Dean is this car going to be driven daily too or just for racing?

The reason I asked, I contacted (years ago) a company (sorry cannot recall their name) who makes and sells EWPs of all kinds and they steered me away from using their EWP on my Ultravan for a daily driver.

BTW - Thanks for that link. I'm going to read more...

Tony, this car will not be a daily driver nor a race car...just a vairy nice car for cruise-ins, shows and fun driving.

I believe that this Davies Craig EWP will be more than adequate for the upgraded 215 engine.

Thanks for the questions and feedback!

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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Installed the lower aluminum tubing, silicone hoses, clamps and the Davies Craig EWP (electric water pump).

Used the cut-off silicone hose ends to prevent chafing of the tubing against the tunnel...

There is a rubber hose ring around the hole in the floor pan under the back seat and rubber glued to the underside between the pump body and the metal to sound dampen the pump while in operation.

There is a stainless U-bolt with a rubber hose insulator around the outlet neck that secures the pump to the body.



















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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Details! so time consuming!

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Amen, Matt!

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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Fashioned, powder-coated and installed a "stone guard/skidplate" to protect the electric water pump







Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Dean,

Are you running a one speed or two speed cooling fan?

Tony,

I'm fairly certain that the 16 inch AFCO cooling fan is single speed.

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

ihscomputers Wrote:
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> Tony,
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> I'm fairly certain that the 16 inch AFCO cooling fan is single speed.


More than likely if it is 2 wires...

I was just curious. I've been dealing with 2 speed, 3 wire, cooling fans lately.
Having to deal with wiring up 2 relays, 3 if I plan on having AC, and then I have either 2 switches or one 3 lead switch to wire up and decide where is the best place to put it.

So it got me to thinking about your setup and what you may be doing, or have done, to deal with yours.

Yes, it has two wires.

The Davies Craig digital controller will be cconnected to and control the fan operation

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Getting back to this build after work and ignition problems with the V8 Rampside pushed it to the back burner for the past few months

Drilled the 7/8" holes in the body and door, then installed the rubber conduit boots, fed the power cables through, installed the power regulator and re-installed the window.





Click here for video of the power window operation:

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

How close to fitting perfectly was the PW's kit?

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The front regulator is a perfect replacement for the stock regulator.

For the eagle-eyed folks, the square holes that I cut in the metal door panel were to accomodate the previous external motors that used a cable to turn the crank on the stock regulator.

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

After working 12 days in a row, I finally was able to get back to working on this project.

Removed the crank regulator, window and the vent window assembly.

Drilled holes in the body and driver's door for the power window wire grommet and ran the wire through to the door.

Repaired and restored the vent window assembly using the re-chromed top piece, new weatherstrips, new vent window handle and polished the stainless steel then re-installed the assembly into the door.

Tomorrow I plan to install the power regulator, re-install the window then adjust and test.












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Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

I love this thread. You are building a heck of a car.

Thank you vairy much, Stig!

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Finished the driver side power regulator installation today!

After several hours of tedious door and window adjustments, it works very well:

Click here to play the very short video

Now, all 4 windows are powered! Yay!

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

There is a Ghost in that car ! ! !

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WA. state, 1 mile south of the Canadian border, I am not at the end of the world, but you can see it from here.

Well, American Mel, it only required 4 takes before the "ghost" was successful, LOL

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Installed Craig Nicol's WB-17 modern fuse panel today, and, yes, that included removing the stock fuse panel from a new harness.

Although the kit includes just about everything needed, Craig went above and beyond to supply long wires and custom instructions that made the process fairly easy for an electrical dummy like me.

The harness under the dash will be a work in progress as I figure out the wiring needs for AC, power windows etc





















Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
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1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998