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Mounted the radiator. Copied the brackets they made to use a V8 radiator in the 6 cyl. position in front of the support. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Door panels are done! Reading the text and colorizing the black and white pictures, the interior is 3 colors. Black Carpet, headliner, and door...
Time to cover the shifter hole. A quick look around turned up the front panel off the clothes drier to donate some flat sheet metal. A cardboard...
Yes, in the next couple of weeks.
Finally wheels and tires mounted. Very inspirational! The rear tires are temporary for now just to see how they fit in the wheel wells. Looks like...
Minor score yesterday. 4 nice Fenton wheel centers. Also picked up some front tires off E- Bay. I chose 1 inch whitewalls and masked them off down...
Ok guys, lets test the power of the HAMB. I need to identify the stickers in the rear window in this picture. The stickers changed frequently and...
Buffed the hood finally and pinstriped the orange panel. Applied some Mascara around the hood scoops. The hood's just sitting on the car so I can...
I did it with tape. I suspect Pop-Rod did the same back then. It was pretty popular. I think I bought all the tape with in a 40 mile area
I picked up a what I think is a correct temp gauge from E-Bay and the suckers brand new! Thanks Moriarity for telling me about it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So this is what 230 feet of pinstripe looks like. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Buffed out the new color and pinstriped the trunk lid. There are no good shots of the lid but I'm going to assume that the same treatment done to...
Finally applied the second color. Pinstripes are next.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Today's project was the heater block off plate. I couldn't fine an original one so the next best thing was an aftermarket part. The problem was it...
Sold the ladder bars on E-bay for $205.43 making the new purchase balance 3658.85.[ATTACH]
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