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71 rebuild
craigh:
Sounds nice on the Dyno Brad.
wabco40:
--- Quote from: Lefty on June 25, 2019, 06:27:02 AM ---Car looks fantastic.
What's the next project?
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Thanks. I would like to do a 69 based on a Roadster Shop chassis, Dynamic Corvette front and rear clips and LSX powered. Not sure if or when this will happen though!!!
Currently working on a 28 Chev roadster pickup. I am keeping this one stock. I am in no real hurry working on this and just recon parts as I am stripping them from the car.
wabco40:
--- Quote from: craigh on June 25, 2019, 07:38:28 AM ---Sounds nice on the Dyno Brad.
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Thanks Craig, there was a bit of a stumble where the engine went overly rich but I have since sorted that out.
Your car is coming along nicely.
wabco40:
Its been along time between posts.
I have been thinking about modifing my bonnet for some time and fitting a heat extractor to it. I like the look of the C7 Corvette and Gen5 Camaro hood vents but the C7 one was a bit too small and the Camaro vent had too much of a curve to it to match my big block hood.
I ended up purchasing a Trackspec Motorsport Gen5 style vent. These are just pressed aluminium and the instructions require you to cut a hole in the bonnet and rivet the vent in place.
I didnt like the idea of just riviting the vent on top of the bonnet and thought it would be better to recess it into the bonnet and make a top trim plate that covers the fasteners and sit flush with the top of the bonnet.
I ended up getting two aluminium plates water jet cut. One is 2mm thick that is used as a base plate that I bonded to the underside of the bonnet and the hood vent screws to, the other is 1.6mm that covers the top and is held in place with thin 3M double sided tape.
I also painted the centre of the bonnet black and re-cleared/colour sanded the whole bonnet. I eventually plan to continue the black across the wiper door, tops and rear deck. It means stripping the car back down, sanding the clear, masking and painting the blackouts, clear coating and colour sanding. Its quite a large job so I will do it over the winter period.
bfit:
I've thought about grafting the gill section out of a set of 69 guards, into the hood .
maybe one day .
Bifit
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