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I will let him know and you have a Great Christmas with your family Gob Bless

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Frankie, I've got a smaller torpedo heater that runs on kerosene or stove oil and it does leave an odor no matter which one you run it on. I use mine in a tent carport thing or aim it in the door of my old one car garage but I wouldn't want one in closed up building.

I used a bunch of the bigger Propane ones from Grainger in a big food processing plant/warehouse to keep things from freezing. I think we had at least ten of them going at one time in the whole operation. They used propane like it was going out of style though.

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I did managed to borrow get a propane one to run with my kerosene heater. It did stink up the garage with the kerosene one but I did manage to get the fenderwells primed and sanded I have decided to paint them body color so am going see if I can get them done tomorrow if the weather holds up

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I don't know if I screwed up or not but I sold off my 307 for $90 to get it out of my cousins pole barn what do you think?

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Happy new year everyone god bless

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$90 is way better than what you'd get for scrap so I think you did alright. Not to many people looking for 307's anymore.

Happy New Year to you as well!

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[QUOTE=Dieselwrencher;5094546]$90 is way better than what you'd get for scrap so I think you did alright. Not to many people looking for 307's anymore.



Thanks Diesemwrencher I had it on Craigslist in a in a few markets and on wecrash.com and got one call and he is the one that bought it. More money for the truck fund or the next toy as I see it.

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FrankieD. I just read your build and great job.

I'm lucky I have a nice warm shop to go to. I checked where you are located way north west of Chicago. I have a sister in Mundelein and family in the Dundee/Carpenter's area or they were there.

IL weather stinks. Hot and nasty summer then damp cold, soon freezing bitter cold. But its all I know. Would love to be in AZ # my in-laws for the winter.

Awesome ride. It sure is the little stuff that is just killing me time and money.

Rob

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$90 for a 307? Sounds like pretty good deal.

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I went to school in Dundee and Carpentersville but that was a long time ago 1966 grad but go through Dundee every day going to work in Schaumburg. I hear ya AZ for the winter. summer in AZ is:devil:

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The guy that bought it drove 1.5 hrs for it but he said he was a restorer and there are parts on it he said he can use.

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$90 is great...I just want someone to come pick mine up and get it out of my friends shop...

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CL seems to do it for me I put it in for $100. I also bought a set of STS wheels and tires for my sisters Bonneville for cheep and got rid of a set of 4 Outlaws and 295/50X15 tires this weekend so it was a profitable weekend. The trick is to have more than one CL account then you can get it out to a lot more areas.:metal:

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Just put $100 down on these will pick them up on Monday because it's snowing like crazy 4" - 8" by tomorrow, White Gold $$$$$ .

I am hoping the 100mi trip will be worth it. Craigslist find here is the ad:

Chevrolet Truck Custom chrome mag Wheels and tires 2 wheel drive 5 lug - $300
These are 4 Custom 17 inch wheels and tires off of a 2 wheel drive Chevrolet or GMC 1/2 ton truck theey have 5 lug holes. (Lugnuts are included) They look great and the tires are still in pretty decent shape. Tires are Falken Ziex STZ Radials Size 275/60R17

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FrankieD those look totally sweet dude!!! Looks like you got a good deal!! :devil:

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Heck yeah man! Nice score! By the way, you can keep all that white stuff! :lol:

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:agree:

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Yea but if it going to be cold might as well make some $$$$ on the white stuff it pays for the toys

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Defiantly looks like a deal I just hope they fit right the ones I bought last year didn't look right sticking past the fender well looked little to south of the border (post 44) so they went on craigslist and a guy from south of the border bought them at a profit of course.

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Got off early from work and drove the 1.5 hrs to Milwaukee to pick up the Wheels and tires I didn't think they were as big as they were or I would of grabbed my sons 93 short bed but I stuffed them in the Impala 2 in the back seat and 1 in the trunk and one sticking out of it. I really need to get a little truck or a short bed with a V6. Anyway when I got them home I looked to see who made them. They are KMC Wheels I did a search to see how much they cost new the cheapest were $250ea up to $360ea and the tires 3 are around 40% and one being 90%, of course I had to show the wife what a good deal I got to justify burning a half tank of gas. My son offered $325 for the for his 93 short bed, I told him I love ya son but not that much.:lol:

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:lol:

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Well it turned out my son didn't need the wheels he blew the engine in his truck but I was able to sell it for more than I bought it for and that gave him enough for a down payment on a 2005 VW GLI.

I finally got a couple of the wheels mounted here are a few pix

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i6...0/IMG_0213.jpg
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The 17's look much better than the 15's

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Got the truck home Friday finally. Here she is.

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NICE congrats on getting her home !

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Kind of nice being able to walk out the door and work on it or check something with out driving 10mi down the road

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She is looking very nice! Great work and i'm sure it will be nicer to have her home!

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X2 :two: ,,,She's looking pretty good FrankieD!!! :metal:

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Saturday I pulled the front end apart to paint and do some repair on the core support. Laid out the fenders and I found a bunch of California Nuts in the pockets.
Looks like the PO was going to do a quick paint and sell it.

Had a problem getting the screws out of the head light ring they wanted to twist the whole ring so I pulled my handy dandy little tool my son got me watch the video. let me know what you think.

I also used it to heat the nuts on the exhaust manifolds of my 95 it took about 10 to 15 seconds to get them cherry red.

