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Re: 1968 GTS 383
[Re: DLewis]
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10/05/13 11:54 PM
10/05/13 11:54 PM
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Posts: 43,575
Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
Rhinodart
Rhinotruck
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Rhinotruck
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Posts: 43,575
Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
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I have a set of small bolt Keystones but they are missing the center caps, which fit only small bolts.  They are tough to find for sure!
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
JB Rhinehart, Realist
A-Body's RULE!
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Re: 1968 GTS 383
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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10/23/13 06:10 PM
10/23/13 06:10 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 16,148
Mesa, Arizona
dart4forte
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I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Mesa, Arizona
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Holy..... 
Also looks like the wagon is coming back together.
well, almost. Got the tailgate finished and the metal along the side windows is next. Only big sanfu is the bumper. Took it over to Spokane to be replated. Job started costing $400 to replate only to find out they raised their rates so it's $600 to plate. This all due to the tree huggers we have here in the NW. So, lat week they call and say that while repairing the ends of the bumper they blow out some metal while welding. Now the price jumps to $1500 to reapir, staighten and replate. I don't think so. Picked up the bumper on Monday. They did staighten the bumper so we'll go ahead and repair the rust damage and paint the bumper. That will do until I can find another good bumper. Nothing is ever easy.
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Re: 1968 GTS 383
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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10/30/13 03:18 PM
10/30/13 03:18 PM
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Mesa, Arizona
dart4forte
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Mesa, Arizona
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Looking good John, good move replacing the roof skin, that car deserves it 
Yeah, the more we looked at it the more it became apparent that the roof skin needed to be replaced.
Had a scare yesterday. Couldn't find my motor mounts. Looked high and low. The kid that Nick had working for him had the motor ready to go and put the mounts in a safe place. Of course Nick fired him later so we couldn't find that safe place until yesterday. Ordered all the brake hardware today, motor is in the process of rebuild so things are coming together.
Reading the article on how you restored your fuel lines, interesting. Thinking of taking that idea and applying the use of large PVC pipe for the lines to soak in the rust remover. Since I have new lines waiting for install I'll go ahead with that. Who restored your sending unit?
Also, we flow tested the A body exhaust manifolds against a standard B and C body magnum manifold. I've always wanted to do this. The data is quite interesting. They flowed pretty much the same. We put emphasis on the driver side manifold especially around the bend that cleared the steering to see if that caused a restriction. The flow numbers showed a slight cfm difference. I think the hp differance between the 335hp and the 330hp 383 was more in line with the different camshaft profile rather than an exhaust restriction.
That yellow Duster is coming right along 
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