but think I might have figured it out. I was looking at my Haynes manual and noticed that they show all the grounds for the front lights coming back to a single common point. So I took some scrap wire and clamps and grew the wires on each of the ends of...

Thanks. Kinda was my thought too so an intermediate step I made was connecting the ground to the inner fender instead of the radiator support plate thinking getting it farther away from the headlight relay kit relay would help. No dice. Then went with the attempt of running the ground all the...

And now the same issue is back. Headlights work fine if the turn signal/front marker light ground is unhooked. As soon as I connect the ground for the marker Lights the headlights stop working. Even tried running an isolated ground wire from the front marker light wire all the way back to the...

Throttle and kickdown cables installed. Need to adjust the kickdown yet but will have to wait for my son to get back here and help on Saturday. Vacuum lines permanently installed now. Tomorrow I'll trim the hood support and hopefully get the carpet reinstalled. Then make the boy help me...

Grill and lights back in. Lights are functional after half a day of troubleshooting. As part of this project I put in one of crackedback's headlight relay kits... Lights were acting dumb with things like the turn signal swith changing them between bright and dim, turn signal indicators on the...

Cut all the now unused wires out of the factory harness, rewrapped it with the non-adhesive vinyl like original, and reinstalled. I believe engine bay wiring is now complete. Hope to get the grill and lights back in tomorrow night.

That's not a bad idea... - Me, while making nod of approval

Currently waiting on some more Lokar stuff to arrive so I can finish the throttle and kickdown cables... need to get it to the exhaust shop to have them make a modification to the pipe as with the new location it just barely rubs against the tranny linkage... then clean up wiring, hood back on...

Good progress today... plenty more to go.... anxious to let the Sniper "learn" to improve the mixture and also get it out of the garage where throttle can be sustained a bit- the quick on/off revs seem to make a hammering noise in the garage as the blowoff valve opens and closes... may end up...

I fought getting the fuel pump to run most of the day but finally found a bad ground. Once that was fixed, I got it to start. Runs for about 4-5 seconds then stalls, but at least starts. I'm sure it's a timing issue. Battery died so I decided to put it on the charger and give it another shot...

Especially amazing as it was a Michigan car it's whole life until I brought it to Kentucky.

Well, the time has come to try to see if the Scamp will start. There's a lot of stuff I need to cut out of the factory harness before I rewrap it, but I'm wanting to make sure it runs first. The new Sniper wiring is all in and clean/wrapped. Also just have the vacuum lines temporarily installed...

Got all the Sniper harnesses run neatly into the junction box. Made a harness for the distributor and Coil and got it run into the box. Also merged IGN 1 & IGN2 and got them run into the box so I can connect it to the magic pink wire that Holley stresses.... Next will be a harness from the...

Just clean/functional is the goal. Not worried about show judges at all as it'd never win anything at one of those anyway. It is Bud Industries indeed. Thank for the feedback!

Does using this black enclosure to hide a bunch of Sniper wiring connections look too hokey? I'm not finding a better way to hide them and doing it under dash is not very desirable from a servicing standpoint. Of course I need to make a mount plate so it's not just 2 screws holding it to the...

Progress continues... I have: 1. Finished the relocation of the battery to the trunk. 2. Got the disconnect switch, Ford Starter Relay, and Alternator Disconnect Relay all mounted in the trunk and wired. 3. Got the column shift linkage reconnected. 4. Awaiting a laser cut steel burnout to arrive...

Looking great! You won't even see those few spots when you're cruising!

The newly revised Gill Welding Fat Pipe showed up in the mail yesterday. They made this one a smaller overall height than the first one and only put in 1 slip joint to help reduce height. It fits! I can slip my finger between the tailpiece of it and the grease fitting on the pitman arm now, so...

Progress has been pretty slow for the last month or so... had some family and work stuff to deal with, and I'm now deep into electrical wiring, which is somewhat confusing since some stuff stays, some stuff goes, some gets replaced, etc... Also moving the battery to the trunk and swapping to the...

This beauty showed up in mail today... very nice...

Weekend update: 1. Radiator hoses installed. 2. Heater hoses ran. 3. Fuel pressure gage installed. 4. Relocation of battery to trunk pretty much done except running the big wire to the front. 5. Currently in process of removing/adding stuff to factory wiring harness in order to function with all...

Possibly might at some point, but I'd spent a decent $ last year on the TTI Single exhaust system, so figured I'd at least try utilizing it first before swapping to duals... Thanks for following along!

Weekend update: 1. Electric fan installed and radiator bolted fast. Still need to put in the radiator hoses. 2. New, less crusty alternator mechanically installed. 3. Cut down the length of the mandrel bend and installed the air cleaner. 4. Installed the fuel filter, fuel pressure regulator, and...

Weekend update: 1. Got the radiator and alternator temporarily installed. Didn't realize the mechanical fan wasn't gonna work with the supercharger, so have an electric fan coming.... Also can't bring myself to leave the super crusty alternator on there when everything else is so pretty, so have...

Nice to see an old sewing machine like that getting some use! My first ex-wife had a similar one that I had to move from house to house to house probably 8 times... Never once did it actually get used though...

Bummer about the extra effort but at least he's making it right, or at least trying to.

Finally back in the hole! Still have tons to do but it was a good day!