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IceLane
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Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 114
Location: Independence Twp, MI |
Scott,
That paint looks flawless!
Are you planning on driving the car on the street? _________________ Kyle Lehrmann
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Fri May 29, 2009 8:01 am |
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mygirls63
Senior Member
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 416
Location: Kansas |
No street duty at all. Strictly a drag car.
The paint has it's flaws! I used to do this for a living, but my back went south. Three surgeries later it became a very part time hobby.
I started with the intentions of perfection, but the car was so rusty and I got a little burnt out. I had to stop being so anal since it is a race car.
I haven't had a paint gun in my hands in almost 5 years and my favorite clear coat was discontinued so I had to swich products. Those 2 things kicked me in the teeth and I ended up with a little too much orange peal on the sides of the car, plus some "fisheyes" on the deck lid and quarter. Most of them polished out ok.
Main problem was I was rusty, as well and the burn out led to missing a few small hail dents.
Overall it is a pretty decent looking car for a race car though. The plan was to keep things pretty basic and concentrate on going fast!
If you didn't notice I am my own worst critic!
Thanks for the complement. _________________ Scott
1963 Fairlane Mini tub 10pt cage New 408" C4 Canfield 195CC heads Comp solid roller Victor Jr. 9" w/4.11? gears Moser spool & 35 spline axles. www.marksullense85carburetors.com
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Sun May 31, 2009 12:51 am |
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K Daddy
Junior Member
Joined: 27 May 2009
Posts: 12
Location: Hemet, CA |
well i love it. its simple and effective. like the color and the set up is incredable. wat motor/trans set up ar u running? cant wait to c the finished project _________________ Love my '62
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Sun May 31, 2009 1:23 pm |
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mygirls63
Senior Member
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 416
Location: Kansas |
289, C-4 automatic for now.
The shortblock came from another member of this board, Larry, IE: 1320lane.
60 over bore, Aluminum rods and Canfield Aluminum heads. Victor Jr. intake and solid roller cam. PA built C-4, Chance stall convertor (yet to be determined), probably will stall around 5500 to 6000 RPM. Pro Systems Alcohol carb set up for E-85.
Final race weight is a great unknown. We started out thinking the car would be around 2900 lbs w/o driver, but as I worked on it, I have a feeling it will be lighter, but who knows!
Thanks for the compliments guys. _________________ Scott
1963 Fairlane Mini tub 10pt cage New 408" C4 Canfield 195CC heads Comp solid roller Victor Jr. 9" w/4.11? gears Moser spool & 35 spline axles. www.marksullense85carburetors.com
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Sun May 31, 2009 2:53 pm |
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mygirls63
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Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 416
Location: Kansas |
Wow, Larry you have that much faith in me??
I seriously doubt that will happen. I still have alot of details ahead of me, and even though I am motivated, the check book has the final say!
Just to make a pass this fall would make me happy.
The heads are about half done. The intake seats are done and we tried to do a radius on the exhaust seats, but they are too close to the combustion chamber wall in a couple of spots to clear the cutter tool without cutting gooves in the outer wall. So we went with a 3 angle on the exhaust seat as well. Mark at work is doing a pretty cool 3 angle seat on these. We have 4 seats to finish then we need to run a radius cutter through the bowls and then start with the hand work to complete the bowl blend.
The ports will stay untouched for this engine. They will get a CNC port job for the next engine if I stay with a Windsor. (can you say 385 series with Kaase P51 heads? Very wishfull thinking there!)
Do you remember if you ever put bearings in the 289? We tore it down and the wear was very minimal. Everything looked pretty good. It did seem to have high tension rings though.
When we tore down the short block, one of the rods disappeared for an afternoon. I found it up front in the boss's office. Everyone had to lay a hand on it! Whats the big deal?
Good to hear from you though. Whats happening with your ride? Is that why we haven't seen you around lately? _________________ Scott
1963 Fairlane Mini tub 10pt cage New 408" C4 Canfield 195CC heads Comp solid roller Victor Jr. 9" w/4.11? gears Moser spool & 35 spline axles. www.marksullense85carburetors.com
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Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:59 pm |
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gasmanlg
Junior Member
Joined: 31 May 2009
Posts: 13
Location: Iowa |
looks really great! interested in how the E85 works for you, keep us updated. building an E85 carb for my small block for street use. should be fun. _________________ KEEP ON CRUISIN'!
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:50 am |
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IceLane
Senior Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 114
Location: Independence Twp, MI |
quote:
Originally posted by mygirls63:
Final race weight is a great unknown. We started out thinking the car would be around 2900 lbs w/o driver, but as I worked on it, I have a feeling it will be lighter, but who knows!
My unrestored '63 200 6-cyl Fairlane weighs 2900 lbs. With some glass panels, a missing back seat and the lexan windows I think you can come in under 2900, easy. _________________ Kyle Lehrmann
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:57 am |
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Arky
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Joined: 04 Jan 2009
Posts: 59
Location: Arkansas |
Whats the numbers for the wilwood front brakes? change bearing? nice!! _________________ John Creager
Ozark Mountains Arkansas
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:01 pm |
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1320lane
Senior Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Central Oklahoma |
Hey Scott, did you receive the cam card in the mail?
Larry _________________ Larry Hampton
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'63 Fairlane 2-dr post. Race car since at least '67. In the process of turning it into a proto-clone Nostalgia Super Stock car with FE power and three pedals.
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:12 pm |
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mygirls63
Senior Member
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 416
Location: Kansas |
Yeah, Larry I did. I have been swamped with the harvest season, so I forgot to thank you!
I worked 61 hours last week and that included taking half the day off Friday!
On a good note I used that time off to pick up a sheet of MR10 Lexan for the car. I now have 1 quarter window in and 3/4's of the aluminum panels installed now in the rear of the car.
It has been hot & humid so I have had a difficult time with motivation! _________________ Scott
1963 Fairlane Mini tub 10pt cage New 408" C4 Canfield 195CC heads Comp solid roller Victor Jr. 9" w/4.11? gears Moser spool & 35 spline axles. www.marksullense85carburetors.com
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:19 pm |
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1320lane
Senior Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2006
Posts: 270
Location: Central Oklahoma |
Well, I wished I was independantly wealthy and could come up and help you.
Be sure to keep me in the loop for it's debut. Where would that be at? Ark City? _________________ Larry Hampton
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'63 Fairlane 2-dr post. Race car since at least '67. In the process of turning it into a proto-clone Nostalgia Super Stock car with FE power and three pedals.
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:10 pm |
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IceLane
Senior Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 114
Location: Independence Twp, MI |
How are you fitting the lexan into the windows?
1320, you wouldn't happen to be on the GarageJournal.com forum, would you? _________________ Kyle Lehrmann
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Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:58 am |
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