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Looking good, Brick. Heck, you are almost ready for spring. !!!!!!

Originally posted by DennyW
Sorry brickman, but I couldn't take all that white.

now you're looking good brickman!!!!!

LQQKs great Brick, Ain't it nice when everything is clean & Shinny ??

thanks Denny, something is wrong with my camera or my cpu. Every pic is either too dark or too light, oh well looks better now. What did you do, just lighten it up?

Engine is running, working on putting the radiator in. I also moved the tranny oil cooler underneath the car so I have maximum air flow through the radiator. Next paint the dash and install new power windows with new glass. I'm having a ball seeing things come together, can't wait to get back to work on her.

Great progress Brick. That Denny Dude is really something with this coputer tuff, huh???

I'll say Dave, very nice. Have you ever worked with aluminum radiators? Is there anything special I need to know? I figure I have to surround it with rubber to protect it I'm sure. It will be interesting to see if they work as good as they claim that they do. Also has anybody used those Cool Flex solid hoses? I am leaning toward using them because they look very cool and are permenant. Any advice is always welcome. Oh, has anyone ever had a chrome tranny pan leak from the plug and how did you fix it?

I use enough rubber on the mounts to give it a little isolation from the bumps. I've used aluminum radiators on a number of projects, fairly pleased with them. Never have used the cool flex stuff, sorry.

Hey Dave do you have any more pics of the front of your ranchero? I like that air damm front bumper do hickey.

I'll get you some more when I get back on it, right now it's buried in the corner. Going to start putting the cowl induction hood together this weekend. Oh yeah, went from the dual stacked headlights to 1 large headlight on each side, now the front will look like a '67 Mustang too....Not so sure if I shouldn't have started with a '67 Mustang and made it look like a Ranchero!!!! But hey, if it was easy, everybody would be doing it, right????

I'd be interested in seeing your method for building a cowl hood. I built one for the Falcon last year. I'm mixed on weather I like it or not. I left the boomerang on the front and just don't feel warm and fuzzy about it. I'll be looking forward to seeing those pics sometime, thanx M

If I get to it this weekend, I'll post some pics. Oh yeah, I extended the front of the hood about 5", and changed the hinges to the front of the hood. Maybe if I would just leave stuff alone I would get a project finished a lot faster, huh?????

Just took a look in your gallery, the hood on the Falcon looks fine to me!!! How is the rest of the project coming along?????

I can't seam to get started again. I retired from building cars 2 years ago and took this job running a sign shop for a friend ( 10million$ operation) and they are keeping me busier than I would like. I'm going to get the plumbing finished this month and start on the inside. I like things simple, not a lot of glitz. My goal is to drive this thing before the next snow.

Can't get this to post, bummer. See if this works, new radiator in.

Looks good, Brick. That should keep that old chebbie kewl. You must be dang near ready for spring, I'm really jealous!!!!!

LQQKin' good Brick. Should stay cool this year.

Went to the Drag Expo @ Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL. Stopped in @ Danny Miller's "Rear-Gears" booth and talked center sections for awhile. Danny was nice enough to tell me about a 40 Spline Mark Williams spool in the swap meet area. I checked it out and sure enough it was still there. I brought it back to the Rear-Gears booth and asked Danny to build a center section around it for me. Going with an aluminum housing, 4:11 pro gear set, 10 bolt pinion support and 1350 yoke. That should more than handle the ol' "Z". That puts me a little closer to a rollin' chassis. oh boy