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One man hood removal with Garagemate tool
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Out with the old... |
Clip disassembled
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Solid Lifter Cam Specs |
Dash Removed for restoration, and wiring throughout |
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Misc. parts media blasted and ready for epoxy primer |
Aluminum Dual Quad Manifold for 318 Poly
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Assembled head
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Dual Valve Springs Single Groove Locks
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Intake port
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Exhaust Port
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Manton Pushrods
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Scat 4.00 stroker crankshaft
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2.02" / 1.60" Stainless Steel Valves
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Assembled Dual Quad 318 Poly Stroker - 390 Cubic Inches
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727 Torqueflight Manual valve body
with tailshaft for GearVendors over drive |
Dash Shell
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Dash with switches and bezel
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Underside of instruments all of the gauges
looked to be in great shape.
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Gas gauge
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A few parts in SEM hotrod black
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Firewall down to bare metal
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Boxed cross members
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Boxed lower control arms
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Shock tube
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PPG
Epoxy primer on firewall
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PPG Epoxy primer on subframe
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I painted the frame with "Hot Rod Flatz"
Satin Black Acrylic Urethane
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No cutting on the car to install the Alpine.
Just a bit of grinding on the Alpine's case. I have since
replaced the volume knob with a knob that matches the
rest of the dash switches.
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Blasted and painted
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At work in the garage
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Finally back to white. I used PPG Acrylic Urethane
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Closeup of firewall
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Finally unwrapped
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Now the re-assembly begins
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Autometer Cruiser AD gauges |
Firewall reassemby
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Scarebird disc brake conversion
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318 Poly Engine Installation
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Dual quad 318 poly installed |
Dash assembled and wired
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I purchased a March pulley set that included an A/C
bracket. The nice thing about their set is that you can run just the
alternator by itself until you are ready to ad d the A/C. The brackets are
entirely seperate, and use a seperate serpentine belt.
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500CFM Edelbrock Carbs
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The MSD Blaster2 coil and MSD6 box were relocated inside the
car
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7 months into my 2 month project, the dash is finally back
in
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Hurst Quicksilver shifter operating a CRT (Cope Racing
Transmission) SB A 727 reverse pattern manual valve body transmission.
Behind the 727 is a Gear Vendor overdrive unit |
Autometer Cruiser AD Water Temp, Oil Pressure and Volt
meters. |
Strange Engineering S-60 with 2004 Cobra rear disc brakes,
S-Trac differential and 4.10:1 gears. Leaf springs are by Espo. Mopar
pinion snubber is not visible. |
At "The Station" in Wickenburg, AZ
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"I love it when a plan comes together"
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