Forum: Technical & Restoration
09-13-2023, 06:09 AM
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Forum: Technical & Restoration
09-12-2023, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 364
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-11-2023, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Hood Work
You just cant give up on clean sheetmetal. Hood took a good peck on the drivers side. Not to bad to fix. Just pull off the corner hammer and dolly it back to the way GM made it. Alot of on and...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-11-2023, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 54
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Door Work
Like I mentioned I got a replacement door out of MO that was very clean except for the very bottom where dirt and debris collected and rotted out a corner. Easy fix with the original door offering...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-11-2023, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Odds and Ends Motor
Tore down my engine. Appeared to have a good set of dimple rods along with a 6223 crank. Motor all degreased, power washed, blasted and painted for some machine work. Motor was very complete and...
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Forum: L78/L89 specific Forum
09-10-2023, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,325
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Forum: Ford-Mercury
09-07-2023, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 428
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-16-2023, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Finished
This shows the adding of the side wrappers with butt welds that are ground smooth and replication of all the original spot welds across the cowl. What this also doesnt show is alot of hammer and...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-16-2023, 01:45 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Removal and Cleanup
So i cut the tops of each side wrapper as I wanted to preserve date codes on the metal, top piece of the cowl and the Dash as its really the top piece of metal that goes over the cowl. These show...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-11-2023, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-11-2023, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Some 300 Deluxe Items
So I had known that the 300 deluxe cars got some stripped down items that can be normally found a regular SS or Malibu. One that had to do some digging to understand was the trim piece at the base...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-11-2023, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Gas Tank Sequence Number
A little bit tough to see the number on the tank but it was still there in black marker. I had noticed the number and location on Ricks Yenko. If there is one thing that everyone can take away from...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-11-2023, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Brake Fitting Colors
Time to get into some details. Ive seen many restored cars with colored brake line fittings. Ive never been able to actually see the colors on the original parts as I took them apart till now. All...
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Forum: L78/L89 specific Forum
08-08-2023, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 16,787
well like I said before, I'm probably the worst...
well like I said before, I'm probably the worst thread updater of all time, but the car is done (or as done as they ever can be). I spent the end of June and beginning of July putting the interior...
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Forum: L78/L89 specific Forum
08-08-2023, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 221
Views: 85,117
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Forum: L78/L89 specific Forum
08-03-2023, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 221
Views: 85,117
After welding up a few cracks in the original...
After welding up a few cracks in the original subframe, I decided to use my spare subframe and pull the original for a few reasons. 1 for safety 2. I let a friend use my welder to build a smoker ...
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Forum: Technical & Restoration
07-30-2023, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,581
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-30-2023, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,234
Tear Down
Started getting into the car. Its got alot of issues but this is one of the cleaner cars i have my collection. Its really impressive, floors and trunk only need a patch here and there. Window...
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Forum: Parts/Memorabilia - For Sale
07-28-2023, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 369
1966 Chevy II 12 Bolts
I have 2 1966 Chevy II 12 Bolts
First one is a FP 0610 with a casting date of D-26-6
Factory 3:73 posi
Currently running a 5:13 and a 4 series
It has had the purches replaced as it was found...
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Forum: Technical & Restoration
07-27-2023, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 607
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-19-2023, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 197
Views: 106,726
Hi Chris,
Really appreciate the comments. I...
Hi Chris,
Really appreciate the comments. I have noticed that for those that really get into the hobby, passion and obsession become a blurred line.
So my car did have those inserts when i...
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Forum: Supercars/Musclecars-For Sale
06-21-2023, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,222
1968 camaro rs/ss
For sale is a 1968 numbers matching rs/ss Camaro
Car is from Texas
Has very minimal rust on it
Number's matching 350 ci engine
Automatic trans
12 bolt posi rear end
I Have the original...
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Forum: Parts/Memorabilia - Sold listings
06-13-2023, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 328
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Forum: Technical & Restoration
06-12-2023, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 651
Thanks Freddie, I figured it wasn't anything...
Thanks Freddie, I figured it wasn't anything special but a guy can always hope, eh...:smile:
My buddy put it back together with the original shims and the backlash checked good, so ready to go, well...
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Forum: Technical & Restoration
06-10-2023, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 486
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