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When I first started this project, I had to decide if I was going to keep the car stock. I have no problem whatsoever if someone decides to build a perfect reproduction that only sees a trailer, but that's not for me. I decided to add my "touch" to the car, because that's what I've done since my first car. It may not be the most financially sound decision as far a resale, but I want to drive the car and "make it mine".
I'm going to be adding the harmonic balancer set up and 45 DCOE Webers this week and in the near future, Panasports. So much for stock.
I'm going to be adding the harmonic balancer set up and 45 DCOE Webers this week and in the near future, Panasports. So much for stock.
Tinkerman
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Yep! Looks like mine when I brought it home. Vast amount of work but a very worth while project. I liken it to building a car from scratch. Just for your greator fund of knoledge there are 392 parts (exclusive of fastners) in the front end, heh. I used a data base to keep track of all the parts. Really helps and is worth the time to set it up. Good luck!
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Great looking car and hope you get 20 years of enjoyment out of it before another rebuild. Just one thing that might save you from having problems on a hot day. If you don't have a rubber gasket or grommet between the filter clamps it could give you a gas vapor problem, even the orginal ones had this problem with the one clamp. Wayne
A couple of quick answers.
The clamps have a rubber gromet in the center that is clamped to the rubber fuel line, so hopefully I won't have the fuel problems. Some people have cautioned about the glass breaking, but it is in a lot safer position than the glass bowl on the fuel pump.
The filters are 1 3/4" deep K&N that I bought from Moss. The front filter taps the wheel well and has chipped a little paint. I did not replace the motor mounts, and now I wish I had -- although the filter is about a 1/4 inch away from the wheel well, so I'm not totally convinced new mounts would have done anything anyway.
The clamps have a rubber gromet in the center that is clamped to the rubber fuel line, so hopefully I won't have the fuel problems. Some people have cautioned about the glass breaking, but it is in a lot safer position than the glass bowl on the fuel pump.
The filters are 1 3/4" deep K&N that I bought from Moss. The front filter taps the wheel well and has chipped a little paint. I did not replace the motor mounts, and now I wish I had -- although the filter is about a 1/4 inch away from the wheel well, so I'm not totally convinced new mounts would have done anything anyway.
