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#81
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More or less final design
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#82
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Very Cool, Looking forward to seeing it come to light.
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When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did, in his sleep. Not screaming like the passengers in his car. |
#83
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I replied on IG, too...
Cool look! Reminds me of a Opel Manta Rallye.
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"Keep your stick on the ice...and your head up." 1910 Buick Model 19 Touring 1923 Cadillac 5 passenger coupe 1933 Pontiac 4 door sedan project 1933 Sport Coupe project 1968 GTO, 428, THM400, 2.73 posi cruiser 1969 Chevrolet C10 Fleetside, 350, THM400 1958 Buick Caballero 4dr hdtp wagon 2018 Ram 1500 to tow stuff 2024 Buick Encore GX |
#84
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Any more progress on your project?
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#85
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yes, lots of body work ongoing - but now stopped and waiting for the delivery of same sheet metal, ship is delayed!
So focusing on the engine. Rebuild the distributor and converted to electronic now painting the engine parts Oldsmobile gold and waiting for new cam followers |
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a quick update on this.
Body is back from the body shop and more or less paint ready. Rebuild the rear end and but it on his own wheels |
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Looking good, but you'll need a better driver's seat.
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#88
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It’s the final rendering!
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#89
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That is so much better than putting a 350 Chevy in it like most would do.,
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Two 1975 455 Grandvilles & '79 455 Trans Am ‘69 Camaro SS 396/375 (owned since ‘88) ‘22 Toyota Sequoia V8 ‘23 Lexus LS500 awd ‘95 Ford F-super duty 4wd 7.3 p-stroke & countless Jeeps & off road vehicles. |
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Nice! I think the Green is a good choice
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When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did, in his sleep. Not screaming like the passengers in his car. |
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Can't wait to see the finished car. The quality of your work shows in the pictures. Great engine in a nicely styled car.
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#92
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A lot of good work going on there !
george
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"...out to my ol'55, I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, god knows i was feeling alive"....written by Tom Wait from the Eagles' Live From The Forum |
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So we got the engine built and mounted with the saginaw trans on the subframe!
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#94
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The only issue was that the motor shop left the valve guides to long. Ended with having the head going back to them and they fixed it same day!
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#95
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Beltdrive setup
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#96
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So grateful to have my brother built my engine!
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#97
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Nice! Curious to see how your Saginaw 4 speed turns out. Mine island fine now but took about five tries to get it right. They have a tendency to grind when downshifting from 3 to 2. If you look how close the reverse and cluster gear are you can imagine what happens. I ended up changing half of my trans with NOS parts to get her quiet.
All endplay related issues.
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (base OHC, 350, 400HO & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA ht’s) 1969 Custom S 2dr ht 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 ht & Judge ht) 1969 Cat (3 Cvt’s & 2dr ht) 1969 Ventura wagon 2 seat 1969 Exec 4dr post 1969 Bonnie Cvt & 2 wagons 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix 2 SJ’s 1969 2+2 2dr ht (Canadian) |
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Looking great
Is that an OHC Air conditioning fan? There are people looking for those!
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#99
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my car will get AC, just waiting on the VintageAir parts - compressor and brackets are already in my shop
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Looking good, that is a new way to mess up the valves! I haven't run into that before. I have seen about 10 other ways to mess it up though! Glad the straightened it out quickly!
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