changing valve stem seals

So i was getting smoke when I ran my engine I heard it could be just from running the royal purple synthetic oil but to be safe I decided to change them any was ended up getting the umbrella style seals


I also noticed that my third world country aluminum valve covers didn't sit flush with the heads and rested on the intake and this is how I solved the problem
Before

after

new tail lights

so I got new lights to replace the old ones

She returns

So on the drive home i was following my car on the trailer, i have never driven so slow on the highway 45-50mph a 30 minute drive took 45 minutes. But i must say I am pleased with the body work.

off to body work

After sanding down the car i realized i do not have nearly the experience to handle that much bodywork so I had to send it to Troy from nice twice auto body. A Chevy guy trapped in a mustang world (contracted out to do a local mustang shops body work)sending her off to get the body work done/ rust repair at a tune of 3k

I have been sanding

I started sanding a corner to see what was underneath which expanded to a lot more of the car.
i found a lot of bad bondo patches.

me and my $500 safety glasses aka my regular glasses

just spray primer over it x(

the animals

chiba ready to roll in the impala,the impala not yet..


her telling me to hurry up

Sanding and painting this and that.

I was replacing the strut rod bushings(which were cracked) for some polyurethane and decided to paint the strut rods since they were off same reason for the drive shaft

btw that creeper is a piece of crap



new shocks front and rear