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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!

I had that same fight with a steering coupler recently... for something so simple, it sure was a pain to deal with.... but got it. I've enjoyed watching along with your huge project- I hope it drives splendidly soon!

If someone sits in the seat will it compress enough to touch the speaker, or is there enough clearance?

Finished up the distributor lockout and got it reinstalled along with new cap, rotor, and wires. I'd hoped to get the engine bolted back in this weekend but realized I'd forgotten to get a new oil pump, and also found I needed to get the special batwing washers from Aussiespeed for the new...

What headlights are those that you installed? I managed to break one of mine when removing recently, so need to come up with something different.

Gotta pick up a few #10 flat washers tomorrow, but aside from that I think I'm done with the lockout of the standard electronic distributor... Even managed to use the old tag that was on the distributor along with some more JB Weld to cover the hole left after removing the vacuum advance...

Looking good... I didn't even pull the head off because I knew if I did that I'd end up tearing the entire thing down to nothing and rebuilding it all... I have a hard time drawing a line in the sand and not crossing it...lol... it was running well and compression tested well before I started...

They must have known I was going to need this exact thing, so I'm glad to see this new offering from Gill Welding.

Same as what I'm doing with my project. The inside of the motor is dirtier than I'd like, but just figuring on getting it running and driving and will worry about rebuilding the block/head portion later. Keep up the good work and updates!