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Closer
view of frame & new lower aluminum panels. An exact match
of the originals.
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First
Batch of Chrome back. Due to cost we may
spray a few temp "silver" then come back and
catch up on rest of chrome. 10/19/2002
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First
batch of nicely polished stainless hardware, some are a special
Grade 8+ stainless. Contact me if you need special Grade 8+
stainless hardware brianwatson@teamwatsononline.com.
Please Note: ARP is a good source. Due to hardware only having
a certain life, this will at times be repalced with non-stainless
to save $.
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10/20/2002
- Front shocks mounted, started to run new brake lines,
bolting on new chrome & new hardware (bolts), front
axle almost complete, (more seems to be happening behind
the scenes than on the car). These shocks are not exactly
100% period correct. The car will be "run" with
these. An original set is in the works which will be on
the car when "shown".
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These
are the actual type of shocks that would have been on the
car in 1983. These are "Gabriel" shocks with the
covers cut that now have a threaded sleeve, a welded nut,
a disc and a heim joint. Very innovative.
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Wheels
had bolts replaced with original style bolts (old stock
left over from 1983) and polished by original manufacturer.
(Goudy) Wheel look great and the price was right. I highly
recommend them.
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Two
axles came with car. One for payment and one for dirt. Here
is a photo of us reaming out and prepping the dirt axle.
The plating on the axle will be redone when finances become
available. The spindles were cleaned up and test fitted
to the axle before being painted. They were painted temporarily.
In the future they will also be platted.
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Spindles
were painted, mounted on axle, hub cleaned up, bearing cleaned
& repacked, rotor polished, magnesium pressure plate was
polished and coated with a clear. Tie rod spacer is from Edmunds
AutoResearch. These two radius rods ware original Edmunds.
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Car
had two (2) updated aluminum radius rods. They were replaced
by these two steel ones that were manufactured by AutoResearch
for us exactly the same way as the original ones in 1983.
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Here
are the two (2) new radius rods mounted on the car. They will
be chromed later. Right now they have been painted a temp
silver. The yellow in the photo is just a reflection.
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