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    I would like to post some pictures of the build i started about four years ago. Should say i ordered it and bought it four years ago but have just in the past 15 months or so put my heart and soul into it.. I've had a garage full of customer cars and it just made it hard to get any free time to work on my own... As you can see i ordered a '33 coupe from N&N in AR with the big 20x3/4" plywood wheels.. liked them a lot but splitters kept getting in the polishing rags... i borrowed some nice roll arounds from a friend in So. Calif. close to what i would be running at the end of the build... Mocked up the motor and trans just to keep the heart rate up... I would like to post some of where i'm at now and then fill in the blanks later.. hope you like them... "you don't know what it is to love a car until you build one"
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    This is where i'm at as of today. Installed the windshield frame and used the lift to help install the body back on the frame.. got the gas tank and gas cap installed. about 75% of the wiring is complete. Its really nice how nice it goes back together after it's been together all in mock up... i was sweating the windshield frame because i had never had it in with a compete rubber seal before, just a piece here and there to make sure it fit... only took me 3 rubber seals to get it right...
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    Lookin good,parkwood.. Love the color too.. Nice looking body..
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    Thank You for the pics, it's looking real good, I love the color as well.

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    Man, those first few pictures bring back some memories!! It was a happy day when I brought my roller home from Belleville! Looking very nice, and looking forward to watching it go together the rest of the way. Thanks for posting.
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    nice Parkwood, you got it going your way and it's BOSS
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    One of the first things i did was write down a parts list, i built a cardboard box for a gas tank and ordered it from summit a long with a truck load of other parts. I didn't like how the top of the dash fit the body so i cut the top off and moved it up a little and then glassed it back together.
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    Thanks guy for the kind words, and glad you liked the color... i also love it but the wife isn't so hot for it... oh well.. she seem to like the purple roadster i built year ago.. these are just a few more pictures of the dash getting cut up and glassed back together.
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    NICELY done! Bright orange, Halibrands, Quick change etc., you cant go wrong with those combinations. Winner!
    Glad you didn't go the glued in windshield route. Does it swing out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by parkwood View Post
    Thanks guy for the kind words, and glad you liked the color... i also love it but the wife isn't so hot for it... oh well.. she seem to like the purple roadster i built year ago.. .
    Yeah, what's with women and purple anyway??? If Jackie did the paint ordering around here that's all I'd ever have is purple!!!!!!
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    You guys have that trouble too?? Hmm,,Okay,,Lynda's last everyday driver was a.............purple car..One of the reasons she wanted it..
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    No Mick it doesn't swing out but it looks better than the glue on one i bought with the car... pictures later of what it took to make it fit.. it was a bolt on thats for sure.
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    As Mick and others said, absolutely awesome and I too love the colour . I have a new appreciation for those Winter Quick Change rear ends after looking at your photos.


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    I like the q change and the direct mount front wheels---------

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    Roger i thought those might bring back the past..
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