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    is that fast freddies old car?

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    yep, water pumps looked ok with no wear & bolt in waterway not corroded, but when off impellers were rusty & would have reduced the flow so got 2 new revised ones off jim at royal customs

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    more slow progress

    rad now back (another £375 gone) Stromberg dizzy & new leads fitted. water pumps off new ones on the way from jim at Royal + new eng/gbox mounts. engine half painted & started closing the many random holes in the bulkhead.
    just spotted another usa bodge a std bolt in the center of the front spring with no nut!

    more pictures soon

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    wiring clear out! as its too cold to paint

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Size:  196.9 KBtaking the speedway 12 circuit mess out ready for my own simpler neater loom.

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    Look forward to the updates on the loom, good luck
    Cheers
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    Thanks for the info, will pop over next week.

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    Front brake shoes relined & wiring loom now almost done apart from tidy up. Engine now full of water so soon give flathead a long run to see if fan cuts in & temp is OK.
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    just removed the rear trim panels to fit seat belts. so made up some plates with nuts welded & fitted them in the door pillars. next problem 80 year old trim panels just crack so now to cut some new panels & recover. bench seat now back from brockwells trimmers in kings lynn.

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    Very nice choice on the seat trim !!


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    Can't wait to see this out.
    Them whitewalls improve the look immensely!

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    more home trimming & seatbelts

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Size:  115.9 KBbench seat showed the rear panels up so did them myself to save some money & fitted the seat belts.
    now to refit the new side windows & surrounds.
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    yep thats my old 38 sedan it is a great car

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    dont tell the wife!

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Size:  352.5 KBthat 38 was a beauty! what have you got on the go now fred?
    I had a moment of weakness, don't tell the wife but its too late now! & got the next project. think I will just run this around until the 38 is on the road. its got a Mitchell synchro box with better ratios & mechanically A1 so may just look for some 35 wires for now.

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    Hey pal the standard coupe grill is the propper hot rod grill without a doudt,anyway ive got the 37 95% finished but its stalled Im just waiting for my son to finish the wiring.Im hoping to have it ready for next season.So to keep me ticking over I bought a 55 tbird for the wife and its a cutie,done a few shows with it and won a couple of pots.Oh nearly forgot a bought a 1960 el camino I thought it would be a quick lick over but true to form Ive gutted it and frame is due back tomorrow so i can get the rolling chassis sorted this week.I post some pics when I can ,cheers Fred

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    first run out

    fitted led indicators & front bumper away for chroming, + gave it a run round the block to see how it goes always a nervous moment! ran wellName:  38 1st run.jpg
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    Nice one, glad it's okay.

    Cheers. Tim W.
    They say "life's a Crap Shoot" - Sure would be nice to have some Shoot for a change !!

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    hey Brian hope you are well,the car is coming on very well soon be all suited and booted hope theres gonna be somewhere to go to show it off .Cheers Fred

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    Hi fred

    Quote Originally Posted by fast freddie View Post
    hey Brian hope you are well,the car is coming on very well soon be all suited and booted hope theres gonna be somewhere to go to show it off .Cheers Fred
    Yep getting there tho it's fighting me all the way. Not sure whether to take the cherry bombs off & run straight pipes? How's the 37 & the thunderbird?

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    Hey pal things have slowed down with the virus,Ive lost a bit of interest but Im sure when things improve it will return

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