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Old 05-24-2017, 02:36 PM
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I've got the hood to work, without cutting a hole and using a scoop....
Needs better alignment but I'm only one man.



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Looks good now but when you get it aligned it will be bad ***
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Old 05-24-2017, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Terry
Looks good now but when you get it aligned it will be bad ***
Thanks. Yep, I need an extra set of hands to align it. I'm surprised I got this far with it, my wife helped. Big thanks there...:
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Originally Posted by DAN70
I hope not.
the blue flame ones do
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what did you do to make it fit....
Drop the motor ?
Old 05-24-2017, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by csherman
what did you do to make it fit....
Drop the motor ?
Well Chris.... I'll post a pic after I put the finishing touches on the hood.
I removed a small amount of the X , didn't need to drop motor. After I finish it off it'll look good.
It was my only choice.....

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Old 05-29-2017, 12:02 PM
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Some easy break in miles. It runs like a champ....

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VERY smooth....
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Originally Posted by csherman
VERY smooth....
Yes it is. Light, nimble and responsive. Much better then I ever expected....
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Looks and sounds great. Congratulations on getting her back on the road!
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Originally Posted by Ktholin
Looks and sounds great. Congratulations on getting her back on the road!
Thanks. Fun stuff....
Old 06-03-2017, 06:15 AM
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Pretty much done. Here are some pics of the final outcome. Thanks for your support and encouragement.....




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Remember, I built it as Driver Quality....
It's been a 60's Hot Rod most of its life so I kept it that way....






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Old 06-03-2017, 06:22 AM
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Now, I'm going to drive the poop out of it....







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Looks great! Love the dual quad set up!
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It bugs me when something doesn't work. A friend and I finally got my parking brake flasher to be functional. Over the last couple of months I've been messing with this, the flashers I purchased clicked but the light wouldn't light. We opened up the flasher and tweaked the contact, and, damn if it doesn't work. Cool stuff....


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Yep it flashes....
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Old 09-18-2017, 09:41 AM
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Very nice. Love it. Just to revisit one thing. The pinion angle and the transmission center line should be within one degree I.e. if the tranny is pointing down 2* the pinion should be pointing up 2*. The speed of the u joint varies twice in each revolution of the drive shaft with the u joints in phase they cancel this out. If they aren't phased you can get a vibration. In my case it beat the bushing out of the tail housing. I mounted the engine and tranny in the chassis before the body and all looked good. I never thought to check this afterwards.
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Dan, car turned out great and your efforts show. Where did you find that five digit '54 Va plate? VA five digits are hard to come by.
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Old 09-18-2017, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert61
Very nice. Love it. Just to revisit one thing. The pinion angle and the transmission center line should be within one degree I.e. if the tranny is pointing down 2* the pinion should be pointing up 2*. The speed of the u joint varies twice in each revolution of the drive shaft with the u joints in phase they cancel this out. If they aren't phased you can get a vibration. In my case it beat the bushing out of the tail housing. I mounted the engine and tranny in the chassis before the body and all looked good. I never thought to check this afterwards.
Thanks. I did the same, I lowered/shimmed the trans mount after I lowered the body.

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