Projects DRAG SNAKE "Vintage Terror!"

So does this mean it's painted, or did they have a sale on paper?

 

No paint yet...close though. Just trying to protect my nice epoxy primer. Lol

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You know Randall , James does pretty nice work painting them little sporty cars! He showed me a picture. Mabey he could come over and help ya. It's not like he's busy working on a dragster or anything! Hi James lol Larry

 

Ouch,

 

Looking good Randall my afx is in the paint shop getting shiny right now too yes it’s getting painted lol then it will be ready to run so you better have yourself a bowl of wheaties cause my superstock dodge is gonna shut you down lol


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Sounds like you are about ready for some killer graphics!

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We found a little motivation this afternoon. Since the chassis up front and the engine compartment are painted we decided to start to put it all back together.


We masked off all the suspension parts and gave them all a quick bit of touch up Satin Black.


We had a little assembling line going. I dissasembled and masked the parts and Dad ran the paint shop.


When everything was dry we started to re-install the pieces. All bearings and seals in place. It actually went back together with very little effort...in fact the only thing we missed placed was a single cotter pin...I will take that all day long! LOL.


AND YES...that is a loaded caliper. Hot dang!


After we finished the driver's side we knocked out the passenger and tonight we are ready to stick the front wheels back on and get her standing on her own again.

 

LIKE, LIKE and DOUBLE LIKE!!!! lol Larry

 

Looking good Randall


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Great progress.

 

I watch your threads from the beginning, just don't write much. Now i have to .
I am usually going an extra mile with brake disc - i mask the part that brake pads go to and paint everything else. That way you won't have ugly rust lurking from underneath nice wheel. Just saying .

 

Yep, that is what Dad is painting there. We even pulled the o'rings in the sliders and then reinstalled them after the paint dried. I have had really good luck with that Duplicolor Caliper paint.

 

My new favorite photo. I grew up there at Tulsa International.

 

Randall guess we will have to go down there and make a few passes


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Wait for me.

 

Definitely!

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Does this guy happen to drive a Delorean and usually wear a lab coat?

 

Funny you should ask because he normally does wear a lab coat...LMAO.

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Looks like you guys'll be getting the same crappy weather we'll have this week. Does that equal shop time?

 

Well since the front half of the chassis and suspension is complete we had plans this weekend to drop the motor and trans in... However this very nice little hydraulic line for the throw out bearing had a different idea!


No way this thing works hanging out that far. It is sticking out about 3" in an area that allows less than half an inch! ...yes it is that tight in there.


And what really hurt was we discovered it Saturday about a half hour after our local performance parts store close!


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Not sure...but we went to MOKAN Friday night for the "Floppers" and we are sort of motivated again!

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So with the motor still on the stand we simply set about masking and painting the chassis aft of the engine compartment. It only took a few minutes to shoot it but about 3 hours worth of masking...that is what you get when you change your mind on the chassis color more than halfway through!


While we were at it we pulled the rear calipers and brackets and painted them.


This was the last of the hard parts that needed paint.


And after it was all back together...poof there's another set if loaded calipers!

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From Mokan Friday night...our friend Mr. Tanner doing what he does. Good motivation for us!

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It’s always amazing how one such event can really motivate a person to get busy lol. Keep up the good work man


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Well wouldn't you know it. Remember this fancy little hydraulic line for the throw out bearing? Well it is all but proprietary in design. Custom made just for Silver Sport. I say "all but" because it is a bubble head style 14mm FTE 1.25 thread. If that is not hard enough to find the real proprietary part is the rest of the stainless steel end with bleeder etc.

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But the guys at Silver Sport Transmissions are awesome! It was the first time they have had this issue with this set up. So they attempted to re-engineer a new line. But in the end decided to choose a different (more standard) style of throw out with two lines one being a bleeder.

They shipped it today and asked me to send mine back when the new stuff arrives! Now that is service!

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Found on another site.

 

Yep. That is Factory Dragon Snake two after it was sold to the public. Funny because it looks like it is at a dealership and being sold but the 666 came well after the original sale etc.

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Your pictures don't show up.

 

Which ones?

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I go to view attachment and get you screwed up