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I think that it could if not set up properly I suppose, it would have to be a bad spot for sure. Todays new alluminum heads and intakes dissapate alot of heat I would think.

Gettin' ready to get back to work on the "Z". Got 1 more cross member to put in to be IHRA legal.

Are those Harbor Freight jack stands??


Don

I think they are the economy style

Those 'er my old Whirley Gig Stands.

You're not foolin' me........................you were sittin' in there pretendin' to do wheelies!! Vrooomm Vroooommm!

eeek Bob I thought it was late enough no budie' wood' notice.

HaHaHa!! How did it feel Pro70! The car is starting to look more completed every time I see it. You must be close to starting to mount the body huh?

It was fun...ahh.I mean.......I don't know what yer' talkin' 'bout.....

I've got the 1 cross member to install. Then i think I'll install the seats so I can locate peddles/steering wheel/etc.I'd like to get some of that stuff out of the way. Then the body is next. Then it'll start lookin' like a car again.

If ya put you're very best Jan and Dean tape in the old 8 track it makes them shop wheelies even more fun.....or so I've been told.......

Ok, I hate to admit it, but I now have a chebbie project car sitting in the garage..... Not sure what direction it's going, just that it was way too nice of a car to let go to the crusher. Henry Ford, please forgive me!!!!!!

Thats just anuther 1 of them "places" to put a ford engine!!!

aaahhhhhh there's hope for you yet Dave.

Not sure if there is hope for me or not.....but hey, it was way too nice of a body to get crushed, don't care if it was a chebbie maro. Might be more hope for me, too..... Might have a new position coming... More news later on a very interesting opportunity.....

Just another tiny step in my construction. I had the '83 Camaro (non-tilt) column stripped, primed and painted the same color as the body. My only contribution was to install a new lock, turn signal plate and a dressup kit. I really apreciate the Auto Zone free loan of special tools like the horn plate compressor. I actually tried to get the clip out without knowing there was a tool to make the job easy and a guy at Auto Zone said why not use the right tool? Anyway the Chevy/Ford rivalry had a recent lull when it was reported Ford was talking to GM about a possible merger or cooperation! I chose the Camaro column thinking that would be a plain vanilla installation but looking at the column now I can't quite see how to put in a column drop. The bottom edge of the dash has a 1" square steel tube but the bolt mounts on the column are pretty far toward the bottom. Also the column has a lot of rough stuff on it so I don't see where to put the column drop. It might be possible to use the stock column drop which came with the column but it would have to be supported well under the dash. The length of the column is 34" from the bottom to the top edge, not counting the extension at the bottom. I would like to push the bottom of the column down far enough so that I can use only two universals on the shaft to the Vega box and stay below the shorty headers. Anybody out there adapt a standard GM column? The larger sleeve above the real column is some sort of plastic and even if I could find a drop with that large a hole it would flex. My present thoughts are to attach the stock drop on the stock four bolts and fabricate a bracket under the dash that attaches to the stock drop. I am getting pretty good with angle iron gadgets as long as they are out of plain sight! Comments?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder