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Aug 5, 2010 | 11:00 AM

#21

allansmith79

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Nice Resto! What Tire/Rim Combo Used?

Nice Restoration! What Tire/Rim Combination did you use. I have a '75 that I would like to upgrade from the Rally Wheels.

Aug 5, 2010 | 11:19 AM

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84compuvette

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Very Nice!

Aug 5, 2010 | 02:53 PM

#23

OURSHARK

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From: Alcolu S.C.

Your vette looks great, nice color combination.

Aug 5, 2010 | 09:22 PM

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Dantana

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From: SOUTH ELGIN IL

dig your red calipers! Awesome look with the TTII's (I've seen it somewhere before...)

very nice

Aug 6, 2010 | 01:45 AM

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eastltd

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From: Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Great looking car

Can you post some motor shots?

Aug 6, 2010 | 08:35 AM

#26

Rickman

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From: Abingdon MD

Dan,

Very tastefully done, congrats!! Love the color combo.

Let's see some VBP Suspension shots,

Rickman

Aug 6, 2010 | 04:32 PM

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dduenkel

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From: Lansdowne VA

Ok... I took some pictures of the suspension and the engine. For the engine it is still dusty from all the sanding of the car, I have cleaned it up enough to drive it but I am getting the engine bay detailed next week so then it will look a lot better. As for the suspension, I painted the entire chassis and all driveline parts with POR15. It looks really nice and clean that way. Here are the pics!

Aug 6, 2010 | 05:45 PM

#28

JB46

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From: woodinville washington

dduenkel...First off thanks for the pics of the undercarriage everything looks real good. I'm assuming their was cleanup work involved sanding/brushing away rust. What kind of time was involved in the undercarriage work. Asking as this will be something that I will be doing later on. Again nice job!!

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Aug 6, 2010 | 05:56 PM

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laytonkopplin

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From: Woodbridge/Dallas VA/TX

what kind of suspension is that and how much??

Aug 6, 2010 | 06:33 PM

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dduenkel

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From: Lansdowne VA

JB46... There wasnt as much cleaning away rust as you would think because with the suspension (VBP Performance Plus) it replaces upper and lower control arms in the front and almost everything in the back. The rear cross member is a real pain to get out, but easy to clean up once you do. The trailing arms were easy to get out on this car but I have heard horror stories. I didnt calculate the hours but if I had to guess it was around 30-40 hours for the whole undercarriage and suspension. Not that bad.

laytonkopplin - the suspension was right around $2000 from VBP - http://www.vbandp.com