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Old 06-07-2018, 04:05 AM
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Default Need help with my Day 3 project

Hi guys,
I know this is the Day 2 forum, but I’m shooting for a little later than that. I’m trying to build what someone from say late ‘70s through early ‘80s would have if he was wanting to be the baddest guy on the street. The only caveat is I know a lot of those mods were pretty tacky so I’m trying to avoid those. Right now, what I’ve got are big and little satin Auto Drags, Hurst V-Gate shifter, Moroso valve covers (blue soon to be gold), Lakewood ladder bars and driveshaft loop, Holly blue electric fuel pump with braided line and red and blue fittings and big orange Fram fuel filter. I’m going to make an orange NMW battery box out of a competition engineering box for the trunk. On the rear end I’ve got a Mr Gasket aluminum cover. My questions are this:

1. Will my plain 5” Autometer monster tach look right in the car? It was one of the first things I bought for it when I was a kid in the mid 90s. Did they have them way back then?

2. My gas tank needs replaced. Would anyone have put a fuel cell in the trunk of a wicked street car back then or would that look out of place for what I’m trying to do?

3. What was a common shock absorber then? I don’t want to run air shocks. Were Lakewood 90-10 shocks available?

4. What about mufflers? I don’t like the sound of glasspacks. What would my options have been back then?

5. Will an old MSD 6al box look correct? I know the big yellow Accel coil and dual point distributor was the hot thing then but I got a good deal on the MSD and I’d like to use it if it won’t look too out of place.

Thanks in advance for any advice you guys have. I know a lot of you were lucky enough to build your cars during this time period so hopefully I can get some good ideas.
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