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Falcon yes it does a perfect look .

I think I'm going with this for decals.

That is great falcon, I am loving the balloons, very cool and nostalgic. The only "I Scream" truck that sounds like a vegtable, "Potatoe-potatoe-potato"! LOL!!

If you ever decide to call it "I Scream" you will have to put a big blown power plant in it with narrowed rear end with fat tires.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

If you ever decide to call it "I Scream" you will have to put a big blown power plant in it with narrowed rear end with fat tires.

Or put both feet on the gas pedal as you throw it into the corners...

I was trying to have someone design an IScream logo for the side but after having three guys commit to drawing something and none of them coming through, I figured I'd just go with what was readily available. Yesterday was one of those days; put the whole short block together and then glanced at the ring installation diagram as I was throwing it away. I'd put the second compression ring in upside down on every cylinder. I'm glad I saw it before I kept going, but pulling all the pistons again really sucked!

A good "Opps" helps everything get done right Falcon! Hell you didn't even bleed so you got off easy! LOL!!! I'm with ya all the way bro, two steps forward one back!! Hang in there!

Hi! Just got her back from the paint shop, looks great! Rust spots and chips on roof repaired and the hand pin stripping finished up nicely. Removed "the thing" from the center of the dash and had it pin stripped to match the rear image. Much nicer look in my opinion.

Spoke to the Radiator shop again, what he meant (He's Cuban so his English was limited.) by "too much pressure" was that the radiator itself was mounted to tightly to the frame and hood! When the body flexes, there's stress on the radiator which is why the seem split after I damaged the right fender in the blow out! In a normal sized radiator, such as in modern cars, it's not such an issue, he said, but with one as big as this, with an X-frame, it's an issue. I looked at the mount and will be adding some rubber pads and spring bolts to eliminate any problems in the future.

Put it up on the lift last night and went over her with my mechanic. Chassis looks nice and tight, well built! Ordered an adapter plate, universal push rod and access door for the dual brake booster/dual master cylinder and it looks like a fairly straight forward modification. Also replacing the front springs/shock with adjustable coil over's from speedwaymotors, replacing the washers on the rear coil over's with the proper rubbers (and raising the rear about 3/4") and replacing all suspension bushings as they are pretty well gone anyway. Pan hard bar needs some work, bushing and an adjustment. Will pull the rear disc's off when we do the rear coil over's and see what needs to be refreshed there, but it seems to be pretty well balanced on the braking so my quess is it's fine. Will do some compression tests and leak down on the engine sometime first part of next week, but the mechanic doesn't anticipate any engine issues…

Moving some of the hoses in the engine bay aside, the heater hose was melting against the exhaust manifold. Replacing the exhaust manifold with some chrome ones and wrapping the exhaust pipes where they come close to the starter and to the brake booster.

Had my upholsterer over as well, probably adding additional red and grey in the interior, building a small front console, under dash cover and adding a 50/50 bench seat in the back. Will send along pics when we start the interior for you to see. Moving away from the tweed to gray cloth/red vinyl and some sculptured inserts on the door panels. More "up to date" look. Adding SS cup holders in the rear arms and staggered in the front console..

Pics on my profile.

Nice 34! Looks like they did a great job on it; how far do you think until she's ready for a road test?

Well, here she is. Still needs a few things bolted on but it's pretty much together. Now back to work on the body; I hope to be ready to shoot some primer in the next month. Also found a guy on the HAMB who had a factory assembly manual for this thing. This is one cool dude; mailed me the book for nothing so I could have it copied. He said just mail it back when I'm done.

Engine looks good Falcon, neat color!!!! Them Oldsmobubbles sure do like a lot of bolts in the valve covers, huh???? Sure was nice of the guy to let you copy his book!

Thanks, Dave! I was looking for Olds metallic blue but couldn't find any. This is Pontiac metallic blue; just a shade lighter but still nice. This is the first Olds I put together; definately some different procedures than other engines I've done but I guess they all have their unique quirks about them.

what gears do you have in the rearend? with all the torque from that olds that little truck should run really good, and do some killer burnouts, that would be pretty cool to take camping ,,all the stuff would fit in back, and stay dry,

3:73 with a limited slip. I'm thinking the same: killer burnout machine! I'll definately do a video and post it.

X2 on that engine it looks great .

I think the easiest one I've used is Microsft Picture Manager. It was already on my computer and has a "compress" picture option. A lot of computers already have it; just right click on a picture and go to "open with". If you've got it, it will be listed there.