Picked this up a few months ago, I settled for a fat chick because I couldn't find a solid Pre 68 in my price range. Got it home and found a lot of issues, overheating, electrical, lots of missing parts.
20150513_204217 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
The respray was bad, very dull eggplant color with gold metal flake. I hope to try and strip off that layer and go back to the original Yukon Yellow color.
I dropped the motor, painted the engine bay, installed new firewall and engine bay seals, replaced missing engine tins, and added new firewall insulation.
20150523_094311 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
I ordered up a Valley Autowerks 4" narrowed adjustable beam, all new ball joints, tie rods, steering damper, 155/60 tires, and drop spindles.
IMG_3949 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
I painted the wheels cream along with the knock down rack I bought.
20150523_190222 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4037 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
A little photoshop of smoothies on it
smoothies by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
The back is now down an unknown amount of clicks. It's a mixture of inner and outer splines and I have lost track since I've adjusted it about a half dozen times now.
Some pics from last week....
IMG_4861 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4871 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4881 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4891 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
My winter plans are to try and strip the paint down to OE color, install the oe oil bath intake, oe fresh air box, clean up wiring, fix the broken clutch tube bracket in the tunnel, look for some straight OEM bumpers to replace the shit repro ones that are on it, and about a million other things. I'm also on a list for some spun metal covers to turn the wheels into smoothies without swapping to wide 5 lug.
20150513_204217 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
The respray was bad, very dull eggplant color with gold metal flake. I hope to try and strip off that layer and go back to the original Yukon Yellow color.
I dropped the motor, painted the engine bay, installed new firewall and engine bay seals, replaced missing engine tins, and added new firewall insulation.
20150523_094311 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
I ordered up a Valley Autowerks 4" narrowed adjustable beam, all new ball joints, tie rods, steering damper, 155/60 tires, and drop spindles.
IMG_3949 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
I painted the wheels cream along with the knock down rack I bought.
20150523_190222 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4037 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
A little photoshop of smoothies on it
smoothies by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
The back is now down an unknown amount of clicks. It's a mixture of inner and outer splines and I have lost track since I've adjusted it about a half dozen times now.
Some pics from last week....
IMG_4861 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4871 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4881 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
IMG_4891 by Chad Harwick, on Flickr
My winter plans are to try and strip the paint down to OE color, install the oe oil bath intake, oe fresh air box, clean up wiring, fix the broken clutch tube bracket in the tunnel, look for some straight OEM bumpers to replace the shit repro ones that are on it, and about a million other things. I'm also on a list for some spun metal covers to turn the wheels into smoothies without swapping to wide 5 lug.
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