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Looks like you're about ready to get back to work Pro!!!!! Nice sized equipment and very nicely set up to be accessible! The bike wheel is a great idea!!! The turning should be a lot more steady then with the handle. One small mod I put on my bead roller is a "T" handle on the bolt that tightens the rollers, beats the heck out of fumbling around with a wrench!!!!

I made a "T" handle for mine too. Only problem........ the bolt I used was the wrong size. I do believe*the bolt needs to be metric.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

I made a "T" handle for mine too. Only problem........ the bolt I used was the wrong size. I do believe*the bolt needs to be metric.

Yuppers, mine is metric too----but Ace Hardware has Metric Bolts so they bailed me out again!!!!!

Originally Posted by Evolvo

I looked up organized in the dictionary and it showed a picture of pro70z28's shop. Very impressive!!

You'll find pics of my garage in that same dictionary under cluttered!!!! Seems I always end up with more stuff then I have garage....


Did a bit of work on the 'maro today, making some brackets for the 4 link bars, working on the hood, and some tubes to tie the car together a bit better......unibodies present some unusual challenges to say the least!!!! The 'maro has some very well designed structure on parts of it, but some of it is just pure junk!!!! Easy to see why folks running the '82 to '89's have so much problem with flex!!!!! Think I'm getting it tightened up, I'll put up some more pics when things get a bit more together. All in all, the car continues to be a very interesting build!

Got the garage cleaned out enough to set the 'maro down to ride height...not too bad, top of the roof is 49" from the floor. Getting some of the suspension mounts installed for the rear end, and some more bracing for the unibody

As always been working on it but can't keep with you guy's LOL . I did get the left side of body ,stripped it and the front fenders . Worked the roof also from where the top held moisture for so long . Surprising its not really pitted as bad as it could be .

Dave, the front of the Camaro looks great! It looks like it's ready to chew up some Fords and spit them out. Seriously, that's some top notch work.
Your car looks great, too, Bobby. That's some straight looking sheetmetal.

What I want to see is what size Ford engine that 'Maro will going to hold in that nice big engine bay

It is really, really tempting to set a Ford in the 'maro---but it's being built for resale, just not sure how many would be interested in a Ford powered chebbie..... and now that I was given a 383 for it....well, guess it's gonna be all chebbie....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

It is really, really tempting to set a Ford in the 'maro---but it's being built for resale, just not sure how many would be interested in a Ford powered chebbie..... and now that I was given a 383 for it....well, guess it's gonna be all chebbie....

Dave - how can you sleep at night knowing that it will be powered by that "other" brand??

Originally Posted by IC2

Dave - how can you sleep at night knowing that it will be powered by that "other" brand??

It's tough, Dave.... but knowing that when the 'maro is all done and sold the money will be going for Ranchero parts, well, I guess that's the thing that keeps me going on it. All of the Ford guys around have established a boycott of my garage til it's gone!!!!! I tell ya what, after being one of the Ford Only guys around here for so many years, I catch a bunch of **** about building a 'maro everyday---even if it is just for resale!!!!! A few months back some of the chebbie guys even went so far as to send me a card congratulating me on my "rebirth"----it had almost 100 signatures on it!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

It's tough, Dave.... but knowing that when the 'maro is all done and sold the money will be going for Ranchero parts, well, I guess that's the thing that keeps me going on it. All of the Ford guys around have established a boycott of my garage til it's gone!!!!! I tell ya what, after being one of the Ford Only guys around here for so many years, I catch a bunch of **** about building a 'maro everyday---even if it is just for resale!!!!! A few months back some of the chebbie guys even went so far as to send me a card congratulating me on my "rebirth"----it had almost 100 signatures on it!!!!!!

I guess I can almost see your point - as long as the 'Maro is a passing fancy to an end (Ranchero). I get a bunch of the same garbage here from the Chebbie guys as to why do I stick with Ford when their brand is so easy to build and get parts. My answer is that life is not a dress rehearsal and since you only pass by here once, it might as well be done the right way.

Another thing to lay on the Chebbie owners - I was at Williams Grove Speedway outside of Mechanicsburg, PA a couple of months ago as a change from my normal local tracks - and the tow vehicles, and I checked how many of each brand were hauling their Chebbie race cars - and without exaggeration it was approximately 80% FORD with the rest split between Chebbie/GMC and Dodges (you know the sales BS - it's a hemi). This is the same kind of percentage I see at any race track I attend, plus people pulling big campers and even as a corporate work truck

Yup, most everything you see around here for a toter is either a Ford or a Dodge....If I get the time next spring, might start on a new toter for me....Old Ford body with a 12 valve Cummins (Dodge) with a 5 speed.... As for the Hemi's, they're kewl engines and work out quite well in the cars, but for a truck I got to have a diesel, thank you....

As to the 'maro, it's already up for sale....a few of the local boys have looked at it, think they may get more interested once the suspension and body work is done.... Just like everywhere else, everybody is an engine "expert" but few have any understanding or interest in a chassis that might actually be able to hook up the power!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Yup, most everything you see around here for a toter is either a Ford or a Dodge....If I get the time next spring, might start on a new toter for me....Old Ford body with a 12 valve Cummins (Dodge) with a 5 speed.... As for the Hemi's, they're kewl engines and work out quite well in the cars, but for a truck I got to have a diesel, thank you....

As to the 'maro, it's already up for sale....a few of the local boys have looked at it, think they may get more interested once the suspension and body work is done.... Just like everywhere else, everybody is an engine "expert" but few have any understanding or interest in a chassis that might actually be able to hook up the power!!!!!!!!

...the best possible combo......a Ford body/chassis and a Cummins engine - even the later 24V version. I would have bought that in a heartbeat instead of the V10. For a diesel all Ford offers are those maintenance nightmares, the 6.0 and 6.4. The Ford Truck Enthusiasts web site has one very long thread with that conversion but I lost that particular threads link.

Originally Posted by IC2

...the best possible combo......a Ford body/chassis and a Cummins engine - even the later 24V version. I would have bought that in a heartbeat instead of the V10. For a diesel all Ford offers are those maintenance nightmares, the 6.0 and 6.4. The Ford Truck Enthusiasts web site has one very long thread with that conversion but I lost that particular threads link.

I've got a friend who's worked as a diesel wrench his entire life....Swears by the Cummins 12 valve engine. He's going to assist in the set-up of things when the time comes to build it... I've started accumulating a few things, mostly just as I run across something I need (or just like) at a decent price.... Going to be going with the Banks goodies to up the power a bit, too..... For sure it will be a 1 ton Ford chassis with the suspension dropped and softened up to give it a decent ride....Everything else is still in the planning stage.....