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Click in Pic for Video

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Here is the web site for the tool. http://www.theinductor.com/index.php
It is a local company family owned and operated, I can't say enough about the men that run it, just great people. They helped my son Tony grow a lot I owe these guys a great deal in the development of my son they mentored him and made him feel important to the company and showed him that with more responsibility you get more money. Tony asked them about buying one for me a couple of years a go for Christmas and he wanted to make payments ($500) they said OK as it turned out they never charged him for it.

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That thing looks pretty cool,,,,I might have to give one a try. :chevy:

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I think Snap-On sells them now but then the price would probably double compared a distributor. Did the same thing with the hood bump stop it was frozen in with a little heat it came right out.

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Finally getting some work done sand blasted and primed the grill mounts and the core support a few weeks ago then it got cold. Yesterday was warm so I got everything set up and painted it all Hot Rod Black. With the humidity and rain today I'm going to let everything sit where they are till mid week if the storms don't blow it away tonight. Got the body mounts and core supports from Brothers not very happy with it they want you to reuse the square washers and large washers and bolts that are for the core support, REALLY 42yro parts. Another lesson need to read every word or call to verify every thing. Also ordered a radio from them 3wk back order very frustrated with them and the bolts and washers I need I would have to go to LMC to get or buy another core support kit.

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Progress is in the making, I got the core support, radiator, and inner fenders mounted and actually pulled it out of the garage so I could hunt for more parts. I bought some 7/16 X 3 bolts for the core support mounts they worked just fine so now it is on to the front fenders to clean the surface rust inside of then prime and put some body color on them if the weather warms up. I’m taking out the plastic grill insert and going to try and polish out the grill of all the little road pits, anybody have ideas on how to do it maybe sand it with 1500 or 2000 grit and some good rubbing compound or metal polish.

Got 2 weeks then off to Mesa & Phoenix AZ for 13days can't wait I have a nephew getting married just about everyone from my side of the family will be there 6 of us will be on the same plane on he way out. My grand son is driving down from Layton Utah haven't seen him in 2yrs., sister, nieces and their kids, haven’t seen them in probably 5 years. Then mid week I am going to visit a friend I haven’t seen for 35 yrs that builds V8 Motorcycles called Side Winders because they set in the frame side ways, crazy bikes.

http://www.v-8motorcycle.com/index.html

The one Kevin’s bike took first place at the Pomona Grand National Roadster Show in the Radical Custom bike class

Radical Custom Bike
1 308 Kevin Ferrera Mesa, AZ 2009 V-8 Custom Sidewinder, Black

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Crappy weather for the weekend but on the bright side I finally got the radio so I worked in the garage and started putting the dash together. Not real happy with the radio the nobs don't recess so the nut are visible but for $150 instead of $500 I guess it will do.

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Az was great nice and hot rented a Challenger while out ther it was pretty nice. Went up to see mty buddy with the V-8 bikes crazy stuff. I got pic with me sitting on it then he started it up holy crap was it loud . H has been invited to bring the big one to Pamona so he is going to paint it and dress it up.

Went to a car show in Scottsdale only saw 1 67-72.

Here is the 350 W/Hilborns

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The ZL-1 W/10-71 & injected _LOUD!!!!

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Wow FrankieD, that's some serious crazy stuff there!!! Looks pretty cool,,,I'm just not sure how you would ride something like that??!! Looks like if you rode it very long you'd have some roasted nuts!!! (look where the exhaust manifold is!):lol:

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That looks NUTS! Think it'd do a wheelie!?:devil:

Cool pics!

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[/QUOTE]That looks NUTS! Think it'd do a wheelie!?[/QUOTE]

Wade, jlsanborn,
That is the same thing I asked him he said the small block isn't bad as long as you are moving, that is his regular driver. The big block was his money maker in the 80's doing 1/4 mile smoke shows at the local drag strips till he hit some fuel that was on the track left by a jet dragster, he said when he got out of the hospital his money was gone and so was his wife.

More than likely he wore a fire suit doing that so the family jewels were protected and I don’t think he would have wanted to do a wheelie on it. If you want to see more of his stuff go to www.V-8motorcycle.com

Oh yea he is 62yrs old and working on building something that is totaly insane starting next year sometime, the rear tire is off a Championship winning Funny Car!

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Just found these articals on Tom and his bikes

http://www.bikerhotline.com/builder/...0sidewinderbp/

http://www.vintagemotorcyclesonline....ries&Itemid=77

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A friend of mine bought the bike below a long time ago from a guy named Dan Bowker. It's a 12' long 427 ford cammer nitro burning beast with a 12" drag slick on the back. When I met Dan he was probably in his sixties and still crazy as hell. He had a twin turbo jet boat, a twin turbo lamborghini kit car and a 40 ford on a tube chasis built by a Nascar company. He told stories of doing exhibition runs on the bike smoking the tire the entire quarter. He put a parachute from a funny car on the back to add to the show. He said the first time he went through the traps at 170 and pulled the chute the bike disappeared from underneath him. After sliding down the track at 170 on his belly he had a chute specially made for the weight of the bike.:lol::uhmk:

I don't know if my buddy still has it but it was kinda neat to be able to just do a search and find pictures of it. I painted the frame and it was one of the hardest things I ever painted, tubes suck! There's no way my friend would have ever ridden it, but I do wonder if he ever put it back together.