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« Reply #180 on: June 24, 2010, 05:27:53 am »
ghia looks bitchin Randy.  You should be very proud.  I thought you have a job with the speed shack.
and yes, get that driveway finished.  I'm tired of having to wash my car after coming over to your mansion.
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« Reply #181 on: June 24, 2010, 05:37:42 am »
Geez randy , will you be my daddy ? Looks great and I will start giving ya my over flow of paint work. Great stuff for first paint job.
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« Reply #182 on: June 24, 2010, 05:54:58 am »
Quote from: danny gabbard on June 24, 2010, 05:37:42 am
Geez randy , will you be my daddy ? Looks great and I will start giving ya my over flow of paint work. Great stuff for first paint job.
only if ya call me daddy Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #183 on: June 24, 2010, 22:41:33 pm »
Yeah you could adopt some of us guys and build a few cars for us ! Grin
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« Reply #184 on: June 30, 2010, 22:03:04 pm »
A little sumthin I put together over the weekend, a 2234cc with a fk8 cam, Steve Tims stage 1 heads, 5.5" chevy jounal rods, 84x92, you know, just the basics
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« Reply #185 on: June 30, 2010, 22:04:17 pm »
Here it is at home in the car
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« Reply #186 on: June 30, 2010, 22:19:46 pm »
Looks like more fun that a teenager should have!  Wink Grin
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« Reply #187 on: July 15, 2010, 00:40:35 am »
center caps came in this week, very nice
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« Reply #188 on: July 15, 2010, 01:13:46 am »
Sounds like that motor will scream Randy. Ghia's looking good. Daughter is very lucky.

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« Reply #189 on: July 15, 2010, 08:09:44 am »
Randy,
very nice! just wanted to remind you that you are at the bottom of page 7. Grin
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« Reply #190 on: July 15, 2010, 13:13:00 pm »
Quote from: vdubdweeb on July 15, 2010, 00:40:35 am
center caps came in this week, very nice



Nice ! The centercaps are from ISP ?
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« Reply #191 on: July 16, 2010, 04:13:43 am »
YA! DADDY!!!, OK , Now that being said, Randy I mean DADDY lets start on my car
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« Reply #192 on: July 16, 2010, 04:38:39 am »
the car is at the muffler shop now having the flanges welded on. I'm calling Greg tomorrow to hopefully do the initial start-up sunday morning if he's not busy, then , if all goes well, you never know where I might cruise it to, maybe a couple of miles from my house to have lunch with a bunch of guys I used to hang out with nearly 30 years ago, who knows. Wink Wink Wink. Becca cant wait to show up in it
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« Reply #193 on: July 16, 2010, 05:37:19 am »
Perfect day for a debut!  Can't wait to see it Randy  Cool
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« Reply #194 on: July 17, 2010, 05:44:46 am »
 :(Well, the debut is not gonna happen, had greg come over to help with engine/cam break-in, and as we were going thru the checklist, we got the idiot lights on, but when cranking the engine, the lights would go out. I have a crossed wire somewhere and dont have time to mess with it this weekend. And until I have proof oil pressure, I'm not even start to put gas in the tank and jumping the coil. I have way to much time and effort in this thing to rush it into a trash can, I have enough patience to wait until next week to do it when I have more time
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« Reply #195 on: July 17, 2010, 21:02:03 pm »
I had 3 original caps and took them down to my buddies at ISP West, Anthony and Alex both said they should remake them with a nice center emblem, so I left them with them and last week they where finished. So if you need a set of really nice caps for your rivieras, I can't say enough about how nice these caps came out, top notch work over there at ISP. Made right here in so. Cal, USA
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« Reply #196 on: July 17, 2010, 21:24:28 pm »
Quote from: vdubdweeb on July 17, 2010, 21:02:03 pm
I had 3 original caps and took them down to my buddies at ISP West, Anthony and Alex both said they should remake them with a nice center emblem, so I left them with them and last week they where finished. So if you need a set of really nice caps for your rivieras, I can't say enough about how nice these caps came out, top notch work over there at ISP. Made right here in so. Cal, USA

