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Heres a few pics I took about a year or so ago. I'll charge my camera and take more recent one and some up close pics of the backhalfed part of the frame. The pic of my cap and front clip is somewhat new but I've still done more since I;ve taken it. I'll put more up soon.

an early in MY ownership pic of the TA and a pic of the cam card for the cam presently in the engine. don't know if i ever noted it but the Borg Warner Super T10 is in the storage with the other removed OEM parts, replaced by a Tremec TKO 600 5spd manual w/ 2.64 1st and .64 5th; 4th is 1-1.
Also, the original 3.42 posi gear set has been replaced 1st w/ 3.23 n now with 3.08. Tires rear are 28 x 11.5 x 15 MT ET Streets and tho a single stage wet plate in THIS pic, car now has a 2 stage wet plate totalin 250bhp on both stages as well as a spun/trued stock HEI dist w/ GM heavy duty bronze breaker, MSD 7al2 Ignition, blaster 2 coil, 3 step retard module, 2 step rev control, dial adjust launch RPM control

Your the sh$t Pro, your car rocks, I am still in line for a ride in that bad boy. I love the look from the back, those meats are inpressive! Keep the pics coming pro.

Cars looking good just make sure you get back, we want more pics! Keep your head down and your power dry!

Originally Posted by brickman

Cars looking good just make sure you get back, we want more pics! Keep your head down and your power dry!

Thanks! I run a shop that repairs and exchanges weapons, so i have about 300+ functional guns in my posession at all times, and some bullets... I don't ever leave base except to go home either, so i am pretty safe. As for pictures, dad is doing a few things here and there on the car while i am gone, and supposed to be sending pictures, so i may have some soon. When i work on it i take pictures of everything i do, when i get back home i will probably start a website somewhere to document the whole thing, i have like 400 pictures so far, too many to post here!

If you have any requests of what you want to see that is done so far i can post those though. I have body work, stripping it to the frame, boxing the frame, narrowing the frame, engine mount fabrication, rear end housing narrowing, rear suspension mounting, cross memeber and x-member fabrication, and probably a few others. let me know and I will post them!

Heck post 'em all, I want to see 'em.

Yea post them bad boys we want to see them.

Originally Posted by RobfromTexas

Yea post them bad boys we want to see them.

check the link, added more pics. http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44828

How to turn a late model GM tilt column into an early style.

So I was bored today & figured I would try & do something on the bus that wouldn't cost me anything but time.
Sorry I didn't take many pics but I'm sure you'll get the idea.

Being a cheap SOB, Large Marge has been built on such a tight shoe string budget that it even amazes me & I wouldn't believe unless I was there & I was .
95% of everything used on the truck was salvaged from other cars/trucks I have gotten over the years along w/some free stuff from friends. So today I decided to modify some of that FREE stuff I have used on the bus.

I already had mounted the column in Large Marge which is a 1994 Buick Park Ave FWD steering column that uses a cable to shift the transmission. The column was free so I used it BUT I hate that crap that hangs off the side of it inside that little square box.
So off it comes..



In this picture I have stripped the column of the stock collar along w/the ignition tumblers, turn/bright lite switch & bright lite switch rod.
The only thing I saved was the tension spring, lock plate & lock ring.


Basically I did what it shows to take it apart is shown on THIS webpage down to THIS picture.

Since I didn't want to have to buy another column or collar, remember I'm a cheap SOB, I decided to take apart a Caddy tilt/telescoping column I have had for 6-7yrs from a parts car for the collar(you have to use a tilt/telescoping column collar). Save the screws for the replacement collar you are using along w/the ignition tumblers, canceling cam/horn circuit, turn signal/hazzard switch & screws.
Here's the collar marked to be cut(removing 3/4") to the same height of the stock 94 Buick column.


After it lost 3/4" of height and before it is cleaned up w/the stock collar. .
Yessss they are about the same size, it's just a crappy picture.


Here it is reassembled using the modified Cadillac collar along w/the ignition tumblers, turn signal/hazzard switch & screws from it.


Hell even the gap looks good.


I might remove the ignition tumblers down the road but for right now I'm done.
So that's what I did on this boring semi-rainy day while trying to kill some time, it was FREE and i got rid of that *%@#?: little square box on the side of the column that I hate..joe

Looks a whole bunch better Joe!! Very good idea!

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Kewl deal Pro!! No more using the cutouts from a hole saw to mark out the radius!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Kewl deal Pro!! No more using the cutouts from a hole saw to mark out the radius!!!!

Yea, I used the inside of a roll of tape since I always have them around. Keeps it consistent. But not as consistent as the die cutter.

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Just checking in. I've gotten my roller pretty much back together after finish work and painting. Is that a light I see up at the end of that tunnel?
98 Corvette gray on the frame, and a custom Dark green metalic pearl on the axles. the same green will eventually cover the bodywork.

Russ