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Old 06-25-2013, 02:41 PM   #601
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

Awesome progress! lil on the sneaky side though.....Whatever color you choose, it's going to be nice.
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Old 06-25-2013, 06:24 PM   #602
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

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just plain SEXY !
hahaha thank you!
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Awesome progress! lil on the sneaky side though.....Whatever color you choose, it's going to be nice.
Thanks! and yes sneaky is what I was going for lol
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Old 06-25-2013, 10:16 PM   #603
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

I did the final polish on the intake tonight. Here's some before and after pictures
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Old 06-25-2013, 10:21 PM   #604
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

here's the final polish on it
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Old 06-25-2013, 10:57 PM   #605
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

Oh man, that's a ton better looking!!

And it wasn't bad looking before.
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Old 06-26-2013, 09:18 AM   #606
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

Damn that looks like a LOT of work! It looks great now though. Hope you enjoy polishing!
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Old 06-26-2013, 11:11 AM   #607
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

Love the intake! sorry if you already said, did you fabricate the coil covers?
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Old 06-26-2013, 11:26 AM   #608
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Amazing !
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Old 06-26-2013, 09:10 PM   #609
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Oh man, that's a ton better looking!!

And it wasn't bad looking before.
lol Thanks! I agree but for sure looks better now
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Damn that looks like a LOT of work! It looks great now though. Hope you enjoy polishing!
Thanks! and no I don't enjoy it lol but it's worth it in the end!
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Love the intake! sorry if you already said, did you fabricate the coil covers?
Thanks! and yeah we made those, I was going to get the plastic Holley covers, but plastic and ehh. These started out taking shape as a piece of TIG filler bent into place
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Amazing !
Thanks Mike!
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Old 06-26-2013, 11:31 PM   #610
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Gorgeous!
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Old 06-27-2013, 07:11 PM   #611
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Gorgeous!
Thanks man!
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Old 06-28-2013, 10:48 PM   #612
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

wow!....the intake looks awesome.
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Old 07-01-2013, 04:02 PM   #613
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wow!....the intake looks awesome.
Thanks! it barely looks like the same one now lol
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Old 07-01-2013, 04:09 PM   #614
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

Went to the paint shop this past weekend and picked up the cab, front fenders, doors, hood, front inners, gauge cluster. It's looking killer!
Here's the frame on the trailer on the way to get the cab.
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Old 07-01-2013, 04:12 PM   #615
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

Here's the hood, fenders, inners, and the doors in the background
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Old 07-01-2013, 05:33 PM   #616
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

That's not cool. Final paint pictures in black and white, come on now
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Old 07-01-2013, 05:42 PM   #617
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That's not cool. Final paint pictures in black and white, come on now
lol! I know, I'm trying to build a little suspense and hold out until we at least get a little assembly rolling before I make the debut on it.
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Old 07-02-2013, 05:30 PM   #618
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Here's one of the cab on the frame.
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Old 07-02-2013, 06:28 PM   #619
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

You're killin' me!!
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Old 07-02-2013, 06:34 PM   #620
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awesome build
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Old 07-02-2013, 11:43 PM   #621
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i'm saying its a dark brown or copper color
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Old 07-03-2013, 12:27 AM   #622
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:05 AM   #623
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Re: Project: "just a little rust repair, turned LS2 swap"

I agree but didn't want to say it and ruin the surprise lol
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:33 AM   #624
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Not sure what color it is but the paint job looks great!
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Old 07-03-2013, 09:57 AM   #625
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lol! I know, I'm trying to build a little suspense and hold out until we at least get a little assembly rolling before I make the debut on it.
DAMN IT MAN!!!! SHOW US THE COLOR!!! You said "a little assembly" and the cab on the frame is a little assembly. The suspense is killing me

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