wheee! Posted July 15, 2017 Share #325 Posted July 15, 2017 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatybetty Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share #326 Posted July 16, 2017 11 hours ago, wheee! said: Nice! thank you!! i am down to (not necessarily in this order) it has been a long almost 2 years bumpers front strut brace insurance (monday) tags (monday or tuesday) test drive (after tags) . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorales-bello Posted July 16, 2017 Share #327 Posted July 16, 2017 Great to see progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted July 17, 2017 Share #328 Posted July 17, 2017 Thanks for the delicious pics. So much incentive for me to push ahead too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmit208 Posted July 21, 2017 Share #329 Posted July 21, 2017 Maybe a little late Sweats but the upper rear corner of the door seal needs to have a "vee" cut into it. This allows the rubber to go all the way back into the corner and meet to seal it. That corner will allow water to come in that you want notice until you begin getting that moldy smell inside. A moldy smell means rust is not far behind it. Sorry I didn't get a chance to offer it earlier. Not too late to fix it though. Looks good. We need more motion video though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatybetty Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share #330 Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) excellent day today, cherry popped! the pig got a bath and 8 miles on the odometer. the suspension is very nice and tight, throttle response is good, but the brake prop valve needs a little tuning. going to do a few more miles tomorrow, get some fuel and then sunday plug in the tracking software for the a/f ratio meter. kind of hard to watch the meter and drive at the same time Edited July 22, 2017 by sweatybetty 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted July 22, 2017 Share #331 Posted July 22, 2017 Congrats!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted July 22, 2017 Share #332 Posted July 22, 2017 Beautiful work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namerow Posted July 22, 2017 Share #333 Posted July 22, 2017 You've managed to achieve a really nice stance for the car. The match-up of tire size/profile to wheel diameter/offset relative to the wheel openings looks spot-on. I really like those wheels, too. A refreshing change from Panasports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatybetty Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share #334 Posted July 22, 2017 just went into town to fill the tank and did another 35 miles. this pig pulls hard and nice. a/f mix is in the mid to high 13's on a hard 2nd-3rd pull, cruises in the low 14's. seems to have a weak spot right off idle, (a/f mix 15-16) no bog, but just noticeable. needs a front end alignment and the exhaust piping tweaked a bit and welded. it sounds SWEET! no tire rub as of yet. i was a little worried about that. overall, im very happy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Maras Posted July 22, 2017 Share #335 Posted July 22, 2017 IMHO, A weak spot just off idle is the nature of the beast unless it's so weak that it's a PITA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigli Posted July 22, 2017 Share #336 Posted July 22, 2017 2 hours ago, sweatybetty said: just went into town to fill the tank and did another 35 miles. this pig pulls hard and nice. a/f mix is in the mid to high 13's on a hard 2nd-3rd pull, cruises in the low 14's. seems to have a weak spot right off idle, (a/f mix 15-16) no bog, but just noticeable. needs a front end alignment and the exhaust piping tweaked a bit and welded. it sounds SWEET! no tire rub as of yet. i was a little worried about that. overall, im very happy Gorgeous restoration! Are you going to add a front stabilizer bar like this pic? What are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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