Recent content by I8NEMO

Nice. Luckily I had no issues with my factory steering column. I'm glad I spent the dough on Doug's Headers, others like Hooker are way closer to the ground.

From memory, I recall being really disappointed in the lack of performance gains with shorties, I believe they flow pretty much like cast iron manifolds, I could be wrong. For that reason alone I decided to make the long tubes work whatever that meant. In summary, I had no choice but to use a...

Thanks AJ, that's great intel. Well, since I've been a flooring contractor for 35 years at least there's no shortage of epoxy in my warehouse!

Sticking Trans AJ, yes tranny reinstallation was complete and I had 1 or 2 drives on the car, then the leak started again. All mating surfaces are free of paint, trans work has always included the use of a tranny jack so there's been very little trans hanging if any. Bell has never been welded...

So after all of that, tranny is leaking again. I have a theory: I never aligned the bell. Each time I remove the tranny it is so stuck I need a come- along with much pulling force on the tranny while I pry it loose. Could it be the input shaft is deflecting enough due to misaligned bell, to...

Thanks man, yeah I had never seen it before , my wife blurted it out one day and I was on it!

Sound check, completed exhaust with quieter 40 series Flow Masters

An hour this morning to reassemble. Looking a bit more continuous now.

rear valance finally in color. Left rear quarter is next. Taking this in small bites since body work is such a pain.

Rear valance and left rear quarter welding/ grinding done. Hopefully I get the welds on the right rear ground this weekend then body work. Big changes coming in my life, good ones, so tearing this car apart for real paint is in the future. Again, my short term plan is minimal body work in...

Here's a tip: my eyes are 60 years old so they don't dilate as quickly. Here's a sequence of what is happening with this type of sheet metal spot welding with an auto lens ( highly recommend): 1. Ready to weld, protective lens is automatically off. Work is lit via shop light. ( though too much...

Finished all the welds yesterday and got a bunch of the grinding done. Top weld is right under a reinforcing rib and although it's hidden by the bumper, good chance to practice detail grinding and not gouge the rib. Shout out to everyone: anyone can do this type of fab work. I stayed away from...

Rear valance finally getting welded on

Before all the fun creative stuff began, I made several structural repairs on the back side of the panel. The most significant was probably the wooden truss brace to stiffen the thin area between the temp. Slide control and defrost slide control. Age and use had allowed a lot of deflection so...

Still on crutches, looking forward to working on the car again. Here's another video. This part of the 4 month instrument panel restoration focuses on 3 aesthetic additions. 1. I added a plastic half round at the waist line for a cleaner look and to cover the back to back coping. The half round...