'66 Malibu N/SA

Dave Muller · 06-13-2015, 12:29 PM

At this point I have the patch panel welded in with one of my usual ugly welds, and I'm most of the way through grinding the welds down. Of course if I were a better welder I'd be done with that now! And damn, MIG welds are hard!

But this morning I test fit the slicks. Later today I'll put the jack under the rear to move the tire up into the wheel well in case that results in a tight spot I haven't seen yet, but so far it looks pretty good. The front bottom corner is a little tight. I am considering trimming that back a bit:

It looks like I'm a bit limited to how much I can lower the rear but I think I'll be okay here too:

Finally the inside looks like about 3/8" minimum clearance. I might consider a very thin spacer to move it out just a bit depending on how the outside looks when I jack up the rear:

I also might have to tweak that body mount behind the tire just a bit, but I suspect that will not be necessary either.

06-13-2015, 12:29 PM	#15
Dave Muller Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 497 Likes: 162 Liked 223 Times in 73 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA At this point I have the patch panel welded in with one of my usual ugly welds, and I'm most of the way through grinding the welds down. Of course if I were a better welder I'd be done with that now! And damn, MIG welds are hard! But this morning I test fit the slicks. Later today I'll put the jack under the rear to move the tire up into the wheel well in case that results in a tight spot I haven't seen yet, but so far it looks pretty good. The front bottom corner is a little tight. I am considering trimming that back a bit: It looks like I'm a bit limited to how much I can lower the rear but I think I'll be okay here too: Finally the inside looks like about 3/8" minimum clearance. I might consider a very thin spacer to move it out just a bit depending on how the outside looks when I jack up the rear: I also might have to tweak that body mount behind the tire just a bit, but I suspect that will not be necessary either. Last edited by Dave Muller; 07-09-2017 at 11:55 AM.