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Originally posted by southerner
WOW !!

That's the same thing my grandson said, right before he climbed in. "Can you bring this to my house and I can play in it with my friends? But where can we put the swing!"

Thats cool Pro60!! Grandkids can be the greatest!!

My headers are on and my fuel line is in! New Camaro steering column is in and new knuckles hooked up making the rack and pinion steering work for the first time!! Very cool!! I have almost got all the gauges mounted and the dash will be ready for paint and going back in. Everything is looking up!

Everything is on and the motor runs great!!! I have to say it was very cool to hear it run!

Now all that has to be done is to mount the front end back on her and finish the body work. Man, it is so cool to be getting her on her feet. I have alot of great friends in our local club, including some of the guys from here at CHR, I owe alot too.

Good to hear brickman, fireing it up always makes it feel worth all the effort dosen't it


BTW is that a 67 Nova next to it? is that yours also?

BG

Looking good, Brickman. How much longer til it hits the road?? Any target dates or events scheduled for the debut??? Keep us updated.

Looks like one sweet ride brickman!


~ Vegas ~

A little more progress on the Merc. Doors are hung and latched, trunk and hinges installed, front end fiberglass installed, a few other small things. Brakes and steering is all connected, too. Should have the whole thing in primer soon. As soon as the motor moves the car down the road it is going up for sale, need some major bucks to throw at the Ranchero !!!!

Looking real good Dave, I love those old Merc's


I like that aluminum rad bracket/core support, did you fab that up? thats purdy kewl lookin!

BG

It should be ok once it is cleaned up and polished, going to polish it and the tanks on the radiator just for kicks. Haven't decided if I like the top bracket or not, will have to see what it looks like once it is polished.

Yes it does BG and no thats not my 66 nova, it's one of our club members boys car. It's going to be sweet when he gets it done.

Thanks Vara and Dave, our car clubs show is coming up in june, I would love to debut her there. Man that Merc looks sweet, some heavy money into that aluminum radiator. I like it Dave, looks sharp.

Nice color choice on the Nova.

well, im new here and i was just gonna let yall know what projects im working on right now. my main priority is the '70 dodge coronet wagon. the woman that had it before me bought it brand new in 1969 when she was 70, lol. she drove it from the dealership, straight to a body shop to have it painted.....brown, lol. oh well...it was originally white. it has a 318 with a 2 barrel. its the slowest car i have ever owned. so far, i've lowered it 3 inches in the back and about 4 in the front. added the wide white walls and disc caps. did a quick tune up on it and fixed the brakes.

after i get done with that, its on to the corvette. im building a 350 for it. steel crank, forged flat tops, std. bore. nitrous/blower cam, 2.02 heads with 76 cc chambers that have been fully ported. screw-in studs, roller rockers, erson gear drive. its getting a victor jr. intake with a modifyed 750 holley. im buyin a P-1SC procharger for it. hopefully gonna be running 15 lbs. of boost. gonna try for more boost....i'll see exactly how much it can take and still run on 93. also, while its down im stripping it down to the bare 'glass and redoing it. it has imron paint on it....its been on there for close to 19 years.

im taking the motor thats in the vette right now (327 w/ B&M blower) and putting it into a '34 ford 5 window coupe. its chopped 5 inches and channeled 6 inches. i'll probly be putting a 4 speed in it. but that's quite a ways off. sorry for the super long post but i thought i'd fill everyone in on my stuff

Not too bad a price on the aluminum radiators, Brickman. Got me a new source!!! They work so nice and the price is right, now. Way I see it, it's the only way to go

finally it seems like somthing's happening. mostly done with the frame now, sandblasted, rusted out sections replaced, and boxed. it has a TCI Mustang II IFS and an 00' Ranger rearend with 3.73 posi and the leafs and rear shocks and mounts are also off the ranger. fuel tank is out of a 76 chevy van. now i think i'll start putting together the 348, got most of it back the other day and i'm kinda nervous about getting the pistons in that goofy sucker without breaking a ring .

Originally posted by 53 Chevy5
i'm kinda nervous about getting the pistons in that goofy sucker without breaking a ring .

I here ya, that's the hardest part of building a 348 or 409, Trying to get the pistons back in the hole without breaking a ring cause of the angle of the block deck. Wish you luck bud.