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11-20-2012 08:01 PM #11
You bet Charlie! Thank YOU for the time you spend watching my thread!
I think a V8 was considered at one point in time. In a couple of the repair manuals I have there are illustrations showing a v8 in the van... Who knows?
I have the rest of the week off! Took tomorrow so I can get all of my running done before the "dreaded" Black Friday crap.... Restocking the welder stuff and hitting my steel supplier for cut-offs and what not.
Here are a few things I will be working on once the tig welder is gassed up. I will be making these mounts for the trans cooler.
http://images51.fotki.com/v278/photo...COOLER1-vi.jpg
The verticle plates on the cooler will get welded to the shroud and I will mount the assembly to the body using some isolators I picked up on eBay.
[img]http://images56.fotki.com/v1599/photos/5/904975/11320121/MVC013F-vi.jpg[/img
The round ones at the bottom are radiator mounts for a 4 wheeler. The upper mounts are 1/2" dia. expansion plugs. A 1/4-20 bolt threads into them and expands the rubber. This will support the top of the cooler on a couple of brackets that will bolt into the radiator support. The short pieces of aluminum tubing will get welded to the bracket to carry the plugs.
Here is a pic of my CAD model. The top brackets...
http://images56.fotki.com/v702/photo...COOLER1-vi.jpg
The bottom isolaters will thread into a couple of rivnuts in the bar.
http://images61.fotki.com/v546/photo...COOLER1-vi.jpg
I hope to have all of the radiator/trans cooler stuff, front wheel wells and inner fender repairs done by the time next Monday rolls around. Wish me luck.
Thanks for looking!
MarkIf money is the root of all evil... Women must be the fertilizer...
Link to my BAD AST Build Thread:
http://www.clubhotrod.com/suspension...van-build.html
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
How did you get hooked on cars?