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shemdogg
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JUL 26, 06:59 PM
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Yawn- shemdogg tired. This heat takes my energy away. Been poking around on the car a bit. got the motor secured so it wont bounce around now, one bracket was waay out and the motor was sitting sideways a bit. Filling in lil divots n stuff and working on cleaning up the front groove. Also made some wheel well edges. Only good thing about this heat is the fb and bondo dries in 10 mins so im able to get a few rounds a day in.
yawn
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shemdogg
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JUL 26, 07:06 PM
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To think it looked like this a few months ago lol what a turd. Cant see the front wheels, hood so long u could land a 747 on it or throw a wedding party. Hood looks like a wedge of cheese off a wheel
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shemdogg
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AUG 11, 08:41 PM
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Still poking around, had some mechanical and electrical issues. Got mot of them sorted. epoxied some bolts to the underside of the hood then glassed them in to hold my grills
done lotsa sanding on this hood groove, got the edges nice and crispy
hooked up some ratchet straps to the back bumper and to my truck to pull the pushed in right corner back to level w the top trunk
made a portable trunk support out of a 1x4 and got a tool kit in the trunk for breakdowns
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notwohorns
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AUG 11, 10:30 PM
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Little by little you're getting it together. Looking good
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shemdogg
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AUG 12, 10:06 PM
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AUG 14, 09:57 AM
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The black mesh looks good in the hood vents, that stuff would look good in all the vents.
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shemdogg
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AUG 14, 08:37 PM
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Itll all be there eventually, and before paint. The inside of the big hood scoop needs it, the sides of the hood where it sticks out from the doors( I did one but the hood hits it while being lowered,needs a redesign), some of the originals screens are missing. The stuff i got closely resembles what was already there. Havent done the lower front scoops yet, still getting the runaround from firestone about the damage they did, but did talk to the head of the (we fu$%ed up your car dept) today. Having lotsa ignition issues. Got an acdelco coil, igniter, and stator coming this week so every fricking ignition part will be brand new. Cant believe the msd coil cooked in 20 mins and had to get towed, where the tow guys bent up the hood pulling it onto the flatbed. And got the bad news that the f$#ked up alignment on the mustang is from bent strut rods. The guy said I musta hit something, but I havent, i barely drive the car. Told a buddy he said when I got it towed the guy musta hooked the strut rods to pull the car onto the flatbed. Now my falken front tires are bald on the insides. When I was broken down on the side of the freeway, 2 cars stopped behind me and took pictures of the car, didnt get out to ask if I was ok. Another guy in a vette stopped on the other side of the freeway in the middle to take some pics of the car lol.
Gotta big box o suspension parts to install one o these days, tie rods, ball joints, and a steering damper. Now I got 3 rides that need love. Cant find a truck to buy either, used car dealers know about the 6.0 diesel 
life o da dawg
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shemdogg
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SEP 30, 11:27 PM
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Made some time to work on the car yesterday n today. works been insanely busy n back been bugging me. Been tossing the idea around of making the roof proportional to the rest of the car forever now. I started pulling the car apart yesterday n figure my way along. Narrow the top by 4 inches and Going to chop the back a few inches so it slopes down, reinforce it, then adjust the fiberglass to fit. Making a polycarb windshield and back window. chopping the door panels so the side windows swing in to match the door opening. Rotating the window assy to give me more rake on the front and match the top down slope. Stripping the car was done in a few hours, spend an insane amount of time pulling the back window. more insanity to come
shem
how i got that damn back window out
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shemdogg
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SEP 30, 11:28 PM
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Durr I did the same pic twice lmao
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shemdogg
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SEP 30, 11:34 PM
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Uncovered some cheese lol
Peep the shitty hinge setup, and they has a 1/4" glue holding a piece of particle board door casing, to another 1/4" o glue holding the top hinge cover
peep the custom zip ties holding this door wiring down. yowza!
this whole tops boogered on lol
shem
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