Well, I had to get my transmission rebuilt. Since The guys at the shop worked slower then they said they would, and were cool about it, it only cost 400. Then a few days later my starter was giving me problems. So i just bought and replaced a starter for the first time in my life, now its running great, i'm pretty glad. Now i'm just gonna have to install those front springs, betting that will be a pain in the butt

Front springs aren't too bad to do, did mine when I put in the full front end kit from PST. Didn't even have to use a spring compressor, and I had a new one on hand. Just followed the book every step of the way, it took a little over 16 hours to complete the whole thing. Had help from my Dad, he's over 70 and still loves to get his hands dirty every now and then. I managed to get the A-arm bushings done without the use of a press.

I managed to get the A-arm bushings done without the use of a press. Now I'd like to hear how you did that one...Did you jack up the front end and use a hydraulic jack to lower the a-arm?

Had the El C up on stands, after removing the shock, I inserted a steel bar about 18" long into the lower shock mounting area. Loosened the ball joints and lowered the A arms with the floor jack. I found the instructions on the web for doing it this way. It worked like a charm. Going back in was just as easy. The trick seemed to be having the front end up high enough to allow the spring to decompress slowy and not flying out.

As for the A arm bushings the rubber inserts on some them were dry and cracked. The insert popped right out with a hammer, I cut the shells down each side with my trusty Dremel tool and a small cut-off wheel. The shells popped right out with a hammer. On the others I used a piece of allthread and two sockets. One to capture the old bushing and one to press it out. Used the same set-up in reverse to install the new ones. Power assist by impact when needed. It helped to have a set of 3/4" drive sockets laying around, this allowed me to use 1/2" allthread.

The bushings were the original bushings that came on the thing in 1966. When I bought the car in 1990 I had to do the ball joints, they were the original units. I had to chisel the rivets to remove them.

The only thing I missed was having a digital camera at the time. My web site is up and running, I won't lie I need to do an update on that also. I have been posting pics of all the work I'm doing on the '66. Space is limited to 5 Mb so I can't post every picture I take. Lately I have been spending way too much time reading the posts here or working on the '66 and zero time on updating the web page.

I found the instructions I used, I can scan them as a text document and email them to you if you are interested. It covers removing the springs and ball joints. I used the 1966 Chevrolet shop manual for the rest.