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    Stripping methods?

    I have done cars both ways. The blasted car. Before blast I scraped the underside under coating off, cleaned engine bay with heated pressure washer, prior to blast. Then blasted those areas, plus inner fenders, trunk, inside cabin Blasted cleaned and epoxy coated with PPG DP PRIMERS. Then used...
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    Doug's headers not fitting - frustration

    Funny the guy I had fix my factory welds was a pot smoking hippy in his 60s he is a great welder though
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    Chalky coating

    It single handedly is the cause of global warming. But does a hell of a job on headers. I like it warm.
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    Chalky coating

    This is the best
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    What is the ONE thing your A body has you wish your modern car had?

    A guy here told me one time. They are putting them back on the floor here by law. It's just to much a danger! To many Coonass Drivers are getting their foot cault in the wheel switching it back and fourth.
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    Crane pushrod quality

    They later sources from another vender and sent me some after I had the Smith Brother's installed. They were black but had a note they were not the same defective black ones. They had a batch that were bad think they were over hardened? But prone to snap or brake threads where nuts were at...
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    What is the ONE thing your A body has you wish your modern car had?

    My dad's car was hit and totaled by someone with no insurance. He got paid at work. Walked to the Closest Dealer. Gave them his pay, bought the loss leader. 1970 Nova 230ci 3 on tree. AM radio and heat were onky 2 options. Did have steel.wheels and Dog Dish caps. Man them wing vent windows were...
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    What is the ONE thing your A body has you wish your modern car had?

    I wish I would have grabbed one of the trunk remote open switches (it's just a few wires), and trunk latch from the M bodies other cars. There were plenty of um at yards. But now none.
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    Crane pushrod quality

    I have seen that before. Yes I had everything Crane. Broke adjusters and tgat bent a few push rods. So none of the Crane was reused. I called Smith Brother's had them whip up new good push rods and send me their adjusters/nuts to install on the Gold Race.
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    Crane Gold rocker adjuster

    I broke a few right away. My push rods were measured and custom made. Geometry was right. So I conversation with Crane. Guy asks were they Black or Gray? Oh damm we normally make them our selves, and ours are gray. We outsourced and those were all bad. Told me don't use any more black of the...
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    Crane Gold rocker adjuster

    I got sets from Smith Brother's. I also have 3-4 sets unused from Crane Sets since I bought push rods and adjusters for. The get go. They are with my extra set of 1.6 ratio rockers I have as a spare set. I just have to find um.
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    UTG vs DDG

    If the rear end would not have blown i bet DDG witkd have won. You would have thought as far as traveled Tony would have said bring it back to my shop. Double teamed it and put a new used chunk (3rd member, in it) I mean come on I got 6-8 with close enough gears to the ratio needed here. 355...
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    UTG vs DDG

    I like them too. The call outs span a few episodes. And I also liked your quick Honda video. Funny thing was I needed to do same thing on a Civic Coupe. So was glad you did it. I figure it was straight forward, but t's never really know. So was glad you took the time to show it being done. I...
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    UTG vs DDG

    Nicer to see him joking in a funny voices instead of fake drama and gett ikeing bleeped, and fighting with crew. Broke a trans took it innstride and got a used one, back on.the roads. In these pics he stoped and grabbed a Speedo cable He looks like he had a great time with his son. Priceless...
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    UTG vs DDG

    His brother sounds the same way. I have on the one where he and his young son are on a road trip to see the eclipse in the mid 60s white fury. As things woukd have it I hurt my back and neck. I was trying to fix my old Hot Tub that would fix my back and neck. Ironically it made them worse, but...
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    Best Carter 4 Barrel Carburetor for a stock 273?

    Hey it's hot, real hot. I had a guy working for me who looked like it was,raining where ever he walked. He said it was worse than Nevada where it was hot but was a dry heat. He used To live in Manhattan Beach .ca. you would think he would be used to heat? Was a retired surfer dude with a few...
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    UTG vs DDG

    I have been watching his and Tom's channels for quite a few years. He works on stuff and gets it back on the road. He also is on Rocket Resto channel with Tom. Rocket Restorations does great work. Still better than fake ads Mark Worman. Or silly drama There are worse things on the tube
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    Best Carter 4 Barrel Carburetor for a stock 273?

    Here in Louisiana too. No choke needed till you need it. You can set it to non frozen choosen setting for those who live in a more normal climate. To be fair I looked at it and there was not a Hurracane weather setting. Oh well gotta take the bad with the good
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    How much would you pay for this 340?

    I found 2 340s in salvage yards transplanted into trucks and one in a van. Always check numbers
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    Painting steel rims and baking the paint.

    I have done many, many, sets as I used to work close to quite a,few You-Pull-It Yards. And I hit them regular for things to resell to feed my Mopar Addiction and keep. Here is a link to a,set a posted on another site I kept. Wow almost been 4 years now since I posted it. I blast, clean, epoxy...
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    Maaco vs Mexico: The Hunt for Affordable Paint & Body

    A guy I grew up with, is a body guy. He left a high end body shop due to crazy hours, and projects that had dead lines always. He got a 9-5 at Macco as it was close to his home fur a year or two. Some jobs were scuff and shoot specials. Some were some right but customer's paid for it. Some were...
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    MiniVanDan......
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    Like white on rice.
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    Damm that's funny. I watch roadkill late at night I DVR them. Can't sleep good to watch. Or play it in back ground while doing something else like a,radio. Can rewind if I hear something good happen
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    MiniVanDan https://www.motortrend.com/news/roadkill-plymouth-duster-ford-maverick-trade/ They started with cheap car traded down
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    That **** brown 4 door on Roadkill was nice.
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    Or DannyNoCarMopar also has a nice ring to it. Kinda like Mopar or No Car. Or Maybe ChevyDan?
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    DannyNoCar
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    Cost for labor on stroker build?

    Come on. Troll. Top of his class.
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