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I gotta put 3 unions on the 3 lines coming from under the dash. I'll tie them into the other lines once I get the body back on the frame, which...
I went through a bunch of catalogs and found some brake hoses that will work on the car. [ATTACH] I made a couple of brake hose brackets to mount...
[ATTACH] I live about 5 minutes down the road from Mac's, so the other day my son and I went to get some parts for the A.
I just figured out that you can change the thread title, so I did.
Thanks, yea I love the color. It looks even better out in the sun. At first I was gonna paint it moss green, I'm glad I didn't now.
Thanks man, I worked on the pedal set up last night. I had to weld a bracket to hold the stop [ATTACH]light switch. I blasted it to clean it up...
Got the clutch and transmission all bolted up and mounted in the frame. Working on brake and fuel lines now. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Thanks man, I'm headed onto the fun part of the build now. I painted the last major part last night, the engine block. I had to set some of the...
Thanks guys, I still have a lot of work to do before this thing see the road. I'm gonna paint the motor this weekend so I can start assembling it...
Thanks Mark, absolutely next time your around stop by.
The wheels are 15"x5" with 3" back space. The tires are 670- 15 BFG's. The wheels are a little wide for the tire , had to use a ratchet strap to...
I needed new tires for my Shoebox for a while now. But I was dragging my feet in buying new one because I wanted to run Caddy caps. And since I...
Spent most of the day cleaning the garage out with the leaf blower. Had to get it cleaned up because my son has been bugging me to go for a ride...
Thanks guys, it was a long night. I put 5 coats of clear on it. I finished spraying at 1:30am, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Gonna...
Lookin good, I'm getting near the end of my Tudor A build.
Thank you very much. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] First coat of clear, gonna be a long night. Gotta wait 1/2 hour between each coat.
Thanks man, the funky color primer is PPG ncp270. They gray sealer is PPG DP epoxy primer that works as a sealer also. Heading back to the shop...
First coat of color. [ATTACH]
Sealer is drying [ATTACH]
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Just about ready to pull the trigger.
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] I painted the underside of the body last night. I'm working on the out side right now, pics soon.
I'm not too sure on the flakes in the filter. The mesh is pretty small, I would say if they would get stuck in a paper paint strainer they won't...
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[ATTACH] Just finishing up blocking the last panel. I should be ready to paint it next weekend.
[ATTACH][ATTACH] I painted a hand full of parts the other night.
I bought a air rivet gun from harbor freight. It does 1/8"-1/4" rivets of any type. I work in a collision shop and it gets used a lot by me and...
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