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Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:57 pm
by blink182house
marlow<12 wrote:im getting excited
moar pix :domo:

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:10 pm
by Greg
marlow<12 wrote:im getting aroused

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:34 pm
by Lightning
blink182house wrote:
marlow<12 wrote:im getting excited
moar pix :domo:

sorry, no can do until the week of Dec 4th-9th :cry2: That's when I see my baby again.....and tear her into pieces.


And the transmission arrives in the mail tomarrow....at my Grandma's house. (where I crash at when I head back to FL for my time off)

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:19 pm
by Lightning
well, good news and bad news....

The transmission has a cracked seal or something, the seller didnt drain it before he shipped it via UPS, so now oil is all over Grandma's driveway. But I was already going to have to rebuild it anyways.




Also, I have found what I'm going to use for my hood ornament to replace the Pentastar.


This:

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Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:25 pm
by struka
sorry to hear about the trans :( but the hood pig is AWESOME!

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:19 am
by Lightning
yep, it kinda epitomizes the car itself......isnt Irony great?



also, the maker of that hood pig makes it so the wings light up in blue, yellow, or red!





And also....I'm kicking around the idea of running the new Hemi sometime in the future. Lighter engine, more power = better.

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:20 pm
by Lightning
Well Day 1 of the teardown has ended.

Notable happenings:

my camera's battery dies after filming the FOERST 20 minutes of work...or lack thereof.

Header panel is now cracked just above the driver-side turn signal bezel, right at the corner.

Ground sinks underneath right front jackstand, car falls of jackstands....bends jack slightly.

Car is now in the air, the front bumper (+ shocks) is off, headlights and buckets and trim is out.....and that's about it so far. Front sheetmetal comes off tomarrow, as well as the seats.

that front bumper was HEAVY too, it and the bumper shocks all together had to weigh about 100 pounds.

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:25 pm
by Dr. Marlow
damn thats a heavy bumper

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:28 pm
by Lightning
the Bumper shocks were 85% of the weight, they're about 30 pounds each. at least I should get something from the Scrap dealer on Wednesday, I might cut the cats off before I go so I can get some more.

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:18 pm
by Lightning
I wanna see what paint ideas ya'll come up with.

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Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:35 pm
by down_shift
funny you say that. I was already working on a chop of your car.

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:36 pm
by Lightning
down_shift wrote:funny you say that. I was already working on a chop of your car.

yeah, I was looking at my earlier pictures of it and I never got a really good side shot of the car, I can post the front & rear pics if you want them too.

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:48 pm
by Generz
Serious weight reduction needed.. fiberglass drag-style bumpers FTW.

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:00 am
by Lightning
quazar311 wrote:Serious weight reduction needed.. fiberglass drag-style bumpers FTW.
already found some for sale. :cutelaugh:

Re: Flying Brick II

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:14 am
by down_shift
pics of bumpers plz.