63 unibody

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Re: 63 unibody

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What shocks are you running on the rear?
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Re: 63 unibody

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primer...
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Looking good . There are 2 things I am waiting to see :D 1 redoing the " patina " on tha back of the roof and 2 hooking up the upper radiator hose :D.


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It's looking great Chris, great work. Wish I had your skills... I need to get back up that way soon.
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thanx man! its gettin there slowly but surely.....

i cheated on the radiator part, got my buddy to fire up the tig and we pulled the switch-a-roo on the inlet/ outlets :)

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Yep thats cheating :D buuuuuuuuuuut it worked and looks good so its ok LOL.


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ha, i know i know... it was gunna be a busy mess if i tried it the other way and my buddy can tig like no other!

btw i was up your way a few weeks ago for the stret rod nats, good time/ show... 4th street is a blast! Spinelli's pizza is the shit at 3 in the morning!!!!
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I wish I had that much room between my motor and radiator lol...I have like half an inch ha.
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dragginwagon wrote:ha, i know i know... it was gunna be a busy mess if i tried it the other way and my buddy can tig like no other!

btw i was up your way a few weeks ago for the stret rod nats, good time/ show... 4th street is a blast! Spinelli's pizza is the shit at 3 in the morning!!!!

I went to the nats on Thursday ( gotta check the swap meet on opening day :D ) and then took SWMBO on saturday to actually look at the cars :D . She tried to talk me into buying a plasma cutter but I told her although the price was great the country of origin wasnt :D.


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lil update
got the back wall seam sealed up, gunna prime it and the dash one more time and should be off to paint
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steering box cleaned and painted
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quick pic of the gauges... im pretty impressed with them so far!!!
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been pluckin away at the accessories, belts, and radiator her lately... been slow work! lower radiator hose has been fun to say the least
there's not a ton of options out there for 460s it seems so its been junk yardin and fab'in most the way.
still have to figure out the a/c but im gettin close
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Lookin good everything you check off gets it that much closer to hittin the road :D.


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Lookin sweet! I've got some seam sealing to do soon as well!
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Holy cow thats lookin badass!!! :shock:
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Looking good bro keep it up haven't been on for awhile and man you've made great progress
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Thank guys! I'm ready to get this thing on the road!
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Great, waiting on pics..

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Re: 63 unibody

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been plucking away at it some lately. slowly but surely
blocked the guts again and primed it one last time... ready for paint
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bedliner'd the firewall sat morning...

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buddy of mine strip'd my plasma just cause

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Looking real good sir, I'm jealous you get to work on yours lol.
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can you still get a ground through the bedliner or have some of those parts been moved?
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also, did the regular cab mounts go away? i noticed the recessed hole where typical floor pans mount to the rubber mount are gone.
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