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Hello everyone,
It's been a while since I've posted progress on my car. Well, it is now painted, so it's nice to see it in ONE color.  After much deliberation against adding weight back on, I decided to add sound-deadener. The M&K exhaust will be plenty loud. Here is a picture of the sound deadener, it looks easy but anything that's not flat will take some time to shape and glue down.   Here is a picture with the carpet padding installed:  Yesterday, I picked up the 3.2 from the machine shop with fresh exhaust valves, guides, new rings and supertec head studs.   Brakes waiting to be installed.  I still have a long way to go and hope to have it finished by next year in the spring/summer time frame. How time flies, started in Aug of '05  I'll keep you posted... cheers 
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nice job! the silver looks good. i did the sound deadening treatment years ago on a jensen interceptor - it's a ton of work. i wish my rsr project was a far along.
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Fantastic!!!
Look forward to more.
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Looks like some top notch work Fernando!
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Looking good Fernando!
Keep making baby steps and you'll get to the finish line! Doug
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Very nice.
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Jensen Interceptor?.... The AWD ( Fergusson system) Chrysler V-8 powered "gentleman's express"....??? - Wil
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Thank you all for the kind words.
There's plenty of inspirational cars in this forum and lots of good archival and new data. I can't tell you how many times I've hit the "search" button
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Thanks for sharing...Did you fab the 'through the hood' gas filler pipe?
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How and what did you use to transport the tub? Details please...
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looks good, can't wait for more pictures!
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The first picture looks really intimidating just given the possibilities....
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Good work.
Im looking forward to see it when the Martini Stripes are on..
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That is the dirtiest garage I've ever seen.
 Nice work! Looking forward to the finished product. Tom
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The filler pipe was fabricated from a 4 inch round stainless steel exhaust piece, picked it up
at a muffler shop. I probably should've used a galvanized piece but the stainless should do fine. We cut the tube to about 15 inches and welded it to the tank. Make sure you have the tank cleaned and no fumes. A good radiator shop should be able to do this. We also welded a tab on the rear/top of the tank that bolts down to the chasis, this should help the tank to stay in one position and not bang the opening on the hood (at least we hope that won't happen). Another thing to keep in mind is the gasoline splashing and possibly flowing all the way to the top and spilling out the cap, nobody wants gasoline on top of their hood... We'll see how it all works out. Please look HERE for additional pics The tub was transported with very little suspension and rolling wheels. At the sanblasting place they allowed me to take all suspension off and put it aside until they were done. At pick-up time, the suspension was bolted up again and rolled into a tow truck. Same deal at the painter's, although the suspension didn't have to come all the way off. Just enough for them to paint the areas. I bought a quart of paint to touch up any missed spots under the car. If you plan it well ahead of time you could find a towing services with fork-lifts to load and unload a tub, but some shops are not setup to take on a tub, at least the body shop I used wasn't. The epoxy-coated garage floor if pretty durable... except when you bang it with a hammer, use brake cleaner or pb-blaster (ask me how I know!) Brake cleaner will take the epoxy clear layer and pb- blaster will stain the floor. I'll probably have the clear coate re-shot when I'm done. Thanks for all the words of encouragement... if you have any tips or lessons learned for what's ahead please let me know. |
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I was going to ask about the flooring it looks almost like industrial covering. looks great
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Thanks... the floor was spotless when the garage queen
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Fernando,
Are you sure you welded stainless to mild steel? That seems odd? I've actually never heard of that. Doug
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