The point of no return

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  1. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    Looking good Rick!
     
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    Country Mav Die-Hard Ford Guy!

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    Once again, you are gonna astound us all with your progress.........This reminds me of when you first built the car........ AMAZING!!!! Preston (y)
     
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  3. riporter

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    That's funny Frank, I feel like I'm standing on the edge of the abyss, once I start stripping the paint I'm in up to my neck.
    Ray I need a fifth of J.D. after today...like Jerry (scrapper) says...gettin old aint for sissy's.
    Preston I'm on my own on this time around, my guys are too busy to help and even if they weren't I'm not sure I'd let em do anything to it, so if something isn't right with it I can kick myself.
     
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  4. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    Man, ain't that the truth!

    Lookin' good Rick, hope to see it again next year! (y)
     
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    Inner and outer tie rod ends and stabilizer link and this side is done.
    This has actually been kinda fun and a good learning experience.
     
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  6. M.A.V.

    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    looks good rick !
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    You sure that brake hose is long enough. It looks maxxed out in that picture. :yikes:
     
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  8. maverick1970

    maverick1970 MCG State Rep

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    I agree the brake hose looks a little scary! Other than that everything looks great.
     
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  9. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    looks real sweet Rick!
     
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    I know it looks like it's stretched pretty tight, but with the tie rod end off and moving the wheel to it's extreme turning points it doesn't bunch up or pull the metal line away from the fender wall. If there was any problem at all with it I would have shortened the metal line and brought it closer to the wheel.
     
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  11. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Looks great!! Only problem is keeping it clean. I can say from experience that cleaning under cars is a royal pain in the a$$.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    no problem keeping it clean on a "trailer"..:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh: ...frank...
     
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    Dennis you raise a good point, that's a high temp hot rod paint on there now... shooting that area when I paint it may be a better way to go as far as keeping it clean.
    I'm done on this side and well on my way on the other.
    Components...Spicer steering and suspension components, Rotorpros rotors and Napa brake hardware, havn't decided on shocks yet...QA1 maybe.
    On to the fun part now...body prep work :49:
    Last pic..
     
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  14. Country Mav

    Country Mav Die-Hard Ford Guy!

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    That looks really good!! (y) I like the rotors. Are those the ones off of Ebay?/ Keep it up!! Preston
     
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  15. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    Looking real nice Rick....keep the pics and updates coming.
     
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