Trace Meyer
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That is one beautiful car and you do one heck of a job putting it together.
Rebuilding the coupe!
- Thread starter JoeP.
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315plus
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x2 and in no time
Birdie2000
Club Member
Beautiful car! And as others have said, you work incredibly fast.
LOL! Nah, still a ways off from that. Thanks for making the trip to deliver those clips I needed though, once again you da man!
I did have a busy weekend, and the interior is pretty much complete again. I recovered the headliner, re-carpeted the rear seat area, have all the interior trim installed along with the shifter, chute cable, belts and window net, etc... It's ready to set the front and rear glass back in now. I get carried away with details, like painting the door striker brackets and installing new striker bolt plastic sleeves I got from latemodel resto. It may not make it faster, but I do sleep better at night knowing I didn't bolt on a beat up part :icon_surp.
Still didn't get the front wheels/tires mounted, so it's still rolling on the casters (but not for much longer). I'll try and get the front suspension buttoned back up in the next couple days.
car and color are looking awesome Joe keep it up
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JoeP.
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I started mocking up the front suspension earlier this week, and found a few minor issues that needed to be repaired. The right front strut had a slight amount of lateral runout in the shaft(bent), the right inner tie rod had a slight bend, and the right front braided brake hose had a kink from the wreck. I was waiting on a new strut from Strange, the tie rod came direct from Flaming River, and the flex hose from Summit. I finally recieved everything and assembled the front suspension tonight. The tape measure alignment went well, and I was glad to see no damage to the right steering knuckle. Everything setup well, with zero degrees camber, 4.5 degrees caster, and 1/16" toe in. This will get everything close enough until I can get the fully assembled car onto the Hunter rack at work for a more precise alignment. I'll get the caster wheels cut off the subframes this weekend, and try to get most of the wiring back in the car!
408cleveland 88 gt
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Lookin bad ass joe
orangejuiced86
Club Member
That color is stunning!!! Awesome awesome job! You got some skilled painters behind your projects!
bottlefed93
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looks awesome..
hangemhigh
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x2.....very nice...
black88coupe
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Making some more progress. Tha'ts a very good thing.
