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TV 2M8O
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I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ENVIOUS of you guys who have your cars at home and can work on them when you have a few spare minutes! While having mine at a dealership is nice from time to time, I loose a LOT of spare hours when the shop is closed and I can't get in!
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californiajohnny
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joe, i thought you had a key to that upstairs part or wherever you have your car
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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tonight i got the kickdown cable pressure readjusted and made a new pair of rubber front wheel well splash guards to better fit the new tubular A-arms
so tomorrow...road test and fine tune the new 600 double pumper carb! (if it's not pissing down rain ) |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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awesome
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Nothing stops this train.
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TV 2M8O
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Nope, I declined one for several reasons.............
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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Call me what you will, but just be sure to call me...
FOR DINNER! LOL
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72FordGTS
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Hey Johnny, what did you end up using for your alignment specs? Might be useful for other guys running a lot of rake. Did you ever try that carburetor vaporizer add on?
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Vince
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californiajohnny
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vince: just got the 600 DP carb installed haven't driven it yet crappy rainy i want to drive it and check the fine tuning on the new carb then add the vaporizer plate so i can see if there is a difference. the alignment was set at caster pos. 2.7* camber -0.2* toe at total 0.19*( which is probably 1/16"?) i think he could have got more but for some reason his ford hook things wouldn't quite fit in the frame holes ( i'm thinking layer of rust and paint) so he used some smaller ones for a foreign car? so they may not have had long enough threads to tilt and hold the cross shaft??? it drives fine now so that's all i'm concerned with no twitchy crap! camber is close to zero and toe as well so it won't eat tires
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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ok, today the weather was decent enough to road test and tune the carb today
i did 4 or 5 runs out on the open road with the 600 DP seems good... i did notice a very slight flat spot at less than 1/4 throttle very very minor! so then i installed this powerblast plate and retried it 4 or 5 times again... it did seem to have a little smoother transition now! is it worth the $40??? IDK but what the hell i've spent money on other parts over the years that either didn't work out or never got used or scrapped or traded or sold |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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since my 600 DP carb is manual choke i searched around and found some cool braided stainless choke cables ( i just didn't really want to use the normal steel lawnmower style cable, with all the cool stuff under the hood ) so it arrived tonight so it got installed
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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well since a buddy and i picked up a parts car...i scored this little item to go on my car just need to cut the holes in my door and dash through nice finished paint! then get it prepped and painted to match
Edited by californiajohnny - 22-March-2017 at 4:54PM |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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today i took a leap of faith and cringed a bit and took a hole saw to my nice paint in preparation for the remote mirror! actually cutting the door hole wasn't bad doing it from inside the door, my cordless drill fit pretty good from inside the door to cut that hole, then the outside of the door, still have to cut one more hole in the dash yet, and strip the mirror and prime, paint, and clear it
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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tonight the paint was cured on that mirror, so i installed it what a PITA to lay up under the pedals trying to get the controller through the dash between the stereo and the wiper switch, while trying to start that nut bezel thing on the controller doing it totally blind ---- by feel!!
after several attempts and a half hour later i got that S O B Edited by californiajohnny - 13-March-2017 at 7:51PM |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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I was with you in spirit, doing anything with sharp objects around finish paint is scary!
Where did you put the cable hole in the door hinge area, Is it level with the hole on the body's hinge surface hole? Thanks |
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californiajohnny
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there is a hole through the body straight through from the top of the kick panel (i think the antennae goes through it, between the hinges) if your door or fender is off there is a little center punch dimple where to drill the door below the upper hinge! but since my car was all together i couldn't access the door jam area to drill... so i pulled the panel and looked inside there is a 1" hole through the hinge reinforcement structure, you just need the drill through the outer metal
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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minor update: been working on getting the front buckets reupholstered to match the back seat... started out as a winter project so it will be done ready for show season, well my upholstery guy tells me today patterns are done should be stitched up next week first local show is tomorrow! so it looks like i'll be cleaning up the vette tonight
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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brief update: tonight i took my passenger side seat cushions over to my upholstery guy so he can finish the new leather seats, i dropped them off, he wasn't there but i did see the new leather sewn up, looks sweet can't wait to get them back and installed!!!
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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Cannot wait to see that!
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Joe
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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Called my Upholstery guy...he said they are done, were done on friday! can't wait to get them if i get home at a decent time this week
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JOHN
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californiajohnny
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picked up my recovered vette cushions today 6 bills but got to love fresh leather
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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so i installed them back in the torino
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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californiajohnny
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oh BTW i counted all the sections that make up one of these seats... 29!!! per seat
oh and i have the rest of the left over material, so i can recover the sport panel inserts later without fear of this exact material being discontinued between now and then Edited by californiajohnny - 20-June-2017 at 3:43PM |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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72FordGTS
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Looks awesome John!
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Vince
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TV 2M8O
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Look good brother!!
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Managed to get through the whole thread. Very, very beautiful car, fantastic job!
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Andris
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californiajohnny
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thanks guys! yesterday i got to drive it to a show finally (didn't win anything ) hotter than hell yesterday and today but she drove awesome was going to go to another show today but too damn hot! (yes me complaining about 97*weather here and i'm from california where it gets 110+!) so i just worked on getting some parts ready for guys. now that it's 10:30 PM it's 72* outside and nice! but i have to go back to work tomorrow so ......
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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went to a local show today, about 300 cars, got there at 7:10 am show starts at 7:00 already 120 cars there WTF!! some of those people must have showed up at like 4:00am!!!! had to park way out in the back but all is good, the torino takes another one! 3 years in a row at this show!!
tomorrow... jump in the farm truck and haul more torinos home... 1 out of 3 done 2 more to go hauled the 76 ranchero home on the 4th of july, threw a battery in it dumped some gas down the carb...she fired right up |
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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CONGRATS JOHNNY
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