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ryan_boswell22

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  1. Hay guys I don't know if anyone is aware of this if your an LS5 car. I had my engine apart and when I was putting it back together I noticed a push rod was bent. I fixed the push rod and did the valve adjustment, and when I put the valve covers back on I had noticed the rocker had been rubbing on the baffle witch most likely cause the bent push rod on that cylinder. I did some research on a Chevelle forum and most guys with big blocks said they had the same issue. I bought some tall valve covers and put some masking tape on the baffle and rotated the engine with the valve cover on. When I pulled the cover off the tape was still there so hopefully the tall cover will fix this issue. After I run the engine I will probably pull one cover back off and check it again. If you guys are curious I bought the OE style orange tall covers that say Chevrolet on the top from summit racing. No oil cap but one grommet is pretty big and I'll just pour the oil in through the baffle hole.
  2. Thanks for the help I'll probably recoat the rusted one. I'm curious to see how it turns out.
  3. Hay does any body know if there are ways to do new woodgrain on the dash bezel. My cars dash is completely rusted and the woodgrain is gone. I bought a used bezel in much better condition it only has one small spot starting to bubble other than that it's ok. I'm just curious if the rusted bezel can be redone.
  4. Hay guys here she is. I have known every owner except the original owner. My pops owned his own shop in the Bay Area for 40 years. Second owner was a guy who worked for my dad and she was in bad shape then. The third owner was a close friend of my dads who met him by doing business with his shop, and he restored it to blue ribbon condition. Forth owner was a local police officer that we became great friends with that used to set a speed trap right out front of my dads shop, and he would let us point the radar gun at cars to catch speeders when we were kids me and my brother. The cop did not have a garage to keep the car in and he put a tarp over it in a car port and the paint began to bubble. He took it to the body shop and she sat outside for 16 years. I tried to buy the car several times and he would not let her go. Finally the body shop put a lean sale on the car and I got her first dibs. Of corse we are also great friends with the guys at the local body shop as well. It was just around the corner from my dads shop. She is a true SS 454 #s matching. I have already started the resto so I’ll be posting updates. Glade to be apart of this club and thanks for accepting my request.
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