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04-30-2017 09:54 AM #11
"......Finally......IT"S ALIVE IT"S ALIVE......."
Yup Bob pretty much my thoughts when I dropped it in gear. Been a long time coming.
Firebird & Pugsy. For currently not having any other place to put the battery I'm pretty happy the way it works out/looks.
Yeah even as short as it was the first time moving a new project is always great...... provided you don't end up walking home. When I blipped the throttle a couple of times I decided the 4.56 gears are going to be a lot of fun.
A couple of minor issues did turn up to add to the to do list. The gasket on the master cylinder cover leaks, and I've got to either get a torque strap on the motor or build a limiter for the drivers' side motor mount.
Then there was the self inflected wound (literally). I was pretty proud of my red metal flake window crank knobs. When I slammed the door on the truck for my test drive this old fat guy figured out that those long pointy window crank knobs were a really bad idea (my leg still hurts)
I took a little time this morning correcting that little problem......after all there are a lot more test drives coming up.
.I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....
Sorry for your loss of friend Mike McGee, Shine. Great trans men are few and far between, it seems. Sadly, Mike Frade was only 66 and had been talking about retirement for ten years that I know...
We Lost a Good One