I have knocked the drain plug out of a pan that hung about as low as this one. These smoothy bottoms tend to be a tad more forgiving.
Type: Posts; User: Robert Haas
I have knocked the drain plug out of a pan that hung about as low as this one. These smoothy bottoms tend to be a tad more forgiving.
I really do not want to deal with refinishing the cadmium like coating on that pan. The closest this car will be to a drag strip is the parking lot.
Yea I picked up on that. No nothing is in permanently being that engine in these pictures is made out of plastic. So yea, I will be notching the scatter shield.
I am building the exhaust right...
I have lusted for one of these for years.
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The Earl Williams headers and firewall notch kit along with his motor mounts sure make the Big Block settle right in like it belongs there.
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Golly, I have been driving 50 years and that sure as heck ain't how I feel. I have had full on emergency lock ups in my life, (more then I can count in the multi million miles I have driven) and I...
This delivery is getting me all weak in the knees.
a pallet full of goodness.
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Ratio?
I am currently building my 55 using Wilwood manual MC and their 12" big brake kit with 4 piston calipers. Wilwood said I need at least a 6 to 1 pedal ratio . 1114411145
Just ordered complete system for all 6 pieces of movable glass.
Any issues you folks might have run into?
Sunday was a funday. Hanging the sheet metal. really gave me a sense of where I am on this build. I am very happy with what I have accomplished in three weekends and a few nights after work.
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Saturday was a good day
yes sir
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Will be running a Vintage Air unit, that clears perfectly. However the stock heater had a good amount of clearance so I suspect it would have been fine.
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Gotta get the firewall ready for the big block. No BFH for me. What fun would that be?
Passenger side first.
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Yes, first thing in the morning before the breeze kicks up. wet the ground and get to it.
we started at 5 in the morning and had it tucked away in the shop by noon
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well?
yes coral on the firewall, gloss black on the frame, satin black on the core support and inner fenders.
Something exciting is happening
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Thank you, I fixed the links
I want to do a proper build here but will not be splitting the chassis from the body, not at this time anyway. So I am having the front frame rails and firewall, trans tunnel blasted to bare metal....
Built a dolly that indexes under the cross member that holds the vehicle at exactly finished ride height. Used premium ball bearing casters that won't kill the paint on my shop floor and lets me...
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I sure will have a lot of very nice parts for anyone looking for stock original stuff. Hope I can find a deserving sole building a stocker that needs any of this stuff, I don't...