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Old 01-29-2013, 04:17 PM   #89 (permalink)
Sven7
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Boo Radley - '65 Ford F100
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Seeing if I can hook up a trade deal to get some new Ebay upper control arms aka camber kit. $100-$170 it looks like, while Skunk2 stuff is twice as much. Couldn't stand Tein's website so no word there. Worth the extra money?

Repainted the wheel covers "bronze metallic" and put them all on this time. The color looks either really awesome like a rally car or terrible like peanut butter.

Made a quick 'plast grille block that opens just for the radiator and began filing on the giant foam block. Working on the mirror delete panels but Bondo spotting putty eats foam really badly. I may end up spraying them with primer from a ways away- then it shouldn't eat away too much.

We got a lot of snow yesterday so when I got all the stuff on I took it out to a parking lot and drifted around a bit on the "closed course". Getting a better handle on the handling.

Look at the salt deposits. It needs the top of the wheel wells capped off... you can also see how badly the suspension is leaning.


Ren by Tyler Linner, on Flickr


Ren by Tyler Linner, on Flickr

Oh, and due to last week being well below zero, coupled with lots of extra-urban driving, this tank is not impressive.
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