What are your favorite formal upgrades?

[olsn500]

What are your favorite upgrades to a formal?
The first is usually to scrap the Lean Burn and get an Eddy. That's what I did anyway.

 

[1978 NYB]

One of none blue leather wrapped steering wheel on a T&T steering column on my 78 NYB.

 

[Imperialist67]

My '79 Dip Wagon had lean burn on it, and I couldn't WAIT to get red of it. We swapped it out, and replaced with an Edelbrock. That was 10 years and about 12K miles ago, haven't regretted for a single mile........

 

[twostick]

511 EFI stroker...

Kevin

 

[commando1]

My "infotainment center".

 

[The Horvaths]

My '79 Dip Wagon had lean burn on it, and I couldn't WAIT to get red of it. We swapped it out, and replaced with an Edelbrock. That was 10 years and about 12K miles ago, haven't regretted for a single mile........

Very nice!
My favorite formal upgrade has slab sides...

 

[commando1]

I can't put M-bodies in the class as the 1974 - 1978 C-body Formals.

 

[olsn500]

One of none blue leather wrapped steering wheel on a T&T steering column on my 78 NYB.

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I love the tilt column. Was that a ton of work, or are they fairly similar?

 

[olsn500]

511 EFI stroker...

Kevin

What did you do for heads? and what EFI system did you use?

 

[olsn500]

My "infotainment center". View attachment 88766

Was the radio a straight swap?

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

Tinting my back window of the '78 New Yorker St Regis Coupe so the beautiful red interior does not turn orange. That is a large rear window. The film is removable and was placed on the outside. This picture is before it was done.

 

[olsn500]

Tinting my back window of the '78 New Yorker St Regis Coupe so the beautiful red interior does not turn orange. That is a large rear window. The film is removable and was placed on the outside. This picture is before it was done. View attachment 88838

That is a big back window, my mom had a 78 and it was hot in the back seat in the summer. Some tint would sure have been nice.

 

[1978 NYB]

I love the tilt column. Was that a ton of work, or are they fairly similar?

The Tilt & Telescoping column was a factory option on my NYB. The leather wrapped steering wheel came out of a 77 Daytona Charger. A tree fell on it and crushed the passenger side A-Pillar. I had to put the steering wheel on a lathe and mill off about a half inch of the acrylic hub. It bolted right on the T&T column.

Never before seen pictures of my steering wheel project...

Old steering wheel....

Daytona Charger steering wheel before machining...

After machining....

 

[1Fury1]

What are your favorite upgrades to a formal?

Hood scoops.

 

[twostick]

What did you do for heads? and what EFI system did you use?

I don't have a formal but I have 493 in a 66.
Edelbrock RPM's with Holley 950 Commander Pro EFI.

Kevin

 

[cantflip]

One of none blue leather wrapped steering wheel on a T&T steering column on my 78 NYB.

View attachment 88718

Bob, your steering wheel keeps popping into my mind... It may be jealousy, but... No wait, it is simply jealousy...

 

[commando1]

Was the radio a straight swap?

Plug n play with the mechanical installation and fairly straight foward wiring it with the Schoch harness adapter.

 

[commando1]

Hood scoops.

Ouch

 

[commando1]

Bob, your steering wheel keeps popping into my mind... It may be jealousy, but... No wait, it is simply jealousy...

Here's a kicker, I have a NOS steering wheel on the shelf. It stays there because I'm afraid to use it.

 

[cantflip]

Here's a kicker, I have a NOS steering wheel on the shelf. It stays there because I'm afraid to use it.

I am aware of it... were it a rim blow model it would be on my shelf by now...