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"......All of the above; no plates, insurance, hood, air cleaner, and spongy brakes. It was fabulous.....

After several trips down the road im really happy with how this thing came out. I gave her a good bath and except for a few tweaks here and there this is how she's going to stay for the forseeable future. Im not going to worry about uphostery for now; might takle that a bit at a time later. I think I am going to run a buffer across it and see if I can bring the paint alive a little more. I'm going to try a Corvette manual disc/disc master cylinder. Brakes are ok but no matter how much I bleed them they are still spongy and you've got to pump them. The master cylinder I have on there is from a four wheel drum setup; I just used it because I had it laying around. Also my front shocks are bottoming so I ordered some shorter ones but other than that I'm diggin it and ready to rack up some miles. It sounds great and I was suprised by how much pep the old 318 has.

I think that master cylinder is bad.

Looks great. That should really fairly light (relatively speakingu happy) and the old 318 will hopefull keep you happy for a while. There is a difference betweeen the drum and disk MCs, a new one will probably cure it. Good going!!!

Congrats on the project and seeing it through. That's so cool...

There will be others suprised by "The pep" Nice build

Congrats on the curizin' Falcon, car should be a blast to play with! The new master cylinder should cure the spongy brake problem.

Thanks, all. As soon as I get my brake issue resolved I'll post a short video.

With lot'sa smoke???? 8-)

Got my new MC on; 100% improvement.

That is just so fresh and clean in there.Just wow!!!.

Good to hear the brakes are working better, must be cruizin' time now!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Good to hear the brakes are working better, must be cruizin' time now!!!!!!

Yep! No more fear of the skinny pedal! 1/2 quart of the cheapest recycled oil in front of each rear tire, video camera ready and make SMOKE!!

I'm always too impatient to mount the m/c, never think to paint them!

I had it out for several hours yesterday and It's a lot of fun. Definitely need those shorter shocks in front but they will be here Monday. ...and a heater! It was 35 degrees here so I was cruising in a coat but it was still pretty cool. I've got an old underdash heater from my 48; I think I'm going to pretty it up and use it.