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07-10-2020, 05:32 PM | #1 |
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fantastic work, really lookin good!
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I received a small Summit order today. One item I purchased was an Optima battery. I got it installed this evening. I purchased a nice 0 gauge battery cable kit from American Autowire. The batter box was purchased off eBay. Pretty happy.
Disclaimer....I realize my body it still not mounted. I'm trying to get as much done prior to the body going on while I wait on the exhaust. Marc
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Looking good! I've been running Optima's for years, but I've been having trouble with their batteries having bad cells lately. Some folks on the web are saying it's because they moved manufacturing to Mexico, but I haven't researched it enough to know if that's true or not.
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Marc, super nice work my friend...Jim
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07-11-2020, 12:05 AM | #6 |
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nice big window! nice exhaust too, but its hard to excited about that with the 56 and all.
(just kidding, nice exhaust)
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oops you said 55, I think I was living vicariously when I said 56 because thats the year I have. I dont have any specific model year clairvoyance, was just goofing off.
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Well I worked on finishing the outsides of the doors. I can say I think I'm starting to get the hand of it. The doors are done ans sealed with matte clear. Because I liked how the doors turned out I think I'm going to further sand Parts of the body to achieve a similar result. i have enjoyed getting the hang of using an airbrush again....The outside of the body is all that is left.
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Don't get it twisted, it might look rusty on the outside but here is an example of the satin painted backside of one of the doors. I really like the interior contrast with that of the weathered exterior.
Thank you Marc
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Marc, looks great...Jim
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Impressive work!! I meant to ask, what kind of undercoating did you use on your fenders and running boards? Thanks in advance.
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https://www.autozone.com/paint-and-b...E&gclsrc=aw.ds i used a total of 8 bottles (2 kits) on my Suburban body (top and bottom of floors) and firewall. Including all fenders and body parts. Thanks Marc
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man you have the patina thing locked up.
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Looks great Marc..!
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Thxs, I'm trying. I keep learning the more I do. From the doors now I'm going to redo some of the body. I'm not happy with parts of the body now after seeing how the doors turned out.
Thanks Greg Marc
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Marc, Do you plan to install power windows?
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07-14-2020, 07:51 AM | #18 |
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Not in this one...My 48 had everything electric, including the fresh air vent. If you want power windows go with Nu-relic. They are not cheap but quality never is. They are direct bolt in and work great.
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Right on. Those are the ones I have earmarked for my build.
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Good deal. I didn't care for their switches so I went with some from a another supplier.
https://watsons-streetworks.com/prod...gory/switches/ Marc
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84blaze, keep it clean is part of the hoffman group (A.K.A Autoloc) in my experience using parts from any of these companies is very cheap and not reliable.
just my 2 cents. I'd use watsons anyday over a hoffman group co. Mark.
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Hey Marc (and anyone who knows better than me), did you happen to use an ARP balancer bolt? I was putting mine together today and noticed that the directions from ARP and ATI don't agree with each other (different torque and loctite vs ARP assembly lube). Curious to know what you ended up doing.
Also, you probably already caught this, but I didn't The instructions also say that the alternator grounds through the water pump housing so it says to keep that mounting surface paint free. Not sure if it matters much or not, but I went back and cleaned that area of my block since I didn't mask it off before paint
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