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19d •
1965 Buick Skylark Special
Currently working with a buddy in my shop on his 65. We’d learned that he had the 6 cylinder motor frame stands which apparently are different than the 8 cylinder motor frame stands (apparently quite uncommon). Took several days fighting it, googling, and he even broke out Chargpt to figure out we needed to custom mount some SBC mounts in his car to get the motor sitting properly. But finally came out victorious and got the 5.3 sitting in there. Don’t mind the mess in there.
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He used Chevy upper engine mounts. We ended up connecting the frame stands to the upper mounts, and setting in the engine bay. Leveling and squaring it up and drilling out new holes to fit the frame stands.. it was a learning curve for sure.
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@Tj Johnson that is his temp solution to connect the 65 steering shaft to the modern power steering gearbox to be able to steer the car until he gets to the point in the build where he upgrades the steering column to something more compatible.
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^^^^^^ ya what they said!!!^^^^ pics pics pics haha
16d •
New project
We drug the wife’s car out of storage to start the next swap 92 Camaro she has had since 2004/5 that she bought from her parents
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Beautiful shop and cars!!
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@Ict Billet It was the low mount alternator bracket -3 SKU#: 551669. I tried fitting the large case stock 2012 truck alternator but was hitting subframe. I think I ended up with the (ICT alt3000?). If it was gonna fit it would have been super tight and a quick call to your shop set me straight.. I’m not complaining at all I’m just pleased to have awesome support through you all.
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I am running your swap plates and with the 105 it’s perfect fit!
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Very nice build!!! Beautiful car!! 65 Impalas are iconic!
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@tm-reed-4830
Shade tree mechanic of sorts.. Figuring it out as I go
Current build is 1969 Firebird LS3 swap..
Active 2d ago
Joined Mar 30, 2026
Upper Michigan
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