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Projects & Restorations => Projects & Restorations => Topic started by: jaredyocum on June 25, 2011, 02:12:33 PM
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We are in the second year of this project with some light at the end of the tunnel finaly .Good thing too as I am running out of places to stash all the stuff I have bought for this car . Its the first time it's been off the frame since it was new . We have had to make 3 wheel well lips and hand fab both lower quarter panels and some of the upper tail light /trunk seal lip but its in the blocking stage now and feels good to the touch . I am in hopes it wil have paint on it in the next few weeks! I'll include a link to my album ,I add pictures all the time so check them out when ever you can !
Jared S Yocum
https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2032209&id=1163378391&l=6930308d5f
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Jared,
Fascinating to look through the photos. Keep up the great work.
Mark
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Finally Paint day !!! I posted new picture on my face book page check them out !
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Great to see it coming together. The fun part is putting them together and watching the progress. Keep the pictures coming.
Dan
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I am not sue why ,but I noticed today as I was installing the body bushings and bolts that my car never had body bolts in the position just forward of the rear fender well. It had a rubber disk there only no bolt even though it had body nut . The kit I bought had no such pads so I installed a bushing and a bolt . I just can not think of a reason why they would have done that ?
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I also ran across this on a 65 GS and a 65 special that had, adding the extra bolt and body mount wont hurt.
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I just finally finished the exhaust! I could have taken it to an exhaust shop and had it done ,but I'm a do it yourself er and a pipe fitter from way back so I fabbed it from the headers back with 3inch aluminized pipe. The down pipes were not hard at all just a 6inch offset to run closer to the drive shaft into the muffler and then out of the mufflers and up over the axle and there is where it became tricky . Each tail pile has 10 weld joints ! I just finished a college class in Tig welding so it was good practice and the results are really nice. I simply set my saw at 22 1/2 degrees and made each bend a Fabricated Gore elbow so at no point is the flow reduced . I realize my old Nailhead has done with much less most of its life but it looks great and the sound is very mellow as far as I can tell just firing it up for a few minuets at a time . I'll try and get some pictures of it soon !
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Jared,
Pics please!
Mark
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I also scored a original Motorola re verb! I don't imagine this would seem like much of a victory to most ,but My car had a dealer installed Motorola re verb . The type that has the unit in the trunk and the control knob under the edge of the dash . It worked fine when I was a kid and then was forgoten after I got my Drivers licence in favor of some other higher power system that was not compatable. The mice and age had ruined the unit in the truck . I found one on eBay missing the control ( witch I still had under my dash) So I bought it ! I am amazed that no one makes any kind of old car re verb today ,at least None I have found. It had a really neat affect as if you were in a Huge concert hall. I'll probably wire it up to be a secondary speaker system so I can turn it on and off at will.
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Exhaust picture
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tail pipes
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tip
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Looks good and it should flow nice.