Tobias Thonet
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I've been trying to find a second turn signal for my 71 for months now, but it seems no one has that rectangular style lamp housing. Anyone know where I could find it? -
the undercarriage is rustoleum spray can primer, including the frame. I don't really remember the name of the 'blue stuff' but when I get back to the shop I'll be sure to tell you. For the tub I'm going to use Eastwood primer, same as what you'd paint the body with. Unless you guys know of a better type of epoxy primer?
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Yes I did, now I'll get the other pics in without spamming this thread (3) (4)
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(2) I think I figured out the problem
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Not dragging, I'd like to get into Pro-touring, well I mean I'd like to set it up as a pro touring car, I'd probably like to get into autocross, but that's way down the road, right now I'd just like her on the road for my junior year
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So basically I gutted the interior, not like there was much in it anyways. (1) Once that was finished my dad and I wire wheeled out the surface rust, so that we can fix the pans, and later coat the whole thing in epoxy primer. We also took the dash out but I don't think I really have any good pics of that.(2) Before we wire wheeled the interior though I coated the frame in epoxy primer and some 'rust proof' paint, we'll see how well it actually performs. The bluish stuff on the control arm is the rust proof paint, can't remember the name of it.(3) I got the whole undercarriage, although some hard to reach spots have been neglected. I'll get those before I put her on the road.(4) That's about it for now, I had to close up the garage because of the cold and having to go away for highschool, but in a couple weeks I'm going to head down again soon and start hitting you guys with the updates I'm thanking everyone in advance for all the questions, and thanking everyone whose already answered a lot of my posted questions P.S. I'm having trouble with pics so I numbered the sentences and I'll get some photos to correspond when I figure it out, thank you guys , and yeah I like my smileys :)
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Hey everyone Alright so when I joined the forum late last year I said I was going to start a thread that followed my restoration for everyone who was interested, so, here it is. I'm not sure how the uploading pics thing will work so bear with me on that.
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Post pictures on that E-brake conversion to between the seat, I was thinking about doing that at one point and I'm sure I'm not the only one
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Hey guys, I'm thinking about buying a Olds 12 bolt. Nothing special but I need to replace the seals and bearings (peace of mind). But as I look on Summit at a Richmond repair kit I'm not sure what to look for. I'm going to buy a Richmond 3.55 ring and pinion and also an Eaton posi unit. Do I need to look at the spline count and such? Or am I really just making this more difficult than it should be?
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So since it doesn't look like the 295's will fit, I'm going to go with 255 since it's already on the car and I've read a lot of guys saying that's what they're running with not B.S. issues. Bill, no I don't thankfully. I'm probably going to but the tires before July because I'm heading to California for a month and my dad will want to move the car out of the garage
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Okay, I'll measure it fur sure next time I'm in the garage, which won't be for a while. Thank you
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Do you know the backspacing on those rallys?
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The guy I bought my 71 off of said that the UV joint connecting to the axle was special? Something like Chevy used a Pontiac yoke or something? Do you guys know anything about this?
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Thanks, after reading it I see a lot of 4 1/2 b.s. with 255, so I'm probably going to go with what Sam said, 5-5 1/2 Although Sam, something I'm wondering is how much b.s. the Vette rally's have? And if that is adjustable? (before you say it, yeah I'm pretty un-knowledgeable about this stuff)
