I know.. I know.. Im nuts!

[Rory McNeil]

Dion, since you didn`t mention removing 2 feet of mud from your shop, I`m assuming last weeks big flood didn`t hit you.Any idea how some of the other Calgary area racers got thru that?

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Yes Rory I was very fortunate I had zero flooding at home or at work. I have spoken to Art Congdon , and he lives up the street from me and he is dry. I was also talking the Bob Gullet and they were dry also, I haven't spoken with Allan Marcial but he lives in high river so hopefully he is okay. As far as other people I am not sure, but the damages were crazy and the city of Calgary sure got some of the infrastructure fixed fast...the stampede is going and it was submerged only 2 weeks before.

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Jus' making parts......
This is the start of what will become the ignition rack

[55 Chevy]

Hello Dion

We are up on the hill and fine where we are. We are in Okotoks and not High River. Most of H/R was under in one way or another.
All it did in our city was take out the train bridge,the baseball diamonds/campground and the river has a new path through town.

Allan

Originally Posted by Dion Hildebrandt

Yes Rory I was very fortunate I had zero flooding at home or at work. I have spoken to Art Congdon , and he lives up the street from me and he is dry. I was also talking the Bob Gullet and they were dry also, I haven't spoken with Allan Marcial but he lives in high river so hopefully he is okay. As far as other people I am not sure, but the damages were crazy and the city of Calgary sure got some of the infrastructure fixed fast...the stampede is going and it was submerged only 2 weeks before.

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Update - I have been working on the car , little bits here and there.
- Currently doing engine bay wiring and enough temporary ignition wiring to enable the car to run.
- Getting the brake lines run and mounted....sounds easy. I am putting stainless braided AN for the flex lines and finding some of the proper adapters has been a challenge to say the least
- Going to prime the engine hopefully this weekend and once we have ignition it is time to wrap up the roll bar installation, then finish up the fuel cell and weight box mounts, paint the roll bar and onto suspension and final prep of the exterior.

As far as repainting the roll bar I am going to try something a little different. I have been calling this a "Ghetto Restoration" as I am not painting the interior pieces. The interior has that well worn patina look and I am going to try and replicate that on the new roll bar. I will try and document this in photos once the time comes

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Tonight is the night that we "MAKE SOME NOISE"!!
- primed the engine
-ran the valves
-ran all the needed wiring in the engine compartment and the temporary stuff inside the car
-got the fuel system operational

things sure drag out when you only get an hour or so a night to get things done.
I am getting close enough that I figure end of april I should have the car completed

p.s. I emailed Pat C. and I will have to contact a Roger Allen at General Motors....does any one happen to have his contact information?

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Update - So I got the Acadian running the other day, I used to think this engine sounded bad azz....nothing sounds as good as a well tuned stocker or super stocker!
-The first picture is the ignition rack ,it will be removable with 1 weatherpack plug,1 cotter pin, the whole unit drops into a tubular receiver
-The second pic is the "command center" switched, circuit breakers, power bar - also quickly removable for maintenance
-The 3rd pic is the completed shifter mount , for the Precision Products shifter
-The 4th photo is showing the potential layout of the fuel cell, weight box, fuel pump and filter, and rear roll bar stringers
-This last picture is for a question? I have had these traction bars for quite awhile and got them second hand, does anyone recognize what brand they are?

[Bob Shupe]

Dion the bars look like low profile cal tracks, I have a set on my Street Nova. Hopefully you have rearend housing brackets if not call Cal Tracs direct. When I was putting my Nova together for the street I got lucky I did not want slapper bars and I called Cal Tracks and they told me these were available, for a street car it just looks better, Nice build by the way. Go on Cal tracs site they show both styles.