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Hey Craig,
They are Patriot tight tuck headers. They are the shorty type ones. I chose these because I'll be able to hook them up to sidepipes in the future if
I feel the need  I had some factory chev manifolds on there before, but they
were the wrong type and hit on the floor. These ones will require the re-routing of the auto cooler pipes and the earth strap from the starter, but
that's about it. Them clear everything else fine. I started a thread on the corvetteforum.com site about fittment befire I purchased as I wanted to
make sure they would fot fine. Unfortunately, purchasing from the US was significantly cheaper than buying from here.
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Scott
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I finally have gotten around to an update. The front end rebuild is coming along nicely with only a few hiccups. I left the last update pulling the
front end apart. Fun and games.
Last bits off.
Time to start cleaning up. Every thing was de-greased and hit with the pressure cleaner, then the wire brush on the bench grinder and angle grinders.
Finally, a nice coat of cheap enamel, applied in my 'state-of-the-art' spray booth.
The lower arms were a little more difficult. Took a bit to get the bushes and cups out. A little fire did the trick though 
Then, new grease and bolt all the pieces back together.
Rebuilding the lower arms wasn't too bad.
The first one went together fairly easily. Getting the new bush cups in was a bit of a hassle, but I got there.
The tubes that go inside the bushes are too long, so had to be cut down by about 3-4mm each to give just the right fit. That took a while but I got
there.
When it came to the second arm, experience meant the cups went in much easier and faster. So fast in fact that I forgot to put the rod in... 
So I had to bash one of the cups back out, put the rod in and then bash the cup back in. That was not fun.
More to come. I have a cricket game to go to :)
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Scott
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I was still struggling to get the steering rack off, so I bought a 2nd, different tie-rod splitter.
The one on the left here uses leverage and a bolt to pop the ball joint and tie-rods. It took me about 30 seconds to pop the steering off.  I wish I had bought this one in the first place.
Next was the actual chassis.
I wasn't looking forward to this. Using a bright light and a blunt 25mm chisel, I scraped most of the major chunks of body deadner and crud off.
Then spent a fair while lying under the car with the angle grinder with a wire brush attachment again. There are some awkward places to get to, but
after a few long hours, it was looking much better.
After getting both sides fairly clean back o the body mounts, and welding up a crack in one ot the outriggers that holds the engine, I spent more
quality time lying on my back under the car with a paint brush and the fish-oil.
Then last weekend, more quality time with the paint brush and the undercoat (2 coats). Finally on tuesday I managed more quality time with the paint
brush and the black top coat. I managed to paint one side with a single coat, so there are still a few more stints under there.
But after paint comes re-assemble 
I don't seem to have any pics of the painted seat shells, or the chassis for some reason. I'll have to try grab some next time I get to the shed.
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72vet
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Mood: Always in a mood for a J.G.T
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The Joy of cleaning & replacing parts . Keep the pic's & updates coming
Scott 
The way you have the car chocked up with timber is a bit of a worry though.
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Yeah! Scares the sh#t outta me every time I see that in a pic!
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coming along very nicely.... im with the others though... all the money spent so far, why not lashout and buy some car stands.......people squashed
dont build cars real well.
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Scott
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There are a pair of axle stands under the chassis rails near the A pillar holding up the car. The stack of hardwood blocks was just to take some of
the load as the front of the car, including the engine is all cantilevered in front of the axle stands. Each measure can support the car on it's own,
but I have put both in there for added sturdiness.
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