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My 49 coupe. [ATTACH]
I just did a disc upgrade on the stock suspension. Easy swap. Very straight forward.
Cool. What's your plans?
You're an expert. Would've taken me at least 13 cans.
Well I put the frame on the ground and was super disappointed... [ATTACH] Not even close to laying out. Turns out my cups were too tall (I...
Been a bit since I've updated. I'd like to say I've made some steady progress but life gets in the way I suppose. Got my sons car finished,...
Finally finished my sons car. It's a little different than original. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's amazing. The mini service station is great. I wish I had the room for stuff like this! Thanks for the picture.
[ATTACH] I received the headlights and did a quick mock up. (That's my wife holding them. I save my short shorts for the weekends. :eek:)
Can't wait to see this little junkyard!
I've considered cutting it out or replacing the dash but I'm not sure yet. No updates today. I'm taking a metal fab 2 day workshop this weekend....
Some of you guys are really lucky. My dad didn't teach me a damn thing about cars. If I didn't have the Internet, I'd be SOL. I've pretty much...
Been completely side tracked with my sons pedal car project ha! Here's some pics. I'll be taking it apart for paint after this weekend. He...
Thanks! That's a ton of pedal cars! Wow! I did some more work on mine. Just about done. I'm going to mount that lokar shifter on. I'll be...
Some really nice cars in this thread! I just picked up this car yesterday. I currently have it mocked up, ran out of time to work on it today. I...
So been lagging on the updates as most of the stuff I've been doing has been parts ordering and running around. I Picked up a new welder. Love...
Looks like the compression fittings they sell at Home Depot. Used those a few times on air set ups. I'd look into push to connect fittings....
This.
[ATTACH] Front suspension set up. Just about ready for assembly. [ATTACH] Notched the frame. Ran out of gas towards the end so didn't get to...
To answer your questions... Usually when valves leak, there's dirt or something keeping them from closing all the way. 1. You can try taking...
So picked up some new toys recently! Picked up a 60 gal compressor. I love this thing already. [ATTACH] Also picked up an '81 el Camino as a...
Car looks great. I used plastidip on an off topic car hood once. Removing it was the worst pain in the ass I've ever had lol.
Thanks, I guess I can call it a frame off? Lol. Yeah it was. The if this was how messy the dustless is, I can't imagine how messy regular...
Got the frame blasted. Man what a mess! Still haven't finished cleaning that up. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sprayed some primer on the frame. [ATTACH]...
Haven't updated this in a bit. Unfortunately nothing really to update. I did get the frame stripped down, and the front suspension off and...
Thanks man! Want to do my trunk like yours? Haha!
Another weekend down. I started by removing all the glass, with the rear window first. [IMG] All the glass survived except the drivers side of...
I decided to do the panel under the trunk first. Here's the before. [IMG] Nice and rusty and a bit beat up from some kind of home made...
Another update. I sold the wire wheels that were on the car to a local guy. One of the knock offs was seized on. That was an ordeal! 1 ruined...
I was going to post the same thing. Always have Pandora on when I browse.
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