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Old 10-03-2025, 01:10 AM
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I guess I got a little “out of sequence” with the pictures!! Here are the spindles before, during prep and after painting, along with the steering arms.

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Also notice the new Hotchkis sway bar....

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I had the backing plates and caliper brackets replated also.

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Here are the subframe connectors going in. I made the mistake of undoing both sides at the front leaf-spring location and had a heck of a time getting them back together!!! Notice the "come-a-long" around the rear axle tube !!!!

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Back to the engine. I had the block cleaned, masked off and painted good old Chevy Orange and then received a text message, with a picture and nothing else, from my engine builder. Who can guess what this is, why it’s bad and whose block it is?? No points for guessing correctly, just know that you’re knowledgeable in things mechanical....

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I wish he would have waited until after he was working on the block to have me paint it, but that sometimes happens in the world of engine building?????? He just happened to have another small block laying around from the ‘70’s, had already sent it off to have it machined, and we were back in “business!”
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