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Freakin Amazing! Can't wait to see it in person. Just keep Dr. Lilly-ard away from it. He'll screw up something.

And for God's sake DON'T let him program your GPS!!!!!!

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Two days till Power Tour.............Started off the day getting the dash medallion machined and installed....

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Spoiled Brat!!!!

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Last Day.................Started out by figuring out how to build a rear support on the radio module.....got that done and welded the sides on.........Did some finishing....then off to the upholstry shop........picked it up and installed it......Pic's to follow with time frame............

10:30am

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1:00

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3:30 pm at Vintage Stitch getting covered

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6:30 pm

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Ken

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And after a late night of packing and final clean-up, ....... it's OFF TO NEWTON to enjoy the fruits of his labor!!!!

Yippee! We're off to see the Whizzer!!! It ain't Kansas Toto, ..... it's IOWA! See ya Saturday. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

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A couple of other things happened ....As I was driving along on my way to the upholstery shop, the car quit running.....I coasted off to the side and tried to figure what went wrong.......Humm!!............3/8 of a tank of gas.........Hummm!!.....went to start it and it started right up......Humm!!....I could still hear Charley telling me to double check the fuel gauge prior to Power Tour......Gas Station right across the street....pull in and put in 15.8 gallons in a 16 gallon tank......LOL
Went and had a economy tune put in the ECM for fuel mileage on the Power Tour.....I also found out to get Sirius to work with the new radio I needed to spend some more money for a tuner and some other stuff......Dave comes over to hook everything up and they sold us the wrong stuff...........Darn!!.........
Also......The ECM controls the Radiator fan on/off and once the engine temp gets to normal, the Fan comes on and never goes off......Went to the GM dealer for a new Fan Temp Control Sensor.....put it in......same thing.........Humm!!
Now.......The one that really makes me not like this car........after getting the windshield resealed.....I checked it today and it still leaks like a sieve..........Double Darn!!
When the time presents itself......that piece of crap 1 pc windshield is coming out and I'll go back to the 2pc flat glass style...............

Ken

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Ken...some frustrating stuff for sure...

But, you will have a blast! Make sure to keep us updated with a few pics if you would. Say hi to everyone...and drive safely [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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what the hell are you Chip Foose on Overhaulin ?? Can't believe you got all this stuff done in the last couple days...

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You said it Bob. Nice work Ken!

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http://www.oldguysrule.com/images/pr...umbs/og528.jpg

Great build Ken.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]...Your still a spoiled brat.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

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What an amazing thread this has been...thank you for the entertainment....well done, safe travels.

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Bring lots of towels for the windshield Ken. They are talking heavy rain in Iowa today and tomorrow.

Looks great and congrats on a record build!

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See you Sat. in Newton [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Update............After finishing the car at 8:00pm Thursday, we left for Newton (Power Tour starting point) at 8:00 am Friday.......I put some clear packaging tape across the windshield to keep the water out as we had to drive thru some rain to get there......that worked O.K. but looked like hell, the next thing that happened was my windshield wipers quit working as the linkage seemed to jam and turn into spaghetti.....WTF!!.....I had run these things quite a bit prior to the dash install.........Humm!! and the next issue was a piece of 1x2 tubing I ran from frame rail to frame rail (bolted in) to act as a muffler support....well when I mounted it there was plenty of room between the rear end yoke and the tubing........(Boy.....am I smart!!)....That was then and this is now....LOL....so when I would hit a good dip in the road the yoke would hit the tubing and make a &quot;Little&quot; noise....LOL.......
Anyhow....I had to come home for a day for a graduation, so...when I got home today (700 mile maiden voyage).......the first thing I did was to jack up the car and take that tube out , I'll run down to the shop early tomorrow and build some clearance into it.....2nd thing was to try and see what happened to the wipers........what I found was that I used some dynamat to help hold the defroster vents in place.....and a piece of the dynamat (If you have ever worked with this stuff, you know how ungodly sticky it is). fell of and landed on the linkage and locked it together.....that stuff was so strong it broke the cross linkage and pushed the other side over center and jammed it at that point.......removed the broken passenger side linkage and zip tied it in place so I could put the blade assy back on for appearance only and got the driver side working again after prying it back over center and getting it where it belongs
I also got some clear silicone and tried to seal the windshield myself....It's going to come out after the Power Tour....in the mean time I've got my fingers crossed........Here are a couple of pic's

At Registration in Newton.....dirty from the trip

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">At Registration in Newton.....dirty from the trip</div></div>

I just got home from five days on the Power Tour and I gotta tell you, it cleaned up VERY WELL! As good as Ken is at photo-documenting this build, (no surprise here,) the car is MUCH nicer in person. First saw it at Mike Yeager's place in Effingham. It just jumps out at you no matter where it is. He blew past me just before we entered the grounds at Bowling Green Tuesday and the car was running as smooth as a sewing machine. (BTW, there was a Yellow Jackass right on his tail [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] ) The car draws a crowd every time he parks it, and rightfully so; the thing is gorgeous!!!!

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Just got home from the maiden voyage....If I would have had the car done a week sooner I could have eliminated the little mickey mouse things that needed tweaking, but..........the car never missed a beat....Love those LS engines.........2500 miles , six states and no problems...................Ya Mon!!!

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Ken

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Max speed 87.6 MPH??? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Bruce, I think that was in 2nd gear. Maybe 1st. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

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You could be right Kim! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Ken....I assume that you never got the photobucket thing figured out...first year I can remember that you went on the Powertour and didn't post daily pictures [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

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Hey Ken,
Missed you Sat.
Sure would have loved to see the car. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Jonathan sent me this pic.....thought it turned out pretty good.....Pulling into Du Quoin Fairgrounds


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Ken

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Great pic!

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Niiiicceee! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Who's the Geezer driving... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]