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Old 02-22-2018, 12:42 AM
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Love the details!!!

3.90’s....... what tire diameter? I think top loaders came in close and wide ratio...? What trans?

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Old 02-22-2018, 01:31 AM
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Sweet, beautiful detail and amusing commentary. You should have your own restoration show on Discouvery Velocity.
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Old 02-22-2018, 02:12 AM
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Sweet, beautiful detail and amusing commentary. You should have your own restoration show on Discouvery Velocity.
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I agree, Dave we need to speak to someone to get you your own show..... LOL

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Hmmm.... you know? If I get my own T.V. show, I may lose the respect you guys have for my work! Assuming you all actually HAVE respect for me, that is. HA! You know? I've said some funny stuff and that right there is pretty darn funny!

Moving on, the rear axle is all buttoned up and bolted in. Brake lines, and even the original vent hose which showed a factory marking. Some dash parts going in, and the engine now has the fan/ clutch and lift hooks installed. I'm waiting on the smog system to come in too. My car had it originally, but Bullitt did not. I want the underhood to be 100% stock so I'm installing it. But, I'll be gutting the pump and the head ports are blocked off, so it'll be a dummy system... like me!

Ryan, G70 Bias Plys.... think the diameter is 28.5". Those are what McQueen mounted on his car. Stock RUG for 68 390 GT is a wide ratio.

Really nailing down the Hero Car look with this wheel/tire combo. I'll paint the spokes just a little darker to mimic the unpolished Magnesium of the originals. And if anyone has a set of originals in the Ford bolt pattern...... gimmie!!

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I really hope to visit you one day to see how the heck this restoration thing is done:-)

PS: Wide ratio and those tires and 3.90’s will be so sweet!!!

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I would watch TV if you get a show!!

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You're doing a great job on your car, Ryan!! Keep at it!! We'll have a spare room once the new house is done. Ship that Olds down here and we'll spray the funk on it!! I'm pretty good with a brush!!

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Looking spiffy Dave. Real nice look and attention to detail!!!
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Alrighty.... New brake shoes, wheel cylinders, hardware kit... and a big packet of Band-Aids for when the spring installer thingy slips and I cut myself You know? Sometimes I feel like Bob Ross putting all these inspection marks on the chassis. "We're going to take some Crimson Red... and then some Cobalt Blue.... and we'll take our fan brush here.... don't be shy..... and just add a happy inspection mark on the end of that balljoint. Don't be shy, just use your favorite fan brush and add that happy mark. There..look.... didn't that just make you so freakin' happy....The mark is... why aren't you.. YOU FREAKIN BASTID!!??" O.K.... this humor might have been lost on the younger people, but if your laughing, you watched PBS as a kid too!

All the brakes minus the booster and master cylinder are in and ready to go! Sometime this month the engine and transmission will go in which will free up some much needed space in this tiny rental shop.

Eric from Vintage Musclecar Parts redid the carb and test ran it on a [gulp] Chevy So I'm not quite sure it'll work when I install it on this Ford! Fantastic job Eric!!

More to come....

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