1966 Factory V8 Valiant Signet Restoration For My Other Daughter
- Thread starter Jim Kueneman
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mygasser
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i meant the front of the core support (either side of the radiator) that shows 'through' the grill from the front of the car not the grill itself.
Someone had to be the guinea pig. No reason to cut the inlet side off.. .nothing there but a muffler chamber... oh well it is salvageable but 2x the welding. I am getting another one Friday so I will be more selective on the surgery. Next is to see how my desiccant I got of Amazon will fit and decide if I should do something different than the twine ball filter... it seems fine and is not deteriorated.
Worth every penny.
I’m not gonna bump no more without this book.
I’m not gonna bump no more without this book.
Crap, was tightening up the front suspension bolts and ran into a problem I should have known about.... @mopowers can explain why you can't just install polyurethane strut bushing into an A Body... Ordered a OEM style Moog kit with the washers.....
Strut Rods - early A vs 67-72
Strut Rods - early A vs 67-72
Meet a Facebook friend from Phoenix tonight and he gave me an incredible deal on brand new rims he decided he was not going to use.
They really suit the car! Great score!
Cley
Cley
Jeff Seighman
aka jeffnmo
That looks really good, man that car is going to be nothing less than awesome.
What size and back space?
4.5” backspace on the 8” but a 4.25” 7” for the rear also came with the deal still in the original shrink wrap.
AC parts blasted and painted with SPI epoxy primer. Also got a 273 pan to make sure the 360 pan Will clear the steering. You can see where I have to do some body work to get a recess in it. The Compressor is a bit grubby...
I some one used transmission fluid in the AC system... good grief... The main bearing has some rust pits in the race. I have a NOS crank and I have an O'Reilly's rebuild that I have hated because the case is not a OEM MOPAR. I may gut that one for parts to put in this case..
Prepped the engine parts with epoxy so when my machine shop guy paints it Mopar Red it can all be red and have a chance of sticking on the aluminum.... Ended up needed a bit of body work on the Mancini mid sump 360 oil pan. A buddy in Maricopa let me borrow a 273 pan to use as a gauge.. I will take these parts to the machine shop Friday and they are ready to go. Do you like the Bruce Toth early timing pointers! Just contact him...
mygasser
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jim, i'd have drawn round a gasket and taped up just those bits on the heads. as it is you'll still have ally showing once assembled. nice timing pointer 
jim, i'd have drawn round a gasket and taped up just those bits on the heads. as it is you'll still have ally showing once assembled. nice timing pointer
what bits?
mygasser
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the bits that are still bare ally once unmasked where the intake and headers/ex' manifolds bolt up. i usually mask the area, draw round a gasket held in place then cut out the gasket shape and remove the rest leaving the gasket area masked. that way only the gasket part is unpainted. that sounds clear as mud, lol.
neil.
Dave will do that with the red. Those small places without epoxy under the red are not concerning me.
When no one makes your grommet Steel Rubber to the rescue...
Mocking up the factory AC to make sure it all is correct. I have a beat up factory condenser but after the Duster AC fight I am going to install a parallel coil to see if I can solve the high pressures on hot day problems.
Of course when the first batch of chrome is done you have to test fit it...
Mineallmine
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Unreal. Car looks amazing. I started my car before you were finished the convertible and you will still get this one done before me...lol. And I thought I was moving along pretty quick. Not to mention the quality of the finished product. Can't wait to see another one done.
Done. Snazzy
4spdcuda66
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Are you going to run stock exhaust manifolds? I'm not sure what aluminum heads you have there, but somewhere on FABO another member had to grind some material off of the driver side head to get the manifold to fit. I hope you don't have problems with that. You may want to mock it up to see if it clears. Please let us know how it works out. I'm interested in running aluminum heads when I get there. Also, let us know which heads you have there. Thanks.
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