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Cleaned up engine and engine bay. |
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Did a photo shoot at a local park. |
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Another shot from the photoshoot. |
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The two main cars in Houtz Classic Automotive. |
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Another image from the photoshoot. |
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The park was next to the fire station. A few firefighters liked our cars (mostly the Mk2), and invited us over for photos. |
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First "Father/Son" car show with people checking out BOTH cars. |
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Dad's 1965 Shelby Cobra replica. My 300 is in the background. |
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More POR-15. Yes, it got all over me again. |
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Cleaning up parts |
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New valley pan. And freshly painted exhaust manifold. |
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Before and after of the intake manifold. |
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Mmm... POR-15. It won't come off your body for weeks. Trust me. |
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Just before I found out the brake lines had rusted through--giving me no stopping ability--but making me thankful for the snow drift at the end of the driveway. |
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The 300 sat in my parent's driveway for awhile. M-O-U-S-E spells trouble. |
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Thanks Pete for this picture-- Shop vacs work great for catching mice on the fly, but they tend to get stuck in the hose. |
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Finally working on the brakes again. |
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New brake cylinders in all the wheels and all new brake lines. A little bit safer than before! (DISCLAIMER: This is the old cylinder) |
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The original truck that Black's Springs used when they first started their business... They've done an outstanding job restoring it! |
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The old alternator (the new one looks the same... except shiny). |
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BEFORE POR-15 |
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AFTER POR-15 |
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Look at the old spring and shock... sweet, huh? |
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New spring and putting on the new shock! |
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Replaced the spark plugs and cleaned up the spark plug boots. |
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My dad watches as the oil drains from the oil pan. |
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My cousin Kaddy flew in all the way from Germany to see the car... or just to visit... And Ryan rode his motorcycle up from Cincy too! |
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Coolant draining out. |
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While the chrome is still pitted, the dullness has gone out of it. The top has been cleaned, the bottom hasn't. |
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New springs in the bed of my dad's truck. |
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A close up of the bulk head disconnect that has given me so much trouble. |
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Cleaning the engine. |
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Cleaning the engine. |
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I took out the aluminum side... thingies... and cleaned them up some. |
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Chrysler. |
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A better side shot of the car. |
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This is the old air filter... kind of disgusting, huh? |
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Rust issues... thank you NYSDOT (New York State Department of Transportation). |
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The new brake line and the old brake lines... Guess which is which. |
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We took the back wheels off to get at the brake drums easier. |
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The inside of my drum brakes. Wear a dust mask because they sometimes used asbestos in these... |
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Disconnected all 3 connections in Bulk Head, and cleaned the corroded connectors... hopefully we won't have any more problems starting. |
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With the help of the car carrier driver, my dad and I pushed the 300 up the driveway to the garage. We then washed it off. |
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My grandparents and my mom admire the beast. |
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Check it out! Next step is getting it to run, then taking care of the rust on the frame and engine! |
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Speaking of the engine, here is the 383 cubic inch monster. As you can see... lots of clean up to do. |
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Here is some body rust bubbling out from the rear wheel well... |
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Part of the control arm and headers that need to be cleaned up and painted. |
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Here is the 300 sitting in my other uncle's barn for the winter. |
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Because it didn't start, we had to use a tractor to pull it out of the barn. |
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It was covered in bird poop so I had to hose it off. Looks pretty good! |
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We hired a car carrier to deliever it to my grandparent's here in Columbus. |
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Offloading it from the car carrier. |
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Because it still didn't start, we had to push it up the driveway... it's a heavy car! |
