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katatak
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DEC 07, 08:18 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by josef644:
That'ed be great Pat. I will be happy to pay for the trouble. I have been sorta wondering the best way to cover that danged hole up.
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No charge for you Joe. I'll get the pattern made tomorrow and send some dimensions along with what I did to get it all to fit. I'll have it in the mail by Thursday / Friday.
Pat
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josef644
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DEC 09, 08:35 PM
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Pat can you PM me a telephone number so I can give you a call please. I need to ask you a question or two.
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Sofa King
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DEC 10, 01:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by katatak:
And a cool looking Far West Texas sunset!
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FANTASTIC PICS! Taking the time to enjoy the free and little things in life...
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katatak
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DEC 10, 06:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Sofa King:
FANTASTIC PICS! Taking the time to enjoy the free and little things in life... |
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Once in awhile I look up from my Fiero wrenching and see something that needs to be admired. Great sunsets are few and far between out here in the sandbox.
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katatak
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DEC 10, 06:48 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by josef644:
Pat can you PM me a telephone number so I can give you a call please. I need to ask you a question or two. |
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PM sent Joe!
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katatak
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DEC 10, 07:15 PM
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Update!
Made some good progress today. Awhile back I bought some Camaro wheels and tires for my Monte. Mainly because the tires were brand new 16" Goodyear Assurance (stock tires for the Camaro is think). Anyway the tires/wheels were take offs and I got them for 100.00 so I could not pass thme up. Sometime after that, I picked up a set of 16" Z34 Baretta wheels and my plan was to swap the Camaro tires over onto the Baretta wheels and put them on the V8 Coupe. A co-worker called me yesterday needing a set of 16" wheels for his Camaro so I loaded up all the wheels and tires and headed for the tire shop. I got the tires swapped from the Camaro wheels to the Baretta wheels, new valve stems and balanced for 40.00 then sold the Camaro rims for 100.00. That ate up a couple hours. I also put the motor back in the car for a "final" test fit to check clearances, re routed and mounted the brake line and installed a heat shield to the bottom of the "new" trunk pan.
After getting the motor back in, I found that I need to do a little more clearance work on the passenger frame rail - the damper is just too close for my liking. Some of the reinforcement work I did is sticking out about 1/4" and it just barely makes contact with the damper. I'll have to drop the motor one more time to get at it. The motor is ready to run with the exception of the remote filter adapter - waiting on some seals for that. Then I can install it and the starter and it will be ready to fire up. I was hoping to have her running this weekend but it's looking more like next weekend now. It's always the "little" things that cause the biggest delays!
Here's my "new" tires and wheels for the V8 Coupe:
Brake line relocation:
Used some stainless cap screws/nuts to bolt the brake line to the bottom of the new trunk pan:
Then I had to do some work on the heat shield. I used the stock trunk heat shield and had to trim off the "bottom" and bend the "top" the opposite way.
It was bent up pretty bad so I had to "adjust" it a little:
Then trimmed it to size:
Cleaned and scrubbed:
Gave it a couple of coats of high heat paint:
Installed:
More later!
Pat
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Rick 88
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DEC 11, 12:27 PM
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Nice work Pat. 
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katatak
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DEC 11, 10:48 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rick 88:
Nice work Pat. |
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Thanks Rick!
Did not get anything done today on the Coupe! After lunch, we were going to go to the Mega U Pull and do some exploring but never made it to the yard. Plan is for after noon/lunch tomorrow. Come and go with us! You never know what treasures you will find.
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josef644
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DEC 12, 11:55 AM
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katatak
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DEC 12, 10:51 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by josef644:
Pat, You Da Man! |
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Thanks Joe! Hope your harness is working out! I was "Cell phoneless" all day - I felt lost!
I spent about an hour this morning looking at the wiring in the Coupe - It really heeds to be cleaned up so that will be my project this week. That's about all I did on the Coupe - I did spend some time working on the XTC - got a proto type shift mechanizim installed and cleaned the K&N airfilter. Testing of the shift mech will be conducted this week!
More later!
Pat
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