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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Nicely done!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
That's pretty cleaver. Makes me wonder if that would work with a typical strut/spring assembly. Nice work!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Milestone reached!!! Rear Jag IRS suspension is installed and finished in 1957 Roadmaster frame.
I need a beer.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Much better than a spring to the face!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Oh, and I left the Jaguar sticker on there just for fun. Also the rear brake pads say Jaguar on them, hopefully they will peep out of the rims.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Super sanitary, as always. Nice
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Very nice work Drew. Your spring compressor looks like something I would come up with.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
These are they types of mods that I love. It looks like it could have been factory! Nothing appears to be an afterthought. Nice work Drew!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Thanks for the positive comments - really keeps a guy motivated!!!
Close-ups from last night
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
An epic battle has been unfolding in my garage - I was thinking of just sprucing it up with some paint, but then I kept finding rust in impossible places. The spring pockets being the worst of it. Then I started researching and found a Jaguar XJS "bible" that goes into detail about typical failures and remedies and sure enough, I had most of them! Worn stub axles, worn bearing races, loose rack & pinion mounts, rusty calipers (I knew that one), trashed lower control arm bushings. The only thing I don't have on the list is leaky rack unit, but they say it is only a matter of time and nearly impossible to replace in a complete car. So here goes - we're all in now - waiting on brown santa.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Oh jaguar
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I'm still pluggin away over here. Front end is completely torn apart and just about everything has been bead blasted - even the whole crossmember got crammed in there. New parts are about all here, just need to paint up and start the re-assembly.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Looks good Drew
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Jag front end blown apart, bead blasted, and primed.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
That is looking a whole lot better!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Looks great .
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
It'll be another 70 years before anyone will have to dig into this car's suspension again!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Very nice looking jigsaw puzzle you have there Drew.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Jigsaw puzzle is coming together! I'm thinking I'll have it wrapped up and back installed on the frame Sunday.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Very nice! Biz helping?
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Very impressive, Drew!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Biz did lend a hand while she was home for Thanksgiving, but she's already back off to college today.....boooo.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
We now have a roller!!!
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Looks great ,what is next ?
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