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so how's the tree house coming along? after reading the upgrades that you will be throwing at it, i'm sure some other members here will agree, i want to see pictures of that thing when it is done.

hahaha, fair enough, that is a very fitting name for now. i plan to put a whole new tail panel and probably whole new quarters as well.

i been slackin i know, i plan on pickin back up on this project very soon. summertime hit and i have been super busy with the kids and other fun summer type stuff.lol

pulled rear seat out and under the seat bottom in between the springs and the burlap looking covering was my build sheet. also while motor and trans were out buddies and i checked numbers on them against fender tag and vin and they are a match. so now i am kind of stuck with what to do...

i have one more question for you, how do the subs sound in the configuration that they are in?

man i am really diggin that color, only problem is when i enquire about it at local paint store and also at stealership, they tell me that dark shadow gray is a ford truck color. you have an actual paint code?

no updates on the car yet, started my work week and havent been able to get over to buddy's shop to work on it yet. monday i should get back at it.

sounds like a plan to me.. i will definately keep in touch.

Sounds like I am going to have to slide down to springfield one of these thursdays. mr.demon and I are only about an hour north of there.

What are you tryin to get out of it?

i'm hoping that in the morning when i get off work i will be able to sneak out to my buddy's house and do some work. we will see how everyone is feeling tomorrow morning. i will probably have some questions by then also. so what does everyone think so far?

alright that is all i have for updates today, that was everything i got accomplished since monday, hopefully i will have more updates within the next couple of days.

thanks for the kind words so far guys

i am also goin rubber hose for trans cooler lines because i broke both the steel ones and i do not want to bend new ones, rubber are easier to manage for me.

still a little undecided, i really like a two tone black and silver that i saw once, matter of fact it was on tv its kenny wayne shepards duster. but then i have friends tellin me to stay with the original color. i am pretty sure it is numbers matching so i am torn on what i am going to do for...

alright got the motor out, got the six freeze plugs out that hide under the headers, all the other ones looked good. also went ahead and dropped the trans all the way out the bottom pic is it and the starter. 904 trans and 318 engine i thnk they are original to the car, but they both seem to...

the motor is out and i also threw in a pic of the engine bay. just left the driver side header layin in there because we didnt feel like takin the steering linkage loose. lazy i am sure, but i will be doin it all over again this fall so i can start body work, kinda jus figured id do it right then.

here we are at buddy's shop, already pulled hood off and yanked radiator out. after that we called it a day because we put both the front and rear ends together before we could put it on trailer. i was pretty tuckered out after all that:sleepy5:.lol wait a minute, just noticed that the...

blew a freeze plug out, friend of mine said it was prolly already loose and with it sittin for so long before i got it and then us startin it up it prolly made it pop out. :sad: that is why i was so excited to get it on trailer and over to friend of mines shop, so we could pull motor and trans...

i know them quarters look horrible!!! lol i am going to put whole quarter replacements on this fall, plan on doing all metal work over the winter. for now i jus want to get it so i can drive it around and enjoy it a bit.

here it is with original 7.25 removed then bolting u bolts up on the 8.75, the guys in the pics are a couple of good friends of mine. gotta love the help from friends. then the last pic is rear in, one of my buddies is still under there.lol

didnt feel like leaning over the blast cabinet today so i just wire wheeled these, i think they turned out okay.

i dont have any pictures of the original seven and a quarter rear. guess i am pretty bad about takin pictures sometimes.lol here are some pics of the installation of the eight and three quarter. oh and also some pics of the drum clean up. i know it didnt serve a purpose but it made them look a...

now that the front is all done lets go out back for a while.

oh and both, upper and lower ball joints are new.

here is the pass. side of duster everything from the dart cleaned up and installed. i went ahead and replaced the rotors, calipers, pads, bushings, wheel bearings and hose with new. figured had it down this far why not. but the upper control arm i blasted and painted, the caliper mount and...

i am gettin ready to put a pic up of the upper control arm, spindle, rotor, caliper and pads installed. you will notice that there is no longer grass and gravel under the car. this is because i forgot to take the pic after i got it done, i was too excited to throw some wheels back on it and get...

lower control arm pass. side of duster, right before i put upper control arm, spindle, rotor and caliper assembly on.

no that is not a crack in that left bolt hole, it is a string to a tag that says driver that way i wouldn't mix them up.lol

a few pictures of the cleaning up of the caliper mount, and then one of the mount and caliper together with pads in as well.