You can get the front end rebuild kit with everything brand new from Dave at protouring f body.com.Best price for good stuff,all in one kit.(79T/Aman)
A 73 RS LT to be restored...
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Dave is a great guy to deal with. Got my subframe solid bushings from him.krabben1 said:
73RSLT+95Z28
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Yeap, made a deal on the 402 
Meanwhile been wire wheeling the under carriage, major pita
Still too cold to do any painting
Found a brand new center link also
Now waiting anxiously for 71cam800 to start cutting up his project so I can get the floor parts...
Meanwhile been wire wheeling the under carriage, major pita
Still too cold to do any painting
Found a brand new center link also
Now waiting anxiously for 71cam800 to start cutting up his project so I can get the floor parts...
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73RSLT+95Z28
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Finished wire wheeling and got -literally- down to painting. Finally!
From the rear floors to firewall.
Tomorrow I´ll spray the firewall (finally got the heat up )
All POR: 1st marine clean, 2nd metal ready and 3rd semi-gloss rust preventive which was applied with a brush.
I´d give a 9, a full 10 if I had had a better brush... reflections make it look uneven, but it really came out good.
From the rear floors to firewall.
Tomorrow I´ll spray the firewall (finally got the heat up
)All POR: 1st marine clean, 2nd metal ready and 3rd semi-gloss rust preventive which was applied with a brush.
I´d give a 9, a full 10 if I had had a better brush... reflections make it look uneven, but it really came out good.
Looks sweet.
retorq
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That floor looks a tad rough to be an AZ car ... good work so far.
73RSLT+95Z28
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Got the firewall sprayed (POR chassis coat black) along with a few suspension parts... turned out ok.
Rear codes are G 14 3 (housing cast July 14th 1973) and GZ G193 4 so its a 2.73 non-posi. Built on the 4th shift??? didnt know they worked 24hrs/day that year
Probably will keep the 2.73 but will be changed to posi.
Rear codes are G 14 3 (housing cast July 14th 1973) and GZ G193 4 so its a 2.73 non-posi. Built on the 4th shift??? didnt know they worked 24hrs/day that year
Probably will keep the 2.73 but will be changed to posi.
73RSLT+95Z28
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Just wondering how much professional pride (or lack of) the welders have felt when letting such poor quality welds off their hands... really.
really.
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Some progress made... It´s POR stirling silver, fyi.
Got the subframe also painted and it´s waiting to be re-installed.
Ordered a bunch of stuff (all orig. rubber bushings, haha!) including a set of upper ctrl arm bushings from Classic and they turned out to be wrong ones (74 up) so maybe in 2 weeks can get the front assembled.
Meanwhile working on the back axle.
Leaf springs are going to the shop for remaking on Monday.
Just opened it up, no bits or pieces that don´t belong there so cleaned it up and bolted shut again.
Gearing looks good, if this is the original 2.73 from 1973?
Got the subframe also painted and it´s waiting to be re-installed.
Ordered a bunch of stuff (all orig. rubber bushings, haha!) including a set of upper ctrl arm bushings from Classic and they turned out to be wrong ones (74 up) so maybe in 2 weeks can get the front assembled.
Meanwhile working on the back axle.
Leaf springs are going to the shop for remaking on Monday.
Just opened it up, no bits or pieces that don´t belong there so cleaned it up and bolted shut again.
Gearing looks good, if this is the original 2.73 from 1973?
twozs
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did you ever try to weld on a MOVING object? not the easiest thing in the world, just try walking around with your shield down. they didn't give you a lot of time to do your job either. remember that time is money and you couldn't just sit there and finesse a weld to your own personal liking. a lot of times the primary guy who was assigned to that specific weld job would call in sick, have to go to the bathroom or the nurse or something and the relief man would have to do that job and his expertise on that job was not quite the best. you couldn't just walk away from your post on the line. in the case of a manpower shortage in the plant (like Monday or Friday) they would take anyone from any department and stick a MIG gun in their hand. in my case i was a spot welder and one day the asked me if i wanted to learn a MIG job and i agreed(i was spot welding rear quarter fillers and shock towers in the "pit" and would have done anything to get up on level ground). the relief man was there to guide me for 2 hours and after that i was a "MIG welder" education over! sometimes the guns were a mess. you have to remember that these guns and equipment were push to their limit 18 hours a day. your primary gun would break or need a tip or nozzle or insulator change or just break down altogether and you would wait for hours for an electrician to repair it and have to use your back up gun which was usually a bigger pos than your primary. after a while i would get tips nozzles and insulators from the electricians and just it myself. a another thing that would go bad on the gun was the liner that the wire was fed through and the wire would skip and give you a splatter weld. a lot of things would go wrong with the equipment that you dint ordinarily experience with you seldom used shop welder. i took alot of pride in MY work . thats me in the cut off flanel73RSLT+95Z28 said:
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