05 Dec

Fuel tank repair and upgrades

My old tank was pretty busted, so I ended up purchasing one from a fellow forum member which was in much better shape. Since I’m moving to EFI, my plan
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08 Nov

Last major body work

The only remaining parts to repair on the body now that most everything else was done was the rear drivers quarter and sealing up all the bottom seams. I may
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14 Oct

Driveshaft

Since I got the rear and engine mounts buttoned up, I had a chance to order the driveshaft. I ended up going with a company an hour or so away,
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12 Oct

Rear chrome

Sometime in the last 48 years, one of the owners did a really terrible job of deleting the chrome trim from the car and hiding all the seams. They basically
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07 Oct

Rear brakes

Most of the rear brake components on my car were either seized or super rusty, so I decided to spend the $125 for all new interior components (plus the cost
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02 Oct

Rear Bits

It took a while due to various factors, but I finally got my machined rear vertical links and modified CV axles from Gary at Edge Engineering to connect the R160
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28 Sep

Front Bits

Not a whole lot to update on this one, as I’ve been working on a variety of things. For this post I took off the sway bar, put on new
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17 Sep

Body on Frame

I’ve made some big progress in the past week or two. I built a small overhead crane in my garage and have been using that to lift the engine in
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30 Aug

Back to work

Between being busy at work recently and the Texas heat, it’s been a while since my last update. I’ve mostly been working on random small tasks that need to be
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25 Jul

Random things

I’ve been working on random small things as it’s peak heat time here in Austin, with the average daily temperature around 95-102°F (35-39°C). I taped off the outline of the
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