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I cut the big hole in the TB adapter plate today. It cut pretty easily with a coarse blade in a jigsaw. The trick is to use a little WD-40 and it cuts...

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It will have at least a 275/60-15 tire on it. The most it will likely be street driven is around town and just down the road to Amarillo Dragway....

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I figured out that if I rotated the throttle body elbow slightly, the diagonal bolts would line up with a couple of holes. So I marked two more holes,...

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Judd and his buddies started putting the front suspension back together. They had trouble getting the bushings in the upper control arm or they would...

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Probably the same people that made a Holley 4bbl pattern a rectangle!

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Worked on the adapter plate for the throttle body a little today. It was going great until I realized I drilled and tapped the TB flange holes 90°off....

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Header almost fixed. I ran out of welding gas so it is not finished. I should have a lot of steering shaft clearance now.

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Status update: #7 tube chopped out of the way. Slipped header back in. #8 tube is going to need a big-ish dent to clear the frame rail. #5, #6 &...

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Man, what a pain. I started working on the steering shaft and it quickly became evident that there was no way it was going to fit. Not even close. Like...

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Parts parts parts! The rest of his Rockauto order has arrived. Shocks, bushings brake parts etc etc. Should have the front suspension back together this...

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And it's in! I sawed the offending tab off, which is waaaay easier said than done, and wiggled it back and over the mounts. Slipped a bolt in each side...

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In retrospect, had I not modified the engine mounts to move the engine 3/4" farther to the rear, the engine would already be bolted in the car.......

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I finished up the headers. I am really happy with how they turned out. I installed them and then we decided to try to drop the engine in the car.
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Judd worked on it yesterday and started getting the engine disconnected and he removed the old rear shocks. He also repaired the broken shock mount on...

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Ok 2022, bring it!! I'm ready for ya!!

Happy New Year!!!

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Three boxes of parts showed up today. Judd and his buddy Josh installed the new ball joints in the control arms. The large holes in the arms needed some...

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When Plan B becomes Plan A. I was planning to use some adapter plates to bolt the standard 460 headers to the efi heads. I was not 100% convinced I liked...

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Old ball joints and bushings are out! New parts will be here in a couple of days.

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While Judd was grinding rivets to remove the ball joints on his car, I started in wiring the Optishift transmission controller.

Somewhat...

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Just for a quick parts tally:

1300 Car
635 Headers
100 Gears
500 Rockauto order - bushings, shocks, gaskets,...