So i want to play it safe when painting.....looks hardly used.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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So i want to play it safe when painting.....looks hardly used.
You had a busy week Tool J , have a great time and put all your worries behind you 
You know,the most stress was welding in those patch panels, making sure i dont light up the truck. I was stressing over it before i even started. But i think he will be happy with the result.
I had help doing mine, and I bet that truck was tuffer.. I am glad I have this behind me
Yes, mike it was similar,but right back to cab corner,panels out to rocker i used pretty much 1/2 of a 4x5 foot piece of sheet metal.
10 patches. But in your case,
It was on something of value.
10 patches. But in your case,
It was on something of value.
And I'm just starting
I am glad that is behind me, it will be a good job to have a fan/vacuum running at all times as you cut and install.. you will have it behind you before you know itAnd I'm just starting
Did you weld from top and bottom?I am glad that is behind me, it will be a good job to have a fan/vacuum running at all times as you cut and install.. you will have it behind you before you know it
Yes, then seam sealed it. I did shoot it with under coating but did not get a picture
Nice. I think I'm going to just cut the entire floor pan out. With the big t56 going in, the entire middle from the firewall to the rear seats is going to have to be custom made for the dartYes, then seam sealed it. I did shoot it with under coating but did not get a picture
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
vewwwy intewesting.When I was at the engine factory, the dyno room did pull on one of each production engine every week and sent the results to us... We never met or exceeded the advertised horsepower like the old engines did... We typically ran 30 HP less than advertised... I asked the head of engine design for our engine why can't we dyno what the engines are rated at... He replied, "We built one that did"...
I replied, "The customer does not care what you are capable of pulling on a custom built prototype, but wants to know what his engine can do"...
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One time the weekly dyno report had our engine with a flat line from 3000 - 6000 RPM... I called the dyno room supervisor and left him a voice mail telling him that the curve did not look right and asked if there was something wrong...
I bumped into him on the floor a couple days later and he thanked me for the phone call... They had looked into it and found out that one of the transducers on the dyno had failed... They repaired it...
He also commented to me that I was the only one in the front office that noticed... Which told him that I was the only one that actually paid attention and looked at it... He made the comment, "I don't know why we do that if nobody is going to pay attention to it"... He was glad to see that one person paid attention to the weekly dyno results...
How sad is it when all of the managers at the engine plant and CTC who were on the distribution list do not even care enough to look at it...
Another time the 3.3 L engine pulled 180 HP...
3.3 L usually pulled 130 - 140 HP... The 3.8 L would typically pull 170 - 180 HP... (3.3 L advertised at 180 HP and the 3.8 L rated at 215 HP)...
I called the dyno supervisor and left a voice mail and asked if they had the data for the 3.8 L confused with the 3.3 L... He got back to me and claimed that there was no mistake and that it was a 3.3 L...
I still to this day believe that it was data from a 3.8 L on that pull... I never saw a 3.3 L pull more than 150 HP before or after that...
Again, none of the other engineers or managers questioned those results, both at the assembly plant or CTC headquarters, and all were on the distribution list...
G'morning crew.
Morning studs!
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
knock knock, everybody go golfing or what?
Good Morning
Good Morning
Wow, I guess.
Must be me, I haven't taken a shower yet. 
GeorgeH
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Morning guys
Morning George.
GeorgeH
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Hows Toolman?
Doing well. And you?
GeorgeH
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Good here. I've been working on Mitch's Dart a bit.
Did I see floor pans?
Man, SCCA's first of the year run off is tomorrow at the old airport near me. Supposed to snow tonight, 8-12 inches. Wanna bet it gets cancelled
I see that pack of beer on Victoria's trunk....
It took me awhile but I found this one as well, I took it a week after I picked up a 64 big back window driver for 3 grand
I was filling up
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Were you filling up on gas or beer????
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