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After a great summer of doing other stuff.. I am back to work on this one.. Fuel tank installed [IMG] Firewall painted [IMG] I also have the...
[IMG] I like this part... [IMG] Another shot [IMG] [IMG] I even had my wife out wrenchin today!
[IMG] New bearings installed [IMG] Looks a bit better now..
I dropped the oil pan and found one of the con rods just a little loose. The bearings are not worn through to the copper, the crank still looks...
[IMG] Alright, body back off the frame, engine on stand ready to get pretty. I have some metal work left, then sand blast, then paint.
Exactly... I doubt I'll ever have a fleet of complete, built cars. There always has to be something on the horizon.. some sort of constant insanity.
Thanks Kimb82!
Thanks for the post Fransisco! I did research instant center and other aspects of suspension geometry. I have not gone through the process of...
The brake pedal pad is going directly over the arm, the clutch pedal pad will be extended over to the drivers side a bit. For this summer, the...
Slow but sure, todays goal is done. I was able to set the new steering column and relocate the clutch/brake pedal and place the throttle. The...
Before: [IMG] After: [IMG]
Red Head I have not used them, but they are well recommended..
Late to the party here... effing amazing build.
Right now the engine is a pretty stock 350, 9.5:1 compression, the "Mutha Thumpr" cam, noisy straight cut gear drive, single 4barrel tunnel ram...
I was able to get the exhaust cutouts and mufflers hung today. [IMG]
its crazy how much time can go by.. this carcass has been staring at me for too damn long.. A buddy of mine went through the same thing with the...
yeah, the rims are on the short list. thanks for the thumbs up Scott.
Front seats are in [IMG] As with most aspects of the previous build, I rushed through the wiring and need to re-do the entire mess. Now is looks...
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is the tip clean?
There is ALOT of bondo on this one..
Yep, I decided to move them out a bit. [IMG] [IMG] The homegrown u bolts are just there to hold everything in place until I set the pinion...
That is one of those cars lookin right layin full rocker
Speedway Item #: 9300150H I did have to cut off the front supports off the firewall but other than that, they fit great!
Headers and front shocks figured out. The next thing is going to be the drivers seat so I can position the steering column and get the rest of the...
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NICE! I bet with a little love, that thing could run!
I was waiting for some tires so I could dial in the rear suspension a bit. Now that I am playing around with axle floaters and lifting the rear...
Damn the camera on my phone sucks..
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