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melcardona

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full service wench 47 yrs....big truck driver otr 900k miles....built homes...ran skidder.....was fairly sharp till i became a high school shop teacher...the elect ign has a short...dont need my brakes as i cant even make it into the big hole anymore....suspention is not smooth...all steering parts wore out....the windshiled is caca..cant see clear coat anymore..thank you single stage!!!...on my 2nd mopar build...41 p11 coupe custom ..to..64 valaint oem.....need a few interior hard parts and have lots of soft i should not toss..will post ......south south tx!!
 

melcardona said:
full service wench 47 yrs....big truck driver otr 900k miles....built homes...ran skidder.....was fairly sharp till i became a high school shop teacher...the elect ign has a short...dont need my brakes as i cant even make it into the big hole anymore....suspention is not smooth...all steering parts wore out....the windshiled is caca..cant see clear coat anymore..thank you single stage!!!...on my 2nd mopar build...41 p11 coupe custom ..to..64 valaint oem.....need a few interior hard parts and have lots of soft i should not toss..will post ......south south tx!!
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Welcome Mel! How about some photos of your projects?
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WV64Signet said:
Welcome to the show.

Looking forward to pictures of the 64

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funny you ask for pics.....im not a pic guy but the last 4 builds ive done ive snaped a few..she is not done..and she is my back up driver!!! did not like red on red with more red....in all my years.never done a viynel top....cant say it was fun..but i did it by the numbers from a great old school guy on youtube...came out good..matter of fact better then the head liner and ive done many of them..missing all the headliner trim..as soon as i figure out engine low power not wanting to rev...idles great but puffing and ..the heatriser was froze stuck..all apart now will gut it and make sure no mice nest in exhaust....all velves bad adj...1 bent push rod...was running rugh bad shake...now smooth..but still puffing.... plug o rings #1 was bad all good now..timing chain was slaping good now...wp leaking not anymore...she only has 45k miles..will do a comp test
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melcardona said:
funny you ask for pics.....im not a pic guy but the last 4 builds ive done ive snaped a few..she is not done..and she is my back up driver!!! did not like red on red with more red....in all my years.never done a viynel top....cant say it was fun..but i did it by the numbers from a great old school guy on youtube...came out good..matter of fact better then the head liner and ive done many of them..missing all the headliner trim..as soon as i figure out engine low power not wanting to rev...idles great but puffing and ..the heatriser was froze stuck..all apart now will gut it and make sure no mice nest in exhaust....all velves bad adj...1 bent push rod...was running rugh bad shake...now smooth..but still puffing.... plug o rings #1 was bad all good now..timing chain was slaping good now...wp leaking not anymore...she only has 45k miles..will do a comp testView attachment 1716475121

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Thank you Sir

I'm particular to 64s. She looks great
 
Duster360LA said:
Welcome from another Texas member!
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hello tx!!!.....just a thought....why do they call s.a.....south tx???? what is central tx???....and if s,a. is south........whats the next 350 miles south called????? ok i call it texico....real south tx....
 
Good question! Texas is so big, more than half of it should be considered "central"...
 
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