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Old 07-18-2018, 12:00 PM
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Nothing wrong with taking a break on a project...

That 59 Hauler is so bad ass. I hope you get back on that soon.

And that Z is a sweet little car. Nice choice on the wheels.

The light will come back on with Camaro soon and you'll get to work on whatever that plan becomes.

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Old 07-18-2018, 03:44 PM
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Hey Steve, nice find!! Try and come hang out too at the Marriot across from the speedway if you can when we get done with the hall of fame tour. It is its own show and party.
My buddy mark who will be on tour with us this year picked up a white 240 two years back...
Oh and what he ^^^^ said, nice wheel choice.
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Old 07-19-2018, 08:46 PM
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x2 on taking a break. I'm in the same position with the TA. I just started back on it last weekend slowly. Working on getting back into the groove because it really does take a lot of effort and time. Good luck, Steve. I say go cantilevered in the trunk since you're so low.
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Old 10-14-2018, 11:47 AM
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Fantastic build! Just spent three days reading (almost) every post Really like many of the build aspects and will be "borrowing" heavily from some of them for my AI build. Mines not going to be a street car so I won't be looking at the compromises needed for that. The main difference being the leafs will have to stay to run AI (don't have the coin to run AIX) so I'll be doing something different there.

Looking forward to your return to the build and will check back in then.

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Old 12-17-2018, 03:56 PM
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Finally made some time to get back on the build. I've decided I'm no longer going crazy all in with this build. Overall its not a race car and will never win a USCA title. Its a fun street car that had taught me a lot about fab work. Goal now is to get it back on the road and enjoy the car

First set was mounting the coil overs. I decided to stick with the dogbone adjusters mainly because it's such a tight fit and would allow easier rebound adjustment of the shocks with them mounted upside down. I aligned the coil over adjusters and welded them up to the panhard crossmember after a lot of test fitting and fine tuning. The x-members are not fully welded to the frame but all mounts on the x-member are fully welded and complete. Hopefully my welds are decent and hold.. I'm a bit nervous.. I extended the mount thru the floor in an effort to add strength to the mount. I'm a little worried the mount will want to rotate so I'll be welding it to the floor and also adding a boxed brace in side the truck to connect the 2 mounts. Unfortunately the hole in the floor is a little off on one side but I'll fix that up later.

The good thing is the car is finally sitting on the ground for the first time in 2 years....


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One reason I'm focused on getting the car on the ground is to get to racing this year. I decided to sell off the 95 Stang and bought a "race ready" 3rd Gen to run in NASA CMC. Decided it was better to buy a done car and enjoy it vs wasting time on another project. Unfortunately it wasn't quite as nice as I hoped but that's what can happen when you buy a car sight unseen. Fortunately it was priced good enough and won't be terrible to make a few changes to the car to have it fully sorted by the first NASA Texas even in January. the 72 rolls out of the shop tonight and the Green Machine comes in tonight for a full once over.

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Old 12-17-2018, 04:28 PM
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Old 12-18-2018, 12:32 AM
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Wow! Glad to see you back on it. Your build always inspired mine. I changed my speedtech panhard bar set up cuz you. Maybe I'll give the upper coil over adjusters another go. Just seems like so much work to do but what the heck I already have the mounts.

Great job!
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Old 12-18-2018, 07:51 AM
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Glad to see you back at it...even of its just to get it out of the way for the new toy.

They arent a lot of fun if you dont get to drive/race them occasionally...
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Old 12-18-2018, 09:19 AM
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hey Steve, I know it's been a LONG time ago that you had the original coil-over's in the car but by chance do you recall what springs you ran? I've got a newly installed Viking conversion in my 70 and have a set of 450# springs and PTFB upper arms(stock gusseted lowers) I see in your original's you only had the adjusters up a few inches and was curious as to the height from center hub to fenderwell. I'm trying to get a baseline on mine right now before I put it back on the ground and by having the adjusters up about three inches it seems like I have much more height than I'd like to have based on lifting from the spring pocket(I know the fulcrum will be further out with the wheel on the spindle but THAT much height?) Really love your build and would love to take my 70 that direction but I also have two other cars eating the fun budget right now! Thanks man and keep moving forward. Awesome stuff! Bill
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