Rewind to 16yrs old again

This car is systematic, hyyydromatic...why it's greased lightning!
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Nice!! Wish I were closer to actually ride in it when completed.
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Really excited for your build as it's going together! I am hoping to be done with my motorcycle soon so that I can start on my 57' T-Bird.. It's a bloodline car.. Been in the family since 1962 and I'm 35 and I've never driven it.. ;\ Hoping that my 36th B-Day present to myself can be driving my car for the first time. haha..
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Well Christmas came early for me.



Howards roller lifters (solid)

Howards billet roller cam .600/.600 245/255 @ .050 lift 106LSA 102ICL

Lunati roller rockers 1.5 7/16, ARP studs to match

Howards 10 degree locks and retainers

Kmotion 1.550 double roller springs

Manley severe duty 2.08" intake valves .080" longer

Front 4" rims

Painless 8 switch panel and harness

clevite bearings rod/main

Eagle forged I beam 5.7" rods

Eagle forged crank 3.48" stroke

Edelbrock Super victor 4500 flange

QFX 12 hole skirted annular boosters

Speed pro moly ring set

Tubular upper/lower control arms

Holley quick change bowl kit

QFX 3 circuit billet metering blocks

manual disc conversion kit for front





Oh and a roomba 770 for the wife lol.

Now I can make some forward progress! Fig about $850 in machine work, then gotta get a pan gasket, head gaskets, timing gear drive, and a few other tid bits.

Will have to fly cut the pistons but they have plenty of meat in them.
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Yay more sheet metal work for me......

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In other news...carb is almost finished.

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DIY tank sump....just need the fitings and hose now

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Tubular A arms installed. Will paint the springs later once its all sorted out.
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glad gas came down since you've been working on it :) It is really a huge piece of work.
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It's really coming along. Again, I enjoy seeing the steps of restoring a car. Hopefully you won't find anymore Bondo filled dents that need cut out and repaired. I really like the sump on the gas tank too.
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Andddddddddddddddddddddddddddd we have a roller!!!

Always install calipers with bleeders up btw....well unless you want to loose your mind trying to get a firm pedal when bleeding them...

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Key Keeper wrote:Always install calipers with bleeders up btw....well unless you want to loose your mind trying to get a firm pedal when bleeding them...
Been there, done that.. Boy it's no fun! My brother-in-law and I spent like 2 hours bleeding/testing trying to get the pedal right before we figured out that the calipers were reversed. lol
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Loving the progress!!
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Well after much debate....Im going to stick a rear end out of a 94 ford explorer in my car.....8.8" with 4.10 gear, 31 spline and a posi. $200 at the pick n pull. Nearly as strong as a GM 12 BOLT.
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Little more progress. Got my switch box fabbed up and mounted. All of its hooked up and works. Relayed/fused ect.

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Dash coming along...

Changed cams....Howards was dragging their feet.

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I've missed the last few posts. Wow, what a surprise on the bondo roof! Looking good though.
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come a long long way. this is why I turned down the 1958 Chevy pickup offer to me . also not having 20 grand to spare to build it the way I like it. thats was not going to crazy .
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Well have the bulk of the front clip painted and back on. I have the PS fender on and valance panel on but forgot to take a few pics...

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So far to go....sigh.
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