That sounds good for mines.  Cool
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« Reply #197 on: July 17, 2010, 23:48:13 pm »
Quote from: vdubdweeb on July 17, 2010, 05:44:46 am
:(Well, the debut is not gonna happen, had greg come over to help with engine/cam break-in, and as we were going thru the checklist, we got the idiot lights on, but when cranking the engine, the lights would go out. I have a crossed wire somewhere and dont have time to mess with it this weekend. And until I have proof oil pressure, I'm not even start to put gas in the tank and jumping the coil. I have way to much time and effort in this thing to rush it into a trash can, I have enough patience to wait until next week to do it when I have more time
Grasshopper, your wisdom has grown with age, There is always tomorrow !
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« Reply #198 on: July 18, 2010, 03:34:05 am »
aahhhh, the student has become the master
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« Reply #199 on: July 18, 2010, 17:44:32 pm »
Going fishing ?
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« Reply #200 on: July 21, 2010, 05:16:12 am »
electrical issues all sorted out, everything works, nothing fried that wasn't already. a new flasher relay, a new horn relay, and a few crossed wires uncrossed and now everything works, like its supposed to. THANK YOU ALEX AND CARLOS. Tomorrow is the big day, hopefully get to fire it up around 3:30 or so Smiley
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« Reply #201 on: July 21, 2010, 05:18:55 am »
Yes!
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« Reply #202 on: July 21, 2010, 20:03:17 pm »
looks like they made a few more copies of your center caps Wink
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« Reply #203 on: July 22, 2010, 16:52:59 pm »
Greg came over yesterday, we got oil pressure, then we put fuel in, realized the fuel pump rod was to short, changed that out with the longer one. Got fuel to carbs, checked coil for power, then cranked it..... Fired on the first crank and ran like a champ, broke the cam in, then got the timing close as well as the main jets. Then we noticed a small oil leak and decided it was time to call it a day. I'm picking up more jets to dial it in tonite and fix the leak.
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« Reply #204 on: July 22, 2010, 18:44:56 pm »
Getting close Randy!!   Cool
Have you found Becca researching the Powder Puff schedule yet?  I betcha she's getting excited!!
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« Reply #205 on: July 22, 2010, 20:35:58 pm »
Good news !
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« Reply #206 on: July 26, 2010, 14:47:07 pm »
Found the oil leak, it was the main seal. I used one of those seal install tools the first time and it didn't press it in past the chamfer in the case, I assumed it was good and didn't check how far it was in, the flywheel just rubbed the seal until it wore out. Took about 5 minutes to start leaking.  I know check everything 2-3 times, but I didn't on this and had to spend a day redoing what i should have done the first time. Live and learn
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« Reply #207 on: July 26, 2010, 14:52:22 pm »
The master !
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« Reply #208 on: July 26, 2010, 21:10:33 pm »
Quote from: vdubdweeb on July 26, 2010, 14:47:07 pm
Found the oil leak, it was the main seal. I used one of those seal install tools the first time and it didn't press it in past the chamfer in the case, I assumed it was good and didn't check how far it was in, the flywheel just rubbed the seal until it wore out. Took about 5 minutes to start leaking.  I know check everything 2-3 times, but I didn't on this and had to spend a day redoing what i should have done the first time. Live and learn
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« Reply #209 on: July 27, 2010, 01:31:23 am »
Quote from: Shubee2 (DSK) on July 26, 2010, 21:10:33 pm
Quote from: vdubdweeb on July 26, 2010, 14:47:07 pm
Found the oil leak, it was the main seal. I used one of those seal install tools the first time and it didn't press it in past the chamfer in the case, I assumed it was good and didn't check how far it was in, the flywheel just rubbed the seal until it wore out. Took about 5 minutes to start leaking.  I know check everything 2-3 times, but I didn't on this and had to spend a day redoing what i should have done the first time. Live and learn
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