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    So close it hurts ........

     



    We're within a couple of weeks of being through with the Thames ........ hope to have him on the streets by the first of the month

    Door panels and handles have been installed ....... latches were fabricated from '32 Ford handles ........ had to increase the shaft length .......... custom fabricated garnish moldings have been installed







    Windshield and door glass has been installed .......... velocity stacks have been painted







    ... a face only a mother could love



    need to finish up the wiring to the drop down license plate holder and associated lights, finish wiring the fuel cell and gas gauge, install the brake pedal and accelerator pedal, hook up the throttle cable, finish the brakes, install the steering wheel, and fabricate-paint-install the header panel above the windshield in the interior .......... really getting excited now
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    WOW that is really beautiful
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    i'd be sleeping in it .....

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    Dang, know what you're going through Coyote!!! This is the point where every minute's work seems to take an hour, and a week seems like eternity!!!!
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    Hang in there John. Looks like you'll be out among 'em soon.
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    It's a beautiful delivery, Coyote. You're gonna' have a ball with it.
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    Beautiful job John. It's been a long road for you.
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    it just dont get much better than that. nice one coyote!

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    Looking great, it will be the envy at the shows.
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    Just seems like yesterday he was just a baby , now look at him all grown up .

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    Hey,I really love that front and I'm not a mother,actually I love your whole car and man,you can park it in my garage any time. Congratulations on your perseverance John and enjoy your car when finally finished.
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    Man, that is looking soooooooo good! Congrats!!


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    Awesome rig!

    Love those painted stacks!!!
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