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Since the weather here has been unusually mild for this time of year I have made substantial progress. Here’s a few photos. B3D1DA26-2C14-4707-8107-672002C3FB4F.jpg145C50CF-BFDD-40ED-B72C-74C82249F83E.jpg86F64122-0D4A-40EE-B21A-54963E3B63D6.jpgDEF11CA5-5162-4CD0-8843-00B2B3DAECDA.jpg6D675174-90DB-4402-8FB3-9F574A000DAC.jpg
 

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Very nice. Fun to see such updates.
 

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Nice work! :cheers:
 

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Looks like from the weather report your work might be coming to a halt!

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Looks like from the weather report your work might be coming to a halt!

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Still some good days left. Remember this is New England, folks round here are tough. C06AF000-EDFB-46AA-8563-3682B6CA44F8.jpg
 

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:smile-new:! Well, tough or not I thought you guys were in for a pretty good storm!

Kurt.
 
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Raining here in SE NY.
re: your picture #4... I also ran the brake line over the shock and have considered whether I'd have to break that line to get the shock out...?
I put the shocks on after I did the brake lines. Should be no problem to remove.
 

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Excellent! :cheers:

Nice to see someone making progress (my projects are all stalled these days).
 
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Down on it’s wheel for the first time since last year. 951AB819-FBF5-4E78-B31C-58691F527820.jpg
 

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So did you climb in. Gab the wheel in both hands and make Vroo9m, Vroom Sounds? LOL. I would.
 
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So did you climb in. Gab the wheel in both hands and make Vroo9m, Vroom Sounds? LOL. I would.


I did climb in and sit on two pillows no noises though.
 

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You gotta grab the wheel and make vroom vroom noises and maybe even shift some gears...keeps us young!
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I did shift some gears but the car is in the garage and the transmission is in the basement. I was tempted to let it go down my steep driveway with just the e brake but I don’t know how I would get it back up.
 
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