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It doesn't hold it's shape that well at the moment, although it is quite rigid. I'll be adding some reinforcement to it, then once it's pinned down and sitting on the buffers properly it should hold itself in shape quite nicely.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Well, last night I got the pins in the front before it started throwing it down with rain, again. Need to sort all of the bumpers out now, which will then hold it in shape when it's pulled down on the pins. Need to final trim all the edges to get the gaps dead straight and got to build up the front and back edges by about 5mm as well to get the gaps right. Seems like it was slightly too short, although everything else lines up OK

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Well, lots of progress made. Spent a good few days getting the hood to fit properly. It's not perfect, but I think it's about as good as it can be given the fact it's quite flexible. I added a lot of strengthening underneath, and built up all the edges properly to even up the gaps. Needs a little bit of finishing off when I take it off to hi-build and block it.



Then spent a good few hours prepping and painting all the spats and grilles. They still need a flat and polish to finish them off, but that's a job for tomorrow.



Spent this afternoon starting to fit the tail pipes from Summit. Due to using a 'universal' x-pipe front section they needed a little modification to get them to fit properly, so it took 3 hours or so to get the first one fitting. Just needs cutting to length to finish off.



Once the other pipe is done it's time to strip the car back down ready to paint the inside of the panels and the shuts.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Finished the exhaust off yesterday morning and made a start on painting properly today, making the most of the good weather! Got the back panel and trunk opening prepped and painted, came out reasonably well. Due to not having anywhere dust free to spray, I'm only doing the shuts and a few small parts.

Tomorrow evening I'll start stripping all the panels off the car ready to do the rest of the shuts and the top cowl panel.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Tasty.

Thanks

Got the rest of the week off to get on with the paint properly.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Blimey that is coming on nicely

You say that i'll be done before you, but looking at this, you're almost there

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Thanks Ray. I still have a lot to do once it's been painted, all the interior and trim needs a lot of work.

Thought I would have a go at painting the car myself, made a start this morning and tried painting the nose. Got the finish nice but the flies liked it as well. Can't afford to do everything twice, so the initial plan is what I am going with. I'm doing the backs of the panels and the shuts then someone else can spray it for me in a proper booth.

Car's back to a bare shell again now, all the panels are off waiting to be painted. Got the back of the trunk lid, inside of the fenders done. Also sprayed the top of the cowl and the bit inside the rear window satin black.

Tomorrow I'll be doing the door shuts and around the front and rear window as I am planning on having the glass put in before the car goes off for paint. Then moving onto the doors and hood. I have a couple more days off to get it all done, should be possible!

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Got the doors and hood hi-build primered, blocked and epoxied ready to have the inner areas painted tomorrow. That took around half the day. Spent the rest of the day sanding the incredibly fiddly door shut areas and the windows and painting them. I need to find someone local to put the glass back in over the next week or so. Tomorrow I will be painting the inside of the doors and hood, then the whole car can go back together for the last time, before paint.

Planning to get the glass put in next week, then off to paint the following week.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Finish prepped and painted the spoiler pieces and the deck filler panel this morning, along with the insides of the doors. Spent a couple of hours spraying Dinitrol inside the cowl panel and reassembling the heater blower motor and wiper motor/mechanism into the cowl. Then installing the window regulator and locks in the doors ready to refit them tomorrow. Did discover my drivers side latch isn't really servicable, now looking to source a replacement.

I've done all the orange now, just have a lot of trim parts to spray black ready to refit. But I'll be putting the car back together first and getting it off to the bodyshop.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.