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Old 11-26-2017, 04:55 PM   #101
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Hey Todd,
Do you have a picture of the tunnel where the shifter comes through?

I got the trans in mine this weekend and plan on cutting this week. Looking for a rough idea on how much needs to go.

Looking good!!! I regret not getting my stuff powder coated.
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Old 11-26-2017, 08:09 PM   #102
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Hey Todd,
Do you have a picture of the tunnel where the shifter comes through?

I got the trans in mine this weekend and plan on cutting this week. Looking for a rough idea on how much needs to go.

Looking good!!! I regret not getting my stuff powder coated.
I don't have any specifically of the hole but I will try to get you some tomorrow. It is a massive hole though, I can tell you that. I just finished another car (see pic of front subrame) and the coating looks amazing, I think were going to paint the bottom and the firewall a medium gloss black and do the frame, trans, rear and suspension in gloss black powder.
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Old 11-27-2017, 01:13 PM   #103
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Excellent project. There's nothing like powder coating to set things off. I like the fact its so durable. Inner fenders, core supports, radiator supports, suspension and rear end housings just need to be wiped off occasionally. Makes things so much nicer to work on when they are clean, too. The loctite on the pinion shaft is an old trick. I remember reading about it tin the '70's, also, the ease that the pinion turns is a good thing. I remember changing a gear set at the track, but that was years ago, and we crushed the sleeve in the pits with a very long breaker bar and we recruited the local Mongo to crush it for us. Getting him under the car was hard, but the hardest part was getting him on his feet again.
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Old 11-27-2017, 01:52 PM   #104
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Default Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.

Mongo; lol. Reminds me of the Mongo in Blazing Saddles. Great movie.

Powder coating does look great. Not knowing anything about it; what's it weigh?
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Old 11-27-2017, 02:25 PM   #105
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Excellent project. There's nothing like powder coating to set things off. I like the fact its so durable. Inner fenders, core supports, radiator supports, suspension and rear end housings just need to be wiped off occasionally. Makes things so much nicer to work on when they are clean, too. The loctite on the pinion shaft is an old trick. I remember reading about it tin the '70's, also, the ease that the pinion turns is a good thing. I remember changing a gear set at the track, but that was years ago, and we crushed the sleeve in the pits with a very long breaker bar and we recruited the local Mongo to crush it for us. Getting him under the car was hard, but the hardest part was getting him on his feet again.
When I pulled the rear apart the pinion really spun easy.
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Old 11-27-2017, 02:29 PM   #106
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Powder coating does look great. Not knowing anything about it; what's it weigh?
It does weigh more than paint but as a whole, the difference would be a few pounds on the whole car. I spoke with Ken Kier at Rockingham and nearly his whole car is powdercoat.
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Old 11-27-2017, 09:07 PM   #107
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Did a touch of grinding on the subframe today and got some color on it.



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Old 11-28-2017, 08:28 AM   #108
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Nice stuff. I take it you're in the powder coating biz? -Al
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Old 11-28-2017, 03:13 PM   #109
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That looks great! I suppose that stuff would'nt stick to my rusty junk...rusted into is lighter tho, right?
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Old 11-28-2017, 08:49 PM   #110
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Everything looks great , makes me wonder what I did over Thanksgiving break!!! You have a big space to work in , Keep the progress coming in the those photos... Been giving me an Idea or even two... LOL
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