rlsbee
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Boy! That is some nice work. Really enjoy threads like this. I so much respect someone who does their own work like this.
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Thanks rlsbee....Glad you enjoy the thread. As far as doing the work myself, I wouldn't have it any other way. Gives a guy a whole different respect for his car when all said and done.
Little bit more done today......
Got my rear preped and ready for some chassis black..
Scuffed the cowl and leveled out the ground down spot welds on the cowl/firewall lip. Getting ready for some PPG Epoxy primer
Replacement spindle should be here tomorrow. Plan on wraping up the front end as well as getting the rear crammed in within the next several days.
Little bit more done today......
Got my rear preped and ready for some chassis black..
Scuffed the cowl and leveled out the ground down spot welds on the cowl/firewall lip. Getting ready for some PPG Epoxy primer
Replacement spindle should be here tomorrow. Plan on wraping up the front end as well as getting the rear crammed in within the next several days.
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Good news!!!
Got that the replacement spindle already to replace the first one that had not been machined down enough. Pretty suprised RSD got me a replacement this quick. New one had the bearing/rotor slide right on.
Getting ready to toss on the GMAX sway bar next
Got that the replacement spindle already to replace the first one that had not been machined down enough. Pretty suprised RSD got me a replacement this quick. New one had the bearing/rotor slide right on.
Getting ready to toss on the GMAX sway bar next
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Good news!!!
Got that the replacement spindle already to replace the first one that had not been machined down enough. Pretty suprised RSD got me a replacement this quick. New one had the bearing/rotor slide right on.
Getting ready to toss on the GMAX sway bar next
Probably cause you practiced your "sailor lingo" on them!! Next time try Railroad Jargon and see if you get better results. lol Looks great tho!!
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"Railroad Jargon".......LOL That's a keeper Daryn.
Have a good weekend buddy!
Have a good weekend buddy!
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Wow Holy Hell Will!! Glad to see her comin' together so nicely!! Hope all is well I am still California dreamin' tryin' to make the $$$ to get there. I really need to sell the car,I will get pics up soon. I will be on here religiously even if I make it for real. Especially since I will be able to afford your talent/ skill. Think we need to open a body shop/restoration In California!! Nice to dream 4 now! Awesome job!!!
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Slow the hell down!! How am I supposed to catch up with you guys???
lol!!
She lookin good bro.
lol!!
She lookin good bro.
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Good to hear you're doing good out in Cali Ben! Like I said before, i'm game for all the fun in the sun out there. Resto shop would be awesome. A guy has to dream. Life would be borning if you didn't.
Thanks Dave..........Gonna try to keep an aggressive pace. Still shooting to start the body then into paint in the next month or two.
Not a whole lot done this weekend. One of the first really nice weekend's. So, a bit of Sun......Beer........Boat Drinks.......Music......Grillin.......Fishing was on tap.....
Still found some time to work on the old girl. Decided to spray the new Mopar SS springs, rear and k-Frame with Eastwoods Extreme Chassis Satin Black.
Also sprayed the steering link and rods with some cast blast, installed the wiper pivots-seals-linkage, and installed the left side vent box.
Not really any directions about the recommended gun settings, so I went with a 1.8 tip and about 20 PSI at inlet on the devilbiss. Spayed out real nice. No catalyst's/hardener's used/needed with this stuff.
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Nice stuff man.
Big thumbs up on the 1.8 and the low air pressure.
Big thumbs up on the 1.8 and the low air pressure.
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Have to crank up the air in the shop this week Will,90 degrees for 3 days.Yuck
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Thanks Dave,
With that tip and psi, it was real easy to dial in a decent spray pattern and flow rate.
Thanks again for the post's about the headliner on your thread. I really want to tackle the headliner myself on the RR and that sure gives me a big leap in that direction
With that tip and psi, it was real easy to dial in a decent spray pattern and flow rate.
Thanks again for the post's about the headliner on your thread. I really want to tackle the headliner myself on the RR and that sure gives me a big leap in that direction
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Are you serious Jay? Holy smokes...No air in the shop partner. I'll have to resort to a barn fan and beer.
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95F and ungodly humid this afternoon..Uuuggg!
Never the less, the work must go on.
Mounted the Rear, Mopar Performance XHD Leaf Springs, Edelbrock IAS shocks, Calvert Racing Cal-Trac System, Hotchkis Shackles and Energy Suspension Poly Bushings
Never the less, the work must go on.
Mounted the Rear, Mopar Performance XHD Leaf Springs, Edelbrock IAS shocks, Calvert Racing Cal-Trac System, Hotchkis Shackles and Energy Suspension Poly Bushings
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Looking very nice.
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Sure is! What are you going to use for rims and tires?
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Most excellent amigo.
You are so close to putting the bird's feet back on the ground!!
You are so close to putting the bird's feet back on the ground!!
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Very nice work, looking awesome
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Thanks fella's!! She's been airborne wayyyy to long now. Looking forward to seeing the bird on it's own rubber again.
As far as the rims Matt....15 x 8 in the back 15 x 7 in the front. Undecided yet on tires. Either good old american made Cooper's or BF Goodrich. Rim's still undecided on that front yet. Either Weld Prostar's or Magnum 500's. I have a set of Crager 800 series that I traded Wannadrag for a set of crager aluminum slot's. Probably use those as roller's
As far as the rims Matt....15 x 8 in the back 15 x 7 in the front. Undecided yet on tires. Either good old american made Cooper's or BF Goodrich. Rim's still undecided on that front yet. Either Weld Prostar's or Magnum 500's. I have a set of Crager 800 series that I traded Wannadrag for a set of crager aluminum slot's. Probably use those as roller's
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Hey Prop,
Your lookin great there, I have a question for you as you seemed to just have dealt with a newer braking system. I am installing the drum to disc conversion from summit. Going smoothly so far but I ran into a snag. I have the old pushrod out of the old MC and it says to use it with the new booster. My question is this: the plunger and spring are still attached to the pushrod, How do you separate the plunger part from the pushrod?
Never mind Prop, I found it out. The instructions tell you to use the old pushrod but give you a new one.
As rosanne rosanndanna would say on SNL......nevermind.
Your lookin great there, I have a question for you as you seemed to just have dealt with a newer braking system. I am installing the drum to disc conversion from summit. Going smoothly so far but I ran into a snag. I have the old pushrod out of the old MC and it says to use it with the new booster. My question is this: the plunger and spring are still attached to the pushrod, How do you separate the plunger part from the pushrod?
Never mind Prop, I found it out. The instructions tell you to use the old pushrod but give you a new one.
As rosanne rosanndanna would say on SNL......nevermind.
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LOL...Good one. Glad to hear you got it figured out. Suprised they wouldn't modify the directions to reflect the changes.
Found a little link on Jegs that folks can use to kind of get an idea what rims (they sell), would look like on the your car. They do have several of our beloved mopars you can pick from, but not all. You can also change the car color, ride height, window tint and rim size...You can also put the wheels in motion (kinda cheesy)
Kind of fun to play around with.. Check it out:
-Gotta have "Java" software to work-most computers have
http://www.autowaretech9.net/nextwheels/jegs_ec.htm
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