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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 02:44 AM
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Now at the moment I'm thinking about to galvanize/zincing the frame so it'll be 100% forever rustfree...[/QUOTE]

If Your gonna keep it forever you might as well.
 
Old Sep 4, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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thx

few pics of today. only wanted to see how the tire/rim will look like. too bad my wheel guy wasn't at home to mount the tire onto the rim..









..and I'm still been busy removing all that old undercoating of the body. omg I hate it!
 
Old Oct 10, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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thanks for the info about conrad and the frame rails! Great find!
 
Old Oct 12, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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how wide is that tire?
 
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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tire is 295/35-18

new pics:

I rebuilt the body dolly for better underbody work clearance



underbody











better rust than plastic LOL 59 bel air dash vs. 79 monte carlo dash

 
Old Nov 23, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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and finally my t56 came in last thursday






this weekend we finally finished welding the frame..






 
Old Nov 24, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Wow! This is a tough enough project to do domestically let alone in Europe! Kudo's to you Kev! Excellent choice on the LS1/T56 set-up! You'll really enjoy this set-up.

I'm also very surprised that you actually have that much room to work on a vehicle....in my 1-1/2 years in Europe I never really did see very many places where you could acutally work on a car.
 
Old Nov 25, 2010 | 01:03 AM
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thx John! your car is a big inspiration for me!! I'm working in a old barn at girlfriend's grandparents place. It's kinda hard to find good places in the big cities in germany but you'll find those places in smaller villages on old farms
 
Old Nov 25, 2010 | 10:24 AM
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thx John! your car is a big inspiration for me!!
I'm humbled, thanks for the positive feedback and you're welcome!
 
Old Nov 27, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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sweet - snow! yikes!



today wanted to bring my frame back home but unfortunately the truck had problems. hopefully next weekend the frame will be back in there.




got the camaro hydraulic clutch cylinder in. looks like came from stock



 



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