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I'm looking forward to the new videos Bill.
33 Hot Rod (Gen 1) Stage 1 delivered on 4/27/2017, Stage 2 delivered on 9/21/2018
LS3 495hp/480 lb. ft., 4L70E, Electric PS, Classic Auto Air, Lokar electronic sport shifter, 13 inch Wilwood front and 11.68 Cobra rear brakes, Ford 8.8 w 3.73 w 4 link, Billet Specialty Legend Series MAG wheels and Mickey Thompson
Sportsman S/R 26x8x18 front and 29x18x20 rear tires.
Shifting gears a bit, I went out to the Summit Racing showroom in Arlington Texas today. I suppose I expected there to be a lot of stuff. What I did not expect was the quality of the layouts. You can view some of the arrangements in the photographs. It was a very enlightening experience. Want to buy a NOS Kit? They have one laid out on a display board with all the accessories. I would recommend anyone planning a build consider visiting one of the Summit Showrooms. Even if you have already begun or completed your build, you can take an idea and follow it through there. The employees don't ask you what the make and model of you car is when you ask them a question. I watched obviously senior technicians explaining to junior personnel the appropriate way to set up internals for NOS. They were at the level of detail for ring gaps. I was just amazed at what I found.
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The fenders are undercoated. Working the window whiskers and mounting brackets on the front fenders. Weather strip is complete. Some glamour shots
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Thank you Mick. We are just idling right now, should finish her up soon. You need to come over
WRP did you get the windows to work. i have mine working fairly good butt top is permenit and made door tops with 1/4 aluminum that turned into more work. Butt goes with the other hand worked parts.
We got the windows working, still working on the whisker strips
Here is a good look at the gas shocks from Tim Whiteaker installed on the trunk.
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Car is essentially finished except for the window track sweepers. they will be in next week. Fenders are done and the Hood is really nicely finished. Weather stripping is mostly done, lacking only the windows.
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I like what you did with the seatbelts Bill.
33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/
Are you going to make it to Good Guys?
33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/
Not sure, I will probably be out there at least one day, with or without the car
121 Rod & Restoration working on the window seals for the doors. This will be the last thing except for final buffing.
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Not quite sure I understand how that is going to work?? Adding a angle piece on the inside of the door cutout, then there is some type of wiper that attaches??
Two angle pieces one to each side of the slot then the whiskers glued to the vertical run on the angle. We will have more pictures this coming week. We chose the angle iron approach to avoid using rivets in the top. We felt the panel bond running the length of the slot on each side would give us more strength. I personally like the notion of a cap across the entire top of the door, this just seems to be less difficult.
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Here are some closer to finished pictures.
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I am pretty proud of the way these turned out.
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Looks great Bill.
Can't believe it's the same car.
Hey, someone mentioned in another thread you knew about some other local car shows.
How about some details?
FFR 7123 tilt front, Levy 5link/wilwoods/LCA's, webers.
SL-C, LS3 525, Mendeola SDR5,
Kellers is picking back up. There is a GTG at Stacy's Furniture on McDermott and 75 on Thursday nights. There is cars and coffee of course, and there is generally a monthly muscle car show at Gazebos over by the Presbyterian Hospital in Plano. There are a number of special events, Goodguys, Autorama, Pontiac Nationals. teal shoot me a pm and let me know what you are interested in
This is exciting
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We did have to put stops on the window mechanism to keep them from going too far upwards. There are gaps at the front and end of the windows we haven't decided how were are going to close.
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Bill,
Isn't it about time you were able to bring that girl home? They have had her for about 10 months now.
Tim
Kory keeps coming up with good ideas. Too much rain around here to do anything with it. I might just go ahead and LS it.
Fun little piece where I took the sequence of processes over about a 6 month period that displays the different states of the window seals in the process from start to finish
So stopped by 121 Rod & Restoration today. Kory and Aaron have touched up and rebuffed the final areas. Abel has worked on alignment issues while Kory has touched up the grill. Car is really looking good. We decided not to bring it out of the shop, we are going to add the rest of the HVAC components and finish that effort..
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I have a confession. It may have been me that killed the site a couple of days ago. I figured I would upload all my pictures into an album/Gallery, then try to comment them so people doing searches could hopefully find useful photos. Well I was minding my own business uploading left and right and discovered I had 192,000 photos. The site filters stopped me at 520. I have since reduced them to a degree down to around 430 ish. I hope you new builders will find them useful, there is still a lot not covered. I may take down some of the glamour shots and replace them with things like pulling the engine etc.
We are mocking the Air Conditioner and it should be finished soon. Couple more tweaks and its done, for now. Looking back, some of you that have only come in for the last year may not know that at one time I did a lot of work on the car myself. The guys at SNL Performance and 121 Rod & Restoration certainly did their share, especially in areas I could not have been successful. Travis Hooper, Christian Livingston, and Gary Gutierrez also pitched in and made significant contributions. Roy at Leo's upholstery in McKinney hit an absolute home run. Dan Ruth and Tim Whitteaker were always there with advice and very well constructed newly designed parts that turned the corner. Dave and the ladies and gentlemen at Factory Five also made a significant difference. Also got to give credit to all the members of the forum who shared time and knowledge, offered advices, and provided examples. Going through my pictures I found some older shots from the year or so I drove the completed, registered, and licensed Roadster version of this car on the street. I also turned a few wrenches on it to get it together and to keep it going. Three biggest efforts were rebuilding the SBC that lost a lifter early on; removing, repairing, and replacing the Ford 8.8 Rear end, and installing the adjustable 4 link with the double adjustable QA1's.
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So the HVAC mockup is going along, here are some pictures
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Like the hardline look! Nice touch.
33' Hot Rod Coupe/Roadster (GEN 1), Fendered, Ford 302, 350hp, EFI, AOD, 4-Link, Double Adjustable Koni Coilovers, Split Rear Exhaust, Electric Power Steering, AC/Heat/Defrost, Moser 8.8"-3.55, Willwood Front/Rear Brakes, 18" x 8" Fronts/20" x 10" Rears, Ordered: 1.26.17, Arrived: 3.29.17, First Start: 7.2.18, Go Cart: 11.4.18 Paint/Body: 2.23.19, Back Home: 11.24.19, Completed: NEVER!; View More Pics @ https://starmobileone.com/
Cleaned her up and took some shots today. Needs final buffing, still a few lines to connect and the side panels to go back in.
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This is the ugly side of the HVAC Install. Keep in mind it isn't finished yet, they are still mocking up the lines etc.
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Finished up the plumbing on the outside of the cabin for the HVAC.
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Also installed the front QA-1 Double Adjustable from Innovative Rodding
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