That is awesome! It is definitely a masterpiece my friend! Your first drive will be worth the wait, I’m sure!

Thank you for the compliment! I hope I can do it justice and achieve what I am picturing. I want to do a lot, but it will also be a budget build. I’m going to have to work more OT at the Fire Department for sure!

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Vintage Air Hose Routing ( 03-06-22 )
 

It's getting closer day by day by day.

Today's project is to figure out how I plan to run the coolant and AC lines.

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Training this line so it lays better in the inner fender.

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Hiding the switch behind the battery.

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Plenty of clearance

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Battery Wiring Clean Up ( 03-06-22 )
 

Seriously I am getting really good at taking this car apart. Once again I am taking the positive off the mock up battery.

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I slipped over some heat shrink that I will eventually heat up once every thing is complete in this area. If all works out like I plan it may look really cool or it will be a total disaster.

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I need to lengthen the indicator wiring as I am routing them so they can't be seen through the grill. The good news I have extra wire so this will be a simple task.

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Animal crackers just because I was hungry and I found them in the cabinet.

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Cooking my Heater Hoses ( 03-07-22 )
 

Since they were wound up in a tight circle and I was tired of fighting them. I hung them and turned up my Forced Air Heater and warmed them up for a couple hours. The good news it worked and they un-curled quite nice.

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Since I am not painting the radiator for this version of the car. I decided I was going to smooth out these scratches.

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couples minutes later. Success !

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Looking really good !!!

Final install of the custom Edelbrock Exhaust ( 03-13-22 )
 

Yet another while I am here task. Somehow and I don't know how the rod ends where not aligned so off they have to come to align them. I of course thought this was going to be an easy project. Well it was not and it was not even fun !!

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So remember if you are ever putting these in make sure the are parallel.



Hopefully this will be the last time I have to remove and install the exhaust.

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Redoing the Fuel Vent.

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Anvil Inner Fenders ( 03-18-22 )
 

I need to install the Anvil Inner fenders to make sure the vintage air lines wouldn't be in the way of the battery cables.

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Yep, they are.

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I forgot who suggest this but I did ground the radiator

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Working on the last Vintage Air line.

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This is me trying to get the some of the memory out of the line.

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I hope this is the last fitting I buy.

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I need to install a small strip of cork behind this as it bounces off the core support while I am driving.

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All better

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Remember these as I will be using these later in the build.

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Since I don't like metal on metal I purchased this Bib Gaskets.

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It's coming along nicely Marty! I like how you mounted the drier. I am not really liking how VA has the drier mounted to the condenser. I may the same as you so it's a bit more solid. My issue will be crimping all the fittings.

Your attention to detail is a discipline. That's for sure. :thumbsup:

The rubber ducky is a nice touch as well.

Great attention to detail as usual. If that drier has been unsealed for any appreciable length of time it should probably be replaced.

Don