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Originally Posted by brickman

If you wern't so damn good at it, nobody would bother you Dave!

Don't know that I'm that good, maybe I'm just too cheap!!!!

Just an up date, car rolling along well, doors have been lined up, fenders aligned, and rear fenders re-welded and aligned. I'll have some pic's tomorrow, also the hood goe's in for it's leuvers monday.

Sounds good, Brick. Now remember, the old rule on louvering a hood is that it has to be an odd number of louvers.......

Originally Posted by brickman

Tell me how it turns out, I may have a few small pieces done myself. IThe new gauges arrived, the car is in the paint shop....All is Well with the World! I am on a higher plain, can't wait to see it !

haha, we've got the EXACT same gauges for our 35' Coupe. They look real good, dont they?

Cool, I really like them too, I am pumped to get them in. Going to be a long winter once the car is out of paint. Has your car already been painted peiceofpaper?

Ya too cheap is probly closer Dave, like I am. Ok, I'll bite...Whats the odd number leuver thing all about?

Originally Posted by brickman

Cool, I really like them too, I am pumped to get them in. Going to be a long winter once the car is out of paint. Has your car already been painted peiceofpaper?

Ya too cheap is probly closer Dave, like I am. Ok, I'll bite...Whats the odd number leuver thing all about?

No, not painted yet, but very soon. We have 4 days off of work next week and will hopefully finish what little bodywork is left then and squirt it with a little paint. I think we're gonna paint it a flat gunmetal gray (like the frame). A couple gallons of gunmetal gray mixed with some talcum power to flatten it out. It's gonna be so badass

Mind if I butt in here??????? My Torinois currently in the block sanding stage. The 390 is on a stand in my garage waiting to be tore down in the spring. Stripped 3 coats of Excorsist Green off the Torino and was pleasently surprised to find a basically rust free car. Not a small feat for a late 60's Ford.

That is a great start to great paint eh GeeTee, feel free to butt in here anytime about your build. Sounds like the old girl is pretty solid, keep us updated.

The gunmetal is going to look very very cool Peiceofpaper, your going to have a really bitchin' ride brother. I would love to hear that baby run!

Dave still ain't talkin' about odd and even leuvers yet.

Well, getting things together on the Merc. All the wiring is ran and about 90% connected. I really like the way the smaller back window changed the look of the back of the car and cleaned up the roof line. Today I fabbed a fan shroud, got to fire up the tig and make it a one piece now, not much left under the hood except to install the senders for the gauges.....As soon as we decide for sure which gauges to put in it. Dakota Digital makes an all in one that would fit where the original speedometer went in the Merc.

Also got the front suspension rebuilt, new brake pads, turned the rotors, etc. Coming along fairly well This one next month will be taking a trip (via trailer) to a company we have been negotiating with on building the bodies.... See what they think of it and what kind of deal we can make with them... After that the car will be ready for paint and for sale. (Well, after a few test cruises it will be for sale)

That LQQKs cool Dave. Can't wait to see it on the road.

Me too!!! This one has been nothing but a battle since day one, sure is good to finally make a bit of progress and at least be able to see the end of the project..... Anymore, if I get a solid 4 hours of PRODUCTIVE shop time in a day, I consider it a good day.... Getting old ain't for sissies!!!!!

Dave is the entire body fiberglass??? Floors Doors ??

Yup, everything is glass.... Lots of steel reinforcement, some carbon fiber matting and other high strenth matting. It's a solid car, you should see the knot on my head where I walked into the deck lid yesterday!!!!!!!!

I'm realy close now all glass in most of interior done. Need to finish rear bumper. I saved ( per some peoples sugestion) the HAPPY HOOT"S sticker I found on the tailgaet under several layers of paint. Just need to know if I should put clear on it or leave it as is?????

I like it cffisher. Ir's gonna be a head turner.

I like it. Nice thing is you sure won't see many like it at any show you go to.

Great car.


Don

A friend of mine dropped off a set of heads & a block after I mentioned I would like to replace the foam mock up block & heads on the "Z". The foam just isn't strong enough to hold the headers solid. So, Today he shows up with a block & set of heads. Thanks to Lou & Billy for helpin' me out.