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Re: Project "My Happy Mess"
Hey, where did you get your radiator from? I'm looking for one for my 76 and want to get a good one. I'm leary of buying one from ebay if you know what I mean. Thanks Ryan.
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Ebay
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This particular radiator is hard to find, I found. Summit has one for more $$.
If you're not looking for this exact one, there are tons of retailers for aluminum radiators Ryan, right?
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I'll even add for the viewers that I got the radiator from kennysrodandkustom on ebay (99.9% PF).
Summit sells it for $100 more. You could price match it with Summit, but I wanted to give my money to kennysrodandkustom. Couldn't have asked for better service from Kenny's. Both radiator and retailer are U.S.A.. ![]()
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Thanks for the heads up and I'll check them out. There is so much knock off stuff on ebay any more I'm really leery of giving money out to half of them if you know what I mean.
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You're welcome. Any other questions (from anyone) for anything other product PM and I'll try and answer.
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Friday Update - Got a little accomplished.
Parts painted with Zero Rust - ![]() ![]() New repro battery tray. Scuffed and painted with a semi-gloss black paint. ![]() Still need to attach this retainer to the oil pan to hold the transmission lines up, off/away from the engine cross-member. ![]() Soon enough, I'll lay black Hushmat sound deadened on the cab floor. This is the same brand/material used on today's automobiles. Should be nice. ![]()
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Serpentine setup off of a late 80s-early 90s SBC? Less than 200 bucks from junk yard with EVERYTHING included and never have a squeaking belt again. Plus that alternator will be 105 amps I think. Just my 2 cents...
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No serpentine setup and not spending $200 = $200 in my pocket, and 100 amp alternator. Just my $200
P.S. I've never had a squeaky belt, ever.
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You must be a better mechanic than I am then, brother! Haha I have them before at higher RPM no matter what I did I could not get it to stop at high RPM. Good luck though, by all means if that works for you then rock on!
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![]() The extent of my automotive mechanical aptitude is old-school SouthSide (high school) autoshop, metalshop, woodshop and street smarts. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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looking good.
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Got the heater box (metal) sanded and painted with Zero Rust Saturday.
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Revisiting this picture, just so everyone knows - we're aware that these welds are sloppy
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Litew8, I think you use about as much Zero Rust paint as I did encapsulator paint
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Good morning Jim.
![]() ![]() ![]() Description / Zero Rust Zero Rust is a direct-to-metal, phenolic modified alkyd rust and corrosion control coating which puts down an impermeable barrier at the steel level. Zero Rust has two superior traits: (1) It provides maximum adhesion to steel – this is called chemical affinity. (2) Its dielectric ability is extraordinary – steel is isolated from the electrolysis process which converts steel to rust. In laymen's terms, this means that if you can starve the oxygen from the substrate, oxidation (rust) cannot occur. Zero Rust Can you tell I don't like rust ![]()
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Sunday Update -
Didn't do a whole lot today, but I try and accomplish little things per day even if they're minor. It all ads up eventually. Decided to paint the heater box and get it out of the way. Scuffed it all, cleaned off and painted. I went to the local hardware store and picked up some paint on impulse. Decided a textured paint was needed, so I found something that I thought would look decent. I thought about spraying black paint over it slightly to darken it up, but maybe I'll just leave it. Here are the results. Before - ![]() ![]() After - This is the product I used. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then on to hooking up the instrument cluster. I know I mentioned I was going to connect this the other day, but hey - I'm lazy ![]() First thing I notice after getting comfortable laying on my back ![]() Can you spot what's wrong with this picture? ![]() is on the wrong side of the defrost vent hose. It isn't going to connect! ![]() I ask myself, why me? ![]() So, to correct it, I have to re-bend the line to the other side of the vent hose. Wow, that was fun ![]() ![]() The outlined light is the original light/wire. I removed the one that came pre-installed and replaced with the original. This is for illuminating the shift indicator on the steering column. cool ![]() ![]() Look! @ my work bench ![]() ![]() ![]() Can anyone guess what these are? The Pit Boss's engineering from the late 80's early 90's! ![]() ![]() ![]()
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its for speakers... i think.
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Like the paint on the heater box....Jim
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Thanks VA
![]() Thanks Jim. The Fixer likes it too. I think we're fitting fenders, etc... today. Or wait? Shouldn't I be wanting to fire the engine? ![]() Thanks for looking all, maybe some pics later this afternoon.
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Heater box looks REALLY good! Was wondering what to use on it and it looks like you found the perfect thing! Going to write that one down on my list of things to do
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Thanks! I was hoping it turn out with bigger looking specs of white, but it still looks nice. Put it up against the firewall today just to take a look
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Monday Update -
Took the shroud off to paint. Scuffed with (red) scotch bright pad, air hosed off and wiped clean with lacquer thinner after. (I do for nearly everything I've painted) ![]() Here's the connector The Fixer used to affix the fan to the shroud. ![]() Screwed into the shroud. Plastic spacer and rubber washer. ![]() Backside - ![]() And painted. Not too happy with the paint coverage. Universal Rust-oleum Flat Black with stupid spray away nozzle. Do yourself a favor and NEVER buy this type of spray can! It was spitting blobs paint constantly. I might even redo the shroud because of it. ![]() ![]() Fitted fenders, cowl and hood. The aftermarket fender fits "ok". I do not like the top/front end. Where the hood runs along side, the fender curves to the outside rather than straight or slightly to the inside like the OEM fender does on the driver's side. It doesn't look great, and I hope it doesn't mess with the grille alignment. If there's a way to get it to straighten up, I'd like to try (if at all possible within reason). No picture of that here though. I'll try and get a shot of it later. It's a Goodmark fender I think. ![]() ![]() Should I keep the pinstripe work on the underside ![]() ![]() Got them "close", but still need little adjustments.
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Tuesday Update -
We started the day fitting the fenders, hood, rad support and grille surround. It went something like this - ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My worst assumption was right on mark. ![]() fender (it's a Woodall fender, I was wrong to say Goodmark earlier) didn't align worth a crap. The part I was concerned with turned out to be a big POS. The whole front of the fender pulled outward which created huge gap that wouldn't allow us to seat the grille surround, no matter what. There was no modifying this. ![]() So... off it went and off we go to the body shop. I was just going to get reimbursed and get the **** out of there, but... it turned out they had a 1/2 way decent (OEM) passenger side fender. Those that know, know OEM passenger side fenders (in IA at least) are somewhat hard to come by since they are notorious for rusting out at the bottom due to battery acid and/or water damage. This one wasn't too bad, so The Fixer and I nabbed it. That damn body shop ( ![]() Here are some shots of OEM fenders and their perfect (to us) alignment! ![]() I've got OEM grille surround, OEM fenders, OEM doors, OEM hood and OEM tailgate! Sweeet! ![]() (read Made in 1970's USA!) ![]() ![]() ![]() Does anybody know how long it takes to clean/sand and shine an aluminum grille surround! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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did you remove the anodizing or just sand? If just sanding I imagine it took hours...
Fender looks good. Hard to beat original sheetmetal.
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