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11-30-2010, 11:11 PM | #1 |
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Very nice! It is looking great!
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12-01-2010, 09:36 AM | #2 |
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Great job fellow Hoosiers. Im sorry its taken me this long to find your project. but I will be following along now. Im nearing the end of my resto project as well, and I have a question to ask. so I sent a PM
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12-01-2010, 11:13 PM | #3 |
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I wasn't happy with the fit of the seat back cover, so I took it off and ran it over to the upholstery shop. They steamed the old foam and added 3/4" padding to the surface, then I added a faux leather rear cover so the foam isn't visible.
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12-01-2010, 11:43 PM | #4 |
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Looks good!
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12-04-2010, 11:06 PM | #5 |
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Jon and Greg and I were very busy today. Greg is the engine builder that is teaching/helping Jon build/blueprint his engine. I was busy unbolting the engine mount stands, transmission shift bracket, sway bar and brackets. Then I painted the front frame rails, inside and out, bolted up the fuel lines, emission lines, soaked the power steering lines with nut buster, washed all the bolted on parts, then dried them and primed and painted them. WOW, long day that started at 10:30 am all the way to 7:00pm...pix...
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12-04-2010, 11:30 PM | #6 |
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looking great!
Love the seat Spike
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12-04-2010, 11:45 PM | #7 |
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Pix.....
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12-05-2010, 12:08 AM | #8 |
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12-05-2010, 12:22 AM | #9 |
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12-05-2010, 11:33 AM | #10 |
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Great progress guys....I would really love to have the opportunity to have a engine builder right by my side teaching me what the books don't tell!!!
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12-05-2010, 04:30 PM | #11 |
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It is very nice to have Greg there for us. I/we owe him big time. To be paid at a later date when he finds his dream car.
Again, we haven't taken the front X-member off because the $$ aren't there yet and the front end was pretty tight. It will come off next year sometime as money permits. It will be totally blasted and repainted and new control arm bushing and ball joints. The differential will be re-built soon. Some of our pix won't load for some reason.. but I will keep trying. I did get the sway bar off and it will get new bushings and 1 of the brackets is rusted and bent, so we will be needing one of those. The fuel lines were just cleaned up with a wire wheel and cleared. And we ran brake cleaner thru them. |
12-05-2010, 01:39 AM | #12 |
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Wow this is a great build up, you guys are doing some great work! Looking very good!
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cool!!
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12-05-2010, 09:51 PM | #14 |
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That engine looks great! You guys are on the home stretch.
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12-09-2010, 09:45 PM | #15 |
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We got the door weatherstrips installed wednesday night. More small parts blasted and painted. And we got the new intake and install hardware..and the roller rockers, carb adapter, thermostat housing...Can't wait to install these !!!
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12-09-2010, 10:02 PM | #16 |
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Nice progress! That engine looks great!
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12-09-2010, 10:43 PM | #17 |
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New parts are always good!
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Always nice to get new parts from the Brown Santa!!!
JMHO....you might as well throw that thermostat housing away....it'll leak like a seize in a matter of miles.....the pot metal they make those out of are crap...they will corrode something awful.....find a cast one at the local auto parts store, and permadry gasket (needs no rtv) and it'll last ya for a long time!!!....I'll post up a thread I did awhile back showing what I did (http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...24838)....hope this helps ya out
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12-11-2010, 11:05 AM | #19 |
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This is a great build. Keep up the good work.
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12-11-2010, 09:46 PM | #21 |
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nice progress what color is the engine going to be ,orange ????
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12-11-2010, 10:35 PM | #23 |
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12-11-2010, 10:56 PM | #24 |
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Glad to see your son is learning from this engine build. It's good to get that hands on experience.
I'm really not sure how you guys get anything done in that filthy shop though........J/K every time I see new pics in this thread I get shop envy. Keep the updates coming. |
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