Forum: Member's Rides
10-11-2025, 09:53 PM
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Window Reg, Tracks, etc
All the tracks, regulators, and misc hardware at get blasted and cleared, or blasted and re zinc plated. All the hardware im redoing in yellow chromate. Most of the track and regulators where in...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-28-2025, 08:05 PM
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Body Complete, Trunk Paint
Body is finally complete. Layed down a base coat before trunk paint, and then did the spatter finish right after. Body was unmasked and cleaned up.
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-28-2025, 08:03 PM
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Front Fenders
Body color on the engine bay side. These are finished. No more parts to edge at this point. Next time the spray gun comes out is for the final paint of the body.
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-21-2025, 06:04 PM
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Trim Black
A little humid but managed to get the trim black painted around both windows and the dash. Get to finish the body next weekend with trunk paint
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-20-2025, 08:49 PM
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Body Jams
After Jams I only have the fenders, body interior and trunk paint to do.
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-13-2025, 04:24 PM
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Fenders, doors, and Trunk
Inner fenders got chassis black. Doors in the first pic are just base coat, and then cleared the next day. No bugs, it was a good day. Body got edged in the trunk area. Next weekend hopefully...
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-06-2025, 04:06 PM
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Firewall and Decklid
Good morning for paint again. Completed the firewall. Deck lid got base clear. Color is vibrant and stunning in the sun.
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Forum: Member's Rides
09-01-2025, 06:06 PM
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ON The downhill for Bodywork
Body is finally complete. Seam sealed and guide coated before paint. First step is chassis black on the floor pans. Seam sealing items like the doors and trunk. Should be putting down edge paint...
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Forum: Member's Rides
08-19-2025, 03:28 AM
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Body Work Home Stretch
Finally getting down to a few last bits of body work. Before getting to the topside of the hood i had to fix some previous owners butchering of the insulation coves. The left and right had to be...
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-30-2025, 01:55 AM
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-19-2025, 10:27 PM
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NOS Sheetmetal and what to know before buying
So I think i have said before NOS sheetmetal doesnt always mean your getting something new and perfect. In many cases as i have been told numerous parts that never meet production standards were...
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-13-2025, 05:37 PM
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Carb Chromating
I feel pretty comfortable as well with my research on carb Chromating. I can do the lighter yellows all the way to the darker greens i commonly see on say 66 or 67 Chevelle BB carbs.
In the...
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Forum: Member's Rides
07-13-2025, 05:27 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-15-2025, 03:06 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-15-2025, 03:02 PM
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Random Painting
Just continueing to sand small parts and paint them in batches. Bumper brackets, grille brackets, misc.....
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Forum: Member's Rides
06-15-2025, 03:01 PM
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To prep the casting and do the coating out of...
To prep the casting and do the coating out of anything i have done on a car is a serious PIA. If your a process focused person and willing to do alot of research, trial and error you will enjoy the...
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Forum: Member's Rides
04-29-2025, 01:43 AM
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Perfecting my Carb Chromate
I apologize, never realized i would be a situation where anyone would find what I do that interesting. :)
That said its spring, gotta take care of things around the house and yard first. Car...
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Forum: Member's Rides
03-30-2025, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 311
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Engine Detail Work, and Smog
These later year cars seem to have alot of extra work in the restoration to work on items like smog. I was able to restore an original diverter valve which included phosphating the air intake,...
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Forum: Member's Rides
03-30-2025, 07:48 PM
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Forum: Member's Rides
03-16-2025, 11:57 PM
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New Shop Skill - Zinc Plating
I normally do plating in batches and take them to place in 5 gal buckets. Its not that I dont appreciated the place I go to, but its kinda a pain. Throughout a restoration it always seems that I...
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Forum: Member's Rides
03-15-2025, 09:30 PM
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Off the Stand and Into the Chassis
Didnt feel like wasting any time. Got the engine off the run stand and into the chassis. Finsih up clutch, belhousing, transmission, and driveshaft. Then back to body work. Maybe I will setup a...
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Forum: Member's Rides
03-14-2025, 07:36 PM
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Engine heat cycled on the run in Stand
Im not sure how it goes everyone else but things never go smooth and you really cant trust a single new part you buy.
Had the motor on the stand and it would fire a few cylinders but just wouldnt...
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Forum: Member's Rides
02-26-2025, 02:53 AM
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Intake Machine Work
I had to start this project with building a fixture plate to hold the intake on the mill. Not to terribly hard but turned out great. From there the intake can be positioned so that it can then be...
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Forum: Member's Rides
02-26-2025, 02:49 AM
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Heads, Gaskets and Intake
Heads recieved enough decking to get the huge 074 chambers down close to the original 842s. With super thin cometic gaskets and head work compression came in at 10.8 to 11.0 :1 accross the pistons. ...
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Forum: Member's Rides
02-26-2025, 02:45 AM
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Pistons, Cam and Valvetrain
Nothing to exotic on this build. Speed pro pistons with as large a domes as can be had. Little bit of ring filing and bearing clearance checks on the rod bearings. Cam was put in and checked. ...
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