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Oooh I like! Does the air cleaner fit on the later larger throat carburetors?


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With a newer base it does

 

Well the belair project got sidelined due to health issues and parts availability on my end. Now the vette project is off the rails due health issues with the painter AND his family. Be safe out there....

 

Hang in there Scotty T


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Yikes...praying for a quick recovery so everyone can get back to work.

 

Thanks for the thoughts guys. Just to clarify, i’m ok just back to working overtime and waiting for parts, it’s my buddies i’m concerned about, one is about over it, the other is having more issues. Obviously the cars are loooow priority.

 

OK I'm bored at work and I have one new picture. My painter Patrick is sick but made it out to the shop and sent me a pic with hood on the vette, I love it.

 

Progress is good man, harder to do when you feel like shit

 

That is exciting stuff right there!


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Well this is the color for the vette. Not what i thought i would go with but i like this more.

 

Hell yes!!!!


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Polished wheels or satin?

 

Not sure yet, possibly chrome reverse. Well actually chrome oem style

 

That'll look awesome with that color bubba

 

Arrest Me Red

 

Definitely not resale red!

 

GREAT color choice Are you going to have different color coves?

 

In the 70's I spent many a Sunday at Thunder Valley in Marion SD and saw "Thunderation" all the time. Rapp Chevrolet owned the dragstrip then, and I always went with a buddy of the Rapp group. We got in free, and hung out in the concession stand quite a bit, drinking the beer that was confiscated at the gate. There were also some hotties working the concessions, so that was bonus viewing for a 17 year old kid.

That's some interesting steering linkage, might generate some ideas for builders that have steering interference issues with headers, etc.

 

That color looks nearly identical if not the exact same to one I shot on something this past Saturday... Beautiful color that was also not cheap. Looks like pearl in it?

 

Sounds like a great time! I really like the looks of that car.
That linkage is a bit odd, i would imagine it could be adapted to another car if you could find the parts

 

Yes lots of pearl! It’s cheaper than the first color we found

 

That was about the same as what the guy that mixed the paint for me mentioned when I picked it up Saturday. "That color has tons of pearl in it...no wonder it is so expensive." Good thing I only needed a half pint. Should look great on your vette.

 

My '56 is about that color. I think they called it some kind of red...

 

I'd like to see more of your '56. It looks like a real sweet heart.

 

No sir

 

My car was originally venetian red, i’m not sure if 56 used the same colors as 57

 

1956 and '57 Venetian Red were the same.

 

I'll do a thread on it pretty soon, almost ready to play with it after a year of ownership.

Scotty has picked out a red exactly like I wanted to paint my C2 Vette years ago, I even jambed it then chickened out figuring I'd never get it right, and painted it single stage black. And I think he's right, not sure two tone coves with that metallic would work. That is metallic isn't it?

 

I look forward to your thread. Mabey a heads up here so we don't miss it.