DSE Top Post Battery Terminals ( 02-13-22 )
 

So I have finally decided that I am going to use the DSE Battery Terminals as they are the nicest looking and I just like them.

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Now that I have made my final decision I can complete the wires that are going to the battery terminals.

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Fan Relay all wrapped & labeled in Tech Flex wire wrap.

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Playing with the wire routing to see if I like it.

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Trimming the weld stud.

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Hard to tell in this picture but if you look closely you can see I added a line clamp to secure the wire behind the battery tray.

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The fan relay trigger runs under the battery tray and I will connect it to the holley ECU wires that are running on top of the inner fender.

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I am also looking at options for the Vintage Air Coolant & AC Line.

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Need a break from the car so I ran over to the Eastwood store and picked up some Flexible strip caulk that I am going to use on the back of the Bolt On DSE Firewall closeout panel.

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Shiftworks Shifter Cable & Detent thingy ( 02-17-22 )
 

I needed a simple project as I didn't have much time to work on the car. So I decided I would install the shifter cable and the Detent piece.

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The 30'' cable seems very long. I am going call them to see if they have a 27" or 28" cable as I think the shorter cable will work better.

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Shiftworks Shifter Cable & Detent thingy ( 02-17-22 )
 

I needed a simple project as I didn't have much time to work on the car. So I decided I would install the shifter cable and the Detent piece.

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The 30'' cable seems very long. I am going call them to see if they have a 27" or 28" cable as I think the shorter cable will work better.

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Plugging away at all the little things ( 03-03-22 )
 

Man are these hard to find and I have five Autoparts stores within four miles of my house and the good news is I finally
found them at Autozone. I needed one for the radiator and one for the over flow tank. I like these as I can attach a 3/8's hose
so I can control where the coolant goes if I have to drain the radiator or overflow tank.

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Of course I couldn't get the old one out so a quick trip to my buddy Ben's house and the job of getting the old one out has begun.

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A couple wraps of "Oatey FASTape" to prevent the fitting from getting stuck again.

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Another Quick trip to Ace Hardware for some small hardware and of course I need some animal crackers

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Yes, another quick note.

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I use the "Pushnut" bolt retainers to hold the bolt to the tank which makes installing the tank much easier. I also installed
a layer of cork on the tank bracket to protect the paint on the core support.

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Has anyone use one of these as I might try this so I can bleed the brakes by myself ?

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Your attention to detail makes me feel like I'm in your garage with you building this thing! Only I'm in California where it's in the mid 70's right now!! 🤣

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G-Force Crossmember going back in. ( 03-05-22 )
 

I needed to remove the G-Force Crossmember to slot the holes so the bolts would go in a little bit easier.

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Of course Remy was supervising the entire job until he saw a squirrel.

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I am happy we designed the exhaust so it could be easily removed.

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Remy is very happy with used the Lift-Jack to support the transmission.

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Noah Hard at Work

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Back to the Powder Coater to get recoated.

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Retraining the charge lead for the optima charge as it wants to go the opposite way. So I wrapped and zip-tied to so it would lose it's shipping memory.

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Now that I am 100% happy with the fuel line routing I going to tape the ends of the DEI heat sleeve.

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Yet another to do list.

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I decided I am going to use the stock Trans pan so I will be ordering ARP 6 Point hardware to match the rest of the hardware on the car.

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I like to use heavy heat shrink for sleeve ends. Even the best tape always seems to come undone, plus the heat shrink sleeve looks really clean.

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WOW! Such an amazingly phenomenal and attention-to-detail project! There are so many great ideas and "money is no object" goodies, I don't even know where to begin!

I am definitely looking forward to your finished product and applying many of your ideas to my build! Although, mine will be more on the "budget" side. My money tree died, so I need to pick up more shifts at the Fire Station.

Thank you and it's hard to believe I have been collecting parts and working on this car for the last 14 years. I really hope to have it running and driving this summer.

Thank you and steel as many idea's as you want as I have been watching so many builds for the last 20+ years which have given me all of these crazy idea's. As for your car it is freaking awesome. My dad had a NOS restoration 62 Bel Air Bubble Top that he recently sold and your car is one of my favorites as I love the Flat Roof cars. I can't wait to see what you do with it.