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i'm working on a 1962 lark 2-door sedan with a 1964 R-1 289(it's a studebaker v-8 not a ford) it has a 3-speed on the columb.it has a dana 44 rear with 3:73 gears. the body is in good shape.i'm working on the interior,its going to have tuck and roll in red and its going to be painted black with a boss429 hood scoop,trans am fender vents and a spoiler off of a 1971 mustang,chrome reverse all around with g60-15 on the front and l60-15 on the rear,duels with glass packs.hope to have it done by next summer.and i'm working on a 1956 289 which will be bored to 304.5 cid and brought to R-4 specs.

That's a great looking headliner, Dave. I'll have to build one of the oil pan consoles one of these days; that's the coolest part of your truck, I think.

Originally Posted by falconvan

That's a great looking headliner, Dave. I'll have to build one of the oil pan consoles one of these days; that's the coolest part of your truck, I think.

Actually, not an oil pan.... It originally started life as the floor access panel around the transmission out of a 3/4 ton 2 wheel drive farm truck....then a bit of tin work....

Well, it looks pretty durn spiffy, whatever you made it from. Camaro is looking pretty good, too. We're having fun puttin new feathers on the bird. It's just a V6 car but Jordan really helped take it from a crappy looking eyesore to a pretty nice car, plus he learned a lot along the way. He bought it cheap and then we bought a wrecked parts car with power everything, changed out all the interior, put on new shocks, brakes, hoses, belts, tuneup, new stereo, and fixed the air. Probably way more work than the car was worth but he knew how he wanted it and worked hard to put it together. We've got another complete drivetrain sitting there if he needs it so he's planning on driving it though college.

Well, if it's going to carry him through his college days then it's an investment and not an expense!!!! Anxious to see pics of the finished product.... Jordan certainly deserves a couple atta-boys from me for his tenacity!!!!!!

Thank you Dave, I'll let him read that.

We got a little more done on the camaro. The only parts that aren't fitting are the places where aftermarket parts are involved.





The torque arm bracket wouldn't slide over the bracket far enough for the holes to line up. And there wasn't much meat around the Edelbrock bracket so I altered it.



9" housing tubes are a little bigger so I added some gussets to stiffen up the torsion bar brackets. just for a little insurance.



Jeff did a test fit.Everything fit purdy' well. The only snag was the aftermarket lower control arms. They are beefier than the stamped stock arms and so won't slide in the bracket far enough for the bolt holes to line up. Should be an easy fix.



Now Jeff can pull it out, I'll make the alterations, then Jeff can clean up the parts & paint everything for final assembly.

should be able to take a bit more abuse then the stock unit, Pro!!!!!!

Ordered some mandrel bent tubes for the 'maro headers. They should be here on Thursday, maybe I can start on the headers this weekend.....

Wow....this is the slowest I've seen this thread go with updates. Everyone must be working on their cars and not on the net as much....like me. LOL's.

We have the El Camino nearly stripped of paint now. Finished the cowl hood....or at least nearly finished....still have a little more block sanding to do. His interior is all here except the digital dash.

We decided to give the car a shave. The only chrome will be around the front and back glass, grill assembly, and bumpers. Peeling off all the rest. Also went with the ventless one piece glass for the doors.

I keep promising pictures.....just dont seem to make the time.....but I will. Promise.

Went out to the shop and worked on the Plymouth for a bit today, just about have all the front end pieces fit.....turning a four piece hood into a three piece hood creates a bit of extra work!!!! Also have the running boards almost ironed out, 70+ years of bumps and bangs took their toll!!!!

Came home and worked on the 'maro headers a bit. "Interesting" to build fenderwell headers for a unibody car!!!! Oh well, if it was easy everybody would be doing it.....

Evolvo sounds like your getting back to the Volvo! I'm stymied by stupid stuff as always, but got the radiator tranny lines on the radiator, next the hoses I ordered should get here tuesday. So in the meantime deer seasion is taking presidence, as well as work!

Started on the fenderwell headers for the 'maro today. Going to take a lot of cutting and fitting to get the 1 7/8" tubes out of the engine compartment and hooked up to the side pipes!!!! Oh well, gotta do something with my spare time!!!!!

yep been there many times keep at it i timing you

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

yep been there many times keep at it i timing you

Timing me????? Don't bother with a stopwatch, a calender is more what you'll need for me!!!!!!!

On vacation for 2 weeks so today I hit the rt 1/4 a stripped the paint off . These Nylon wheels are the Sh3t , removed paint went over with 180 then polished it with a scoth brite . Still a lot of pieces to do so a little at a time . Not letting the Mustang sit to close now down
to about 10 hours work on it for paint ..

Guy told me to take it all down to steel and show it on Ebay .This way they can see it's all steel no patches in body or fenders and splash aprons .. Also borrowed a sand blaster for the inside of fenders .

Spare fender i bought but decieded to keep the ones i had less plastic needed . Will put them on Craigs list for local pick up shipping is high on them .

As said earlier have spent some time in the garage but the wife got me hooked on that D$$n Farmtown on Facebook .