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I dug out my battery cables to see what, if anything I need - holy cow - I ended up with Taylor 1ga wire. This is only an 8.5cr 5.0 Ford, not a honkin' diesel!! There's more then enough red (+) but not enough black (-) so it might be an interesting color scheme if I can't find a 3-4 foot length to use. My intent is to lug (ground) to the frame then continue to the engine in a virtually continuous run.

Interesting commentary on the eyebrow. All three of you have the 30/31 style body. Last night I had occasion to remove the eyebrow on the 28/9 B'ville body I've got here and it was a very nice fit both on and off, though one of the captive "nuts" was off just a scosch creating a very slight bind. Dave, I haven't gotten to the body work/paint prep phase yet, but a lot of the issues you've had with your body don't appear to be such on this one. I wonder if they did the 30/1 first so it's tooling is older, more used and thus producing a more "tired" end result? Or, maybe they learned from doing the later body first and dialed in some improvements on the 28/9?

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Interesting commentary on the eyebrow. All three of you have the 30/31 style body. Last night I had occasion to remove the eyebrow on the 28/9 B'ville body I've got here and it was a very nice fit both on and off, though one of the captive "nuts" was off just a scosch creating a very slight bind. Dave, I haven't gotten to the body work/paint prep phase yet, but a lot of the issues you've had with your body don't appear to be such on this one. I wonder if they did the 30/1 first so it's tooling is older, more used and thus producing a more "tired" end result? Or, maybe they learned from doing the later body first and dialed in some improvements on the 28/9?

Bob,
I have a gut feel that Brookville spent more time perfecting the '28 -'29 as it has been a more 'desirable' body style for most to plunk on a '32 chassis. I too would have preferred it as well - but it was just that much smaller for my 6'4" bod that I either had to do a '31 or suck up my losses and build a '32. StylinZ has had almost as many problem as I have and I think C9 is starting to find some of the same on his as well. Don has had a few, but he/his son purchased theirs disassembled, so a lot can be fixed during assembly. The eyebrow problem can be fixed - it just takes a couple hours of file work and fitup along with a few salty words.

Finished the dash wiring - now, just hope everything works - but I'll bet the rest of the car wont be as easy