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Craig
picked up this 1984 Grand National and immediately went to work making
it his own. When Craig purchased this car, it had no motor, bumper
fillers, or heat/air. This is a good shot of the engine compartment
with no engine and a large hole where the heater box was. |
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This
is a shot of the Grand National engine management wiring that we will
need to tie-in to the Camaro computer and harness. |
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As
you can see, the bumper fillers were destroyed. |
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The
heater / AC is installed. |
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This
is a closer shot of the Heat / AC unit reinstalled in the car. We
obtained this out of Craig's old Cutlass. |
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Here
is the 327 with the tune port installed that Craig took off of an
85 Camaro. |
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Another
view of the engine. |
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Here
is the car back together and in our new shop. |
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As
you can see, the body is very clean. There are a few areas that need
attention, but overall this car is very solid. |
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Craig
is a member of gbodyforum.com
and he is keeping them updated with the progress of this build. |
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Since
the car was purchased without the original engine, Craig decided to
move forward with what he had so this car could see the road again.
The current engine is a 327ci engine from an early Nova. A TPI was
added from an 85 Camaro and backed by a T5 transmission from another
Camaro. |
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The
Camaro and Grand National wiring were combined to make this switch
work. The Camaro computer is driving the car, but nothing was done
to keep us from putting the car back to original when the day comes. |
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The
Grand National is shaping up really nice. |
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Craig
is going to install larger injectors and the interior is being reupholstered. |
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Here
is a sneek peek what the interior color will be. We are reupholstering
the seats gray and black tweed. So far it is all looking great. Keep
checking for updates and move clips of this car! |
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Craig
installed the tach and the console gauges. |
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Craig
picked up a pair of bucket seats off of Craig's List to get by while
he is waiting for me to finish stitching up the original buckets.
He did manage to get me to make the shifter boot! |
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The
Grand National gets a new exhaust! Craig finally bit the bullet and
installed a new system in his GN. |
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The
exhaust is tucked up nice! |