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PostPosted:Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:43 am 
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Big Block

Joined:Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:48 pm
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Car Details:68 pontiac firebird coupe project car,my aim is a street friendly,lightly modified pro.touring style.
Lowered ,mild body mods,400 cu in SBC engine, Muncie 4speed, 10 bolt posi axle,disc front drum rear.
68 firebird convertible ( long term project) Stock resto/mod style ,400 pontiac th350
Anyone else hating the cold...
Just starting out on my long overdue renovation on my '68 Firebird project and was looking forward to a good weekend of progress but it is just too damn cold...everything outside is coated with thick white ice and frost... :x
Was enjoying the relatively mild spell up till now and had removed all the front end panels and doors [with some kind help from a good buddy ], totally stripped the interior and have just started to cut out and patch repair rusted areas around the dash , screen pillars and firewall-will try to post some pics up here later but I'm not much good with 'puters . :(


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PostPosted:Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:36 pm 
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Joined:Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:51 pm
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Car Details:'67 camaro coupe, 5.7 V8, Blue, left hand drive.
This car was built by GM in Antwerp, Belgium. I believe the cars came partly pre assembled from the US and were finished in Belgium.
It was originally white with a straight 6 (which i have stored in Belgium) but had a heavy duty V8 fitted when i bought it. This engine has since been replaced by a 350cui, 250 hp crate engine.
Location:North Yorkshire
i know what you are saying!
too busy at the moment to have time for the camaro but i do have the next two weekends and a day off work in between reserved to finally get her back on track for MOT.
Nothing too major (famous last words), just finishing the brake system rebuild and rebuilding the distributor. Should be a breeze. Just dont fancy doing it when it is realy cold. I work outside all day every day for a living and i think i have "hardened" over the last few winters. But to then do it again when it is not strictly needed makes it all a bit less pleasant. Hope the cold spell is short lived so i can do the work slightly warmer weather.

kurt


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PostPosted:Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:06 pm 
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Big Block
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Car Details:89 RS V6 Camaro Moggy Traveller with Fiat two litre twincam 35 Standard flying 12 To be Rodded ????
Location:middlesbrough North East
Hi you are dead wright its 4kin freezing i got back on with mine after doing all the underneath floor pan sills inner and outer rear quaters inner wing repair and a few bits and bobs all the sxxxy stuff ,and used it last summer , now on with the cleaner bits (Above the sill height ),you dont seem to get mig spatter burns down your overalls so much when you upright :crazy: i did four hours on saturday and had to give up nose running hands blue (im getting to old for the cold??? strange since ive worked outside most of my adult life ) .Sunday different form of attack find out old heator plug in and full shift in spot on ,and before this i stripped the black plaggy off the roof and bonnet it took severn hours including all the glue it left (wasnt to bad i used the heat gun )so kept warm . Stick with it mate think of the summer ??? P.S have you any pics you can keep us happy with ??? P.P.S computers are hard work for me too Cheers Neil :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


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PostPosted:Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:08 pm 
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Car Details:Couple of '70 Mustangs
Yep, not liking this cold weather at all. It doesn't help anything and as long as it's this cold, there's a risk of salt on the roads (or ice!) so toys have to stay off the road for now. Grrr.
Cheers, Martin

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PostPosted:Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:16 pm 
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Big Block

Joined:Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:48 pm
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Car Details:68 pontiac firebird coupe project car,my aim is a street friendly,lightly modified pro.touring style.
Lowered ,mild body mods,400 cu in SBC engine, Muncie 4speed, 10 bolt posi axle,disc front drum rear.
68 firebird convertible ( long term project) Stock resto/mod style ,400 pontiac th350
Glad it's not just me , never liked the cold and it don't get better as I get older :lolno:
We ended up with 5-6 inches of the white stuff and I had to dig a path to the garage ,once in it was time for a quick tidy up session and managed to take some pics .
Was way too cold for any work [ tools felt like bits of ice in my hands just touching them ! ]
Did manage some reasonable pix ,will post them up later and try to update as I do more work .

will post the pics up later in the week ,my first attempt at anything like this on the net so excuse me for being a bit slow...to be continued ...
Cheers Dave .


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