Needed another project
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Needed another project
Hello from Ohio. Clyde here. I've been tinkering since second grade and that was awhile back. I enjoy the projects as much as the ride in the finished projects. Retired from Big Oil. Just purchased a 1973 Coupe. PO passed a year ago and I picked up the car at auction. The car, IMHO is a high grade frame off amateur restoration. If this fellow could buy a new part, it's on this car. A couple of examples: the vacuum hoses to the head lights are new color coded, the entire interior is new, the frame was sandblasted & painted. And it goes on and on. The fellow had a weld shop here in Ohio. The interesting part is it doesn't run. The engine is a '69 DZ 302 from a Z 28. Rocker covers were off, two push rods & rockers out, and #2 probably never was firing - no exhaust discoloration. Best guess the cam is wiped. Originally a red car, now black. Very nice new paint. My pipe dream list for this ride: 395 SBC, FiTech, rebuild the T400, Ridetech Streetgrip, and a set of Wilwoods.
Completed projects: '77 XJ12L Jag with a 462 BBC, '95 Chevy Beauville van - it was Goodyear's ground crew blimp chase vehicle.
Unfinished projects: '60 Jag MK2 on an Art Morrison Ent chassis, Ford 9 inch, Tremec 6, and an all aluminum 454 SBF. Last & unfinished is a '76 Yamaha XS 650, now 700cc, rephased engine.
Completed projects: '77 XJ12L Jag with a 462 BBC, '95 Chevy Beauville van - it was Goodyear's ground crew blimp chase vehicle.
Unfinished projects: '60 Jag MK2 on an Art Morrison Ent chassis, Ford 9 inch, Tremec 6, and an all aluminum 454 SBF. Last & unfinished is a '76 Yamaha XS 650, now 700cc, rephased engine.
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Welcome and best of luck with your C3.
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Welcome to the Forum, Clyde, and congratulations on your C3 find. Exterior and interior look primo and the remainder of the work you have planned should give you a great ride! 
Quite an assortment of projects you have either completed or still have ongoing!
Quite an assortment of projects you have either completed or still have ongoing!
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