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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
She's in primer now. Just gotta do a little more sanding and it will be time for some color
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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
Quote from: Tbird232ci – on
Plasti-Dip it!

I would, but the paint on the bumper was so badly cracked I would have shown through and looked even worse.

The passenger side door trunk lid and nose are all from the same car and had been painted multiple times. It was so thick that the chips I had I could get under with a razor blade and just chip chunks of it away. The door was the biggest PITA I went over it with several ro-loc discs on a drill just to get through the paint. It was every bit of a business card thick.

I'm getting closer though. All that's left that requires a boatload of sanding is the trunklid. Then it's bomb time.
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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
Shes on her way to one color now... The biggest hurdle has been this front bumper cover.. So many layers of paint. Passenger side door is going to be a pain also since it came from the same car but she's on her way

And no, it's not gonna be a show car paint job... Just one color. For now. I won't cry if I scratch a knocker can bomb job... Theres still some things to come before the nice paint job.
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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
Had an intake gasket spring a leak at the rear on the driver side. Fixed that... And decided while everything was apart to upgrade the looks too. Ive hated those finned edelbrock valve covers since day one, but they served their purpose and the hatred was quelled a bit after I bombed them with some wrinkle finish paint.... Until the first oil change.... Where I commenced pouring oil all over that sumbeach because of the stupid baffle.. The air filter was bought for the last car and was about 10 years old.. And the new one fits right in with the scheme.

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Engine Tech / Re: Heating issues and looking for input.
Welcome back!

I've got a 3 core northern, I think it was a be cool brand radiator and a 180 thermostat and a single 18" fan and the car hasn't gotten over 200 even on 90-95* days. That being said, I don't have AC and all that is removed from the car at the moment and probably will be for a while.

Check out some of the stuff on LMR, their SVE radiators and contour fan kits are relatively cheap but we'll made.
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Lounge / Re: Who has guns?
Quote from: Beau – on
Yup. Can't find ANY goded 9mm or 45 anywhere. ...........................

"To secure peace....is to prepare for war.



I feel ya there. Being the main two I have are 9 and 45 I've been trying to stock up but too little, too late. I have a 357 snub but I'm not comfortable carrying that particular one due to having no safety, and feeling like I'm holding a bar of soap in my hands. The grip is so small every time I fire it, it tries to escape.

And screw trying to buy any 223/556. Everywhere around here has been out since August or so. Even 22lr is getting scarce around here.


Too much is never enough
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User Rides / Re: BlueBird
Quote from: Mikey97D – on
Looks great!

That must have been fun fitting the 3" tail section over the rear axle with the panhard bar?

There's plenty of room on the drivers side. Lol the passenger side is the problem,  the tank mount is directly in the way. That's why I ended up running dumps on mine.

Looking really good man! Keep it up! The T/A is the last peice to my puzzle under the car and I can't wait to be able to get it and get it in when funds allow it. I'd like to get the MM lower arms too just to have everything match I guess. Ive still got to do SFC's seat braces and torque box plates and all that jazz. I have it all already just got to do it
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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
I like the sniper a lot. And the terminator x will plug right in like a stock harness perfect for a mod motor. But with stand alone management it's a win win.

If I can figure it out. Y'all can too.
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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
Oh yeah very small window of opportunity. I'll have to hook the laptop up for that bit since the holley doesn't start to learn until operating temp. I'll have to tweak the tune for initial start up but all in all it isn't bad. The car will rarely get driven in the cold anyway and if it does I just have to let the neighbors hate me for a few minutes longer until it warms up enough to be sociable.

Kinda like that first cup of coffee in the morning
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User Rides / Re: Starting fresh
No updates to speak of because well, I haven't done anything :mullet: I've been driving the tar out of it. The Holley sniper is doing its thing they way it should and since the weather is changing and having cooler tems definitely shows how well it works as a unit. 40* starts are just as good as 80* starts but I do have to let it get to operating temp before I drive it (like you should anyway) but I jumped in and went just for the hell of it. And it was not happy, it bucked a bit but smoothed out as it warmed up as it should.

Still a very happy camper. Here are some recent cars and coffee pics for y'all to enjoy