Primered the shell

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  1. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Thanks guys.. I do find myself looking at the pics quite often. I am feeling like getting after it again... like tomorrow. I need to go get some acetone though, and it's 25 miles away :(. I need to make a Walmart list also to make it worth the trip.
    Here's another pic..
     

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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    :hmmm:... "it's 25 miles away" :(

    Dorothy making you walk there...and if you go by Wal-Mart you can drive...:huh:

    and for a custon look...prime the rest of the parts a different color...then drive it...Patches in a Comet...:thumbs2:

    ...Yo Friend Frank...:Handshake
     
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    Glad to hear your eye is OK. You need to slow down a bit there buddy. Before you know it you will have it done before mine. Great progress Gene. Looking good, Keep it up.
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Lowes is North 25 miles and Home Depot is South 25 miles.. Both have a WalMart down the street.
    I would be worried since you have the cool name people would call my car patchy :rofl2:

    My parts assymbly will take a while. They are scattered and the nuts and bolts are all over the place :cry:. Then each piece becomes a project in itself and I spend too much time on the piece. :banghead:
     
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    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Man, those are wide front tires!!
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Yup. Not into the skinnies :). I like the wide look. It used to sit low and wide but I had new springs installed and it went up into the air. Turned out ok cause I kept scraping the headers. Once done I will find and cut the springs to the lowest sweet spot..
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    Yes....seriously wide. What size?
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    BFG 245-50-14" . I don't think I will find the size again but not sure.
     
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    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    Big move being in primer :bananaman

    Looking good, Gene :thumbs2:
     
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    good to hear you're ok, gene!
     
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    Gene glad to hear you are OK. That primer looks almost like ghost chrome in some of those photos, what exactly is it? Congrats on the progress. I'm gathering parts now to try and have a drivable car by the Gathering next year, and I know that sounds like a long ways away but I'm sure I'll barely be making it as it stands now.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Patchy...:thumbs2:...that would be a cool name for a Comet...:yup:
     
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    In post #11 there is chrome. I placed the qtr window chrome on to fantasize :rolleyes:.
    The primer I got from TCP Global. It says it's chrome free :rofl2:
    http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/kspepoprime.aspx
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    The paint and body guy came over today to look at what he is up against. He said I did most of all the hard work.. I said "yea, right".. He is waiting on me he said.. I need to get it running so he can drive it around his facility while he works on it. We figure around September or October and he will take over where I left off.
    In the mean time I need to mount and wire up my elect fuel pump, rewire the alternator, find or make a new plug and fill the differential, bleed and work out any issues with the brakes, bolt up steering column.. Not sure what else will suprise me.
    Hopefuly it will be ready for the next Gathering.. That is unless I begin redoing the front suspension with a full kit. I need and want to get rid of the towers..
     
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    What about the engine bay? Did you already paint it?

     

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