The excitement is building
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Island Girl
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They'd probably try to put you on jail just for having a mean, aggressive looking race car that uses too much petrol, and not being a thumb sucking, nanny kissing, wanker with no sense of humor.
old round fart
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You forgot bed wetting!
Gerry
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Sorry for the Hijack
I did work out I could just make the local supermarket in full race trim before I ran out of gas. Almost did one weekend but got persuaded not to.
Island Girl
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Island Girl
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Another bit of encouragement from Josh . . .
Still needs to have the stainless steel rods installed, but it's almost there . . . .
Still needs to have the stainless steel rods installed, but it's almost there . . . .
choppedtop
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Looks like they do great paint. Same grill I have on my sedan. I added 7 inches to the lower sides and added a lip for the hood to rest on.
Island Girl
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Only problem is that once I see how sweet that looks all mounted to the rad with the frame already painted, I'm gonna be a lot less patient about waiting to get the body painted until I can afford it, lol . . .
Island Girl
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Little Father's Day Update . . .
Turns out I had a little extra $$ this month, and with the Father's Day tools specials at Home Depot and 30% off tools at Sears, I couldn't pass up some new 18V cordless goodies and a set of ratcheting combination wrenches. (and a few other little "always wanted one of those" items) Specials really weren't on the high-end brushless models, but for $99.99 you got a pair of 3Ah batteries and a charger, plus you get a "tool only" selection for free. I grabbed a 1/2" drill driver and a 1/4" impact driver, since I already have the 3/8" and 1/2" impact wrenches, but needed more batteries.
Having bought new tools, which always makes me almost as happy as new shoes or a handbag, I decided to get productive, as it seems like it won't be too much longer now before the new rear will be here, and I get to buckle down and make some progress on my T.
I finally took my new transmission out of its heavy plastic wrapping and put it on my smaller engine stand so I can put on the Lokar filler and install the speedometer drive parts.
The tail housing has to come off and I think the pan as well, so having it on a stand will make it much easier to work on.
Since a transmission weighs about twice as much as I do, and I'm old have don't have anyone handy to help, I think you'll like how I got the trans up on the stand.
Turns out I had a little extra $$ this month, and with the Father's Day tools specials at Home Depot and 30% off tools at Sears, I couldn't pass up some new 18V cordless goodies and a set of ratcheting combination wrenches. (and a few other little "always wanted one of those" items) Specials really weren't on the high-end brushless models, but for $99.99 you got a pair of 3Ah batteries and a charger, plus you get a "tool only" selection for free. I grabbed a 1/2" drill driver and a 1/4" impact driver, since I already have the 3/8" and 1/2" impact wrenches, but needed more batteries.
Having bought new tools, which always makes me almost as happy as new shoes or a handbag, I decided to get productive, as it seems like it won't be too much longer now before the new rear will be here, and I get to buckle down and make some progress on my T.
I finally took my new transmission out of its heavy plastic wrapping and put it on my smaller engine stand so I can put on the Lokar filler and install the speedometer drive parts.
The tail housing has to come off and I think the pan as well, so having it on a stand will make it much easier to work on.
Since a transmission weighs about twice as much as I do, and I'm old have don't have anyone handy to help, I think you'll like how I got the trans up on the stand.
old round fart
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Just like my wife. We call her the make do queen! Good thinking.
Island Girl
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Thanks guys,
There was no way the cherry picker would fit in that little space, so I had to think out of the box and the ladder seemed like a perfect A-frame.
Now if Josh can get my stuff shipped out this week . . . .
There was no way the cherry picker would fit in that little space, so I had to think out of the box and the ladder seemed like a perfect A-frame.
Now if Josh can get my stuff shipped out this week . . . .
old round fart
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Did Josh have to have a custom housing or did he find a stock housing that fit?
Island Girl
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The 9" Ford style rears that Spirit uses are all new, custom fabricated to your specs, by John's Industries.
The new one was made to different length specs than the original, and as a new order, had to be fit into the work-flow at Johns.
I spec'd the internals to match my HP level and stay closer to $4K than $5K. If I was running a power adder, I'd have to step up to a Strange or Moser center section and go to 35 spline axles.
I didn't spec length, as I figured Spirit would be the experts on that . . . seems they don't put many 9" in their 27's.
No doubt a lot of racers start ordering stuff by February or so, so the custom stuff is ready by Test & Tune time at the tracks in early spring.
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