75' Skylark beginning

Discussion in 'The "X" bodies' started by snowcolt18, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    i have a 75' skylark with a 350 2bbl with th350. that i am planning on restoring. it has rust here and there like any normal car that set up for 10 years would. i will take pictures later. corrently on a low low budget :(. but here is the following i want to accomplice:

    redo the interior. the interior is awful. but it can be fixed. i already started. i half way installed 96' camaro rs bucket seats. i need new carpet. new head liner. and new back seat. dash has a few cracks. i found a new dash pad somewhere for $40. i think i am going with black interior.

    the outside is fairly descent. only a few dents and dings from hail. nothing major it is in black primer right now. and may keep it like that for now. the inside of the truck is rusted pretty bad. it doesnt have a lock cylinder for the truck. i put a fiberglass 69 gran torino hood scoop on it. it looks descent. may graft it later. the inside of the motor has some rust. it has a zip tied elcameo grill on it. but i got the orginal im going to redo it.

    i am slowly doing stuff slowly at a time. i hope to have pictures up later today. has anyone installed the halo headlight? if so i want to know more about them. any advice and suggestions would be great on anything.

    thanks,
    tyler.
     
  2. pphil

    pphil Well-Known Member

    welcome to the site
    if you have any questions just ask
    there is a world of knowledge here

    scott
     
  3. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    thanks for the reply pphil . i will be sure to.
     
  4. wormwood

    wormwood Dare to be different

    Tyler, welcome to the site. Im psyched to see the outcome of your car. what engine/tranny combo are you going to go with? I have some spare parts if you need, including a few grills. I installed the "halo" style lights, here is a picture...
     

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  5. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    i am thinking of just sticking with the orginal motor and tranny. the 5.7 with th350. body/motor/tranny all have 80,000. just needs a few new parts. maybe a 4bbl. and cylinder work. and how is the halo headlights? i love your car. its really nice.
     
  6. wormwood

    wormwood Dare to be different

    thanks, the halo lights are cool at night but you can't really see the halo's during the day. i have them wired so the come on with the ignition.
     
  7. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    hmmm. i thought about getting them. but i dont know. i read alot and some say they work good. some say they dont. and many people wire them to the parking lights. and there is no dim or brightener switch right?

    and what all do you have available from your restore. i know that most models (skylark, nova, ventura, phoenix, omega, and the apollo) parts interchange. do you know if the interior, for instance a back seat out of one of those will fit? and on the instrument cluster. do you got all of the gauges working. its annoying not seeing the heat or rpms.
     
  8. noraarm

    noraarm Well-Known Member

    Hey there snowcolt18, Im also in the process of my low budget resto for my daily driver '78 skylark. (i have the halo headlights installed to parking lights, they look really nice when its dark super easy to install too) im looking forward to seeing your project unfold.
     

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  9. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    ok thanks for the reply. you all have nice pretty cars. i hope mine looks like that soon. and as far as the halo lights. does the halo glow as long as the ignition is on or just when the parking lights are on? sorry for all the questions about the halos. just curious about them
     
  10. THOMAS QUIGG

    THOMAS QUIGG Well-Known Member

    i like the halo headlights wher did you get them?
    thanks :pp :beer
     
  11. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

  12. noraarm

    noraarm Well-Known Member

    i wired mine with wire taps into my parking lights, i can take a few pictures for you in after i eat dinner. it all depends how you wire them in.

    Okay, here is what the back of the lamp its self looks like and how in installed, the black and red thicker wires are just tie ons i put on the littler red and white ones coming out of the lamp, then used wire ties to tie them into the ground and parking light, how i found out what one was the parking light was unplug the plug and turn on the parking light, using a voltage tester i found the one that had any juice going through it. and marked it with tape.

    (sorry for blurry pics, took them with my phone quickly)
     

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  13. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    looks good. and they are nice. i think i am going to get them. and they arent really that high. thanks for the pics. im yound and dumb. ;). and just learning here and there. thanks alot.
     
  14. noraarm

    noraarm Well-Known Member

    im just 18 haha im learning as i go. i also would suggest getting them off amazon, i looked on the other sites and it looks like amazon is the only one that comes with the headlight bulbs. also the company that sells them is really good about communication, one of the lamps i got was cracked and they sent me a new one the next day no questions asked. i think it was pro street lighting.
     
  15. noraarm

    noraarm Well-Known Member

    also, jealous of your rally rims :( cant find any locally haha also would look funny on a 4 door...
     
  16. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    lol. im only 19. so i know how you are. you have made alot of prgress with your car. and i will check in on the amazon one. lol. thanks. i think they came off a chevelle. i need the repaint the insides. but they are 14's =/
     
  17. noraarm

    noraarm Well-Known Member

    im rolling on 14s with original hubs haha. i was thinking about changing them out to smoothies but i like the "stock" look at a glance. you should post some pics of your car! id love to see it so far. im also cleaning/repainting my engine bay. well, going to this weekend since i have 3 days off school and dont need to go anywhere haha. do the rallys have center caps?
     
  18. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    it has 2 of them. and i will this weekend. i have no phone or camera. but i am going to take pics of it with my moms camera. 14s arent that bad. just hard to find them around here. i am stipping the inside as soon as i get it cleaned out. =)
     
  19. noraarm

    noraarm Well-Known Member

    ah, yeah hardest part is finding the right era center caps all i can find is like 68-72 style. im actually having my mom sow me new seat covers out of this really nice fabric i found at walmart for like 7 bucks a yard. im redoing my interior black probably its tan/pinkish at the moment. is it your daily driver or a weekend car?
     
  20. snowcolt18

    snowcolt18 Well-Known Member

    daily.. hmm no. weekend... hmm no. it hasnt been moved in a month. but at least once a week i crank it up. i am about to retag it. then i might drive it daily. sow. hmm. the problem with mine is, well it had leather seats. and after they dry rotted. its hard. and ugly. i want to do my interior black. orginalially it was white with red interior.
     

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