Re: Sharpie's 1971 Demon
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03/17/09 05:33 PM
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Re: Sharpie's 1971 Demon
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03/17/09 05:39 PM
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And now is the biggest project I've ever undertaken. A buddy handed me an old 5.9L Magnum 1998 long block for free. Over the last eight months, I've been rebuilding it into a torque monster with all-new parts from Speed Pro, Sealed Power, Clevite, Edelbrock, Holley, Milodon, and Racing Head Service. July 08 - back from machine shop (.030 over, dipped, and reassembled short block): September 08 - short block painted: February 09 - Dampner, heads, pulleys, distributor mounted: March 09 - almost there (Edelbrock intake, Holley carb mounted):
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Re: Sharpie's 1971 Demon
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03/17/09 05:42 PM
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Boy there sure don't come much cleaner than that, heck a light color sand and a good buff job and I bet that paint would even gleam!
Not anymore. It's a fifty-foot car for sure. The interior looks like hell, too.
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Re: Sharpie's 1971 Demon
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03/18/09 07:40 PM
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Your very lucky! What a solid car to start with, just think of all the time you don't have to pour into the body......more time and money for the goodies!
It turns out that half of it's mud. The other half may be steel, but I'm not sure. A magnet won't stick to about 80% of the passenger quarter.
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Re: Sharpie's 1971 Demon
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05/07/09 12:12 PM
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I would give ya a hand this weekend, but I'm in Spain till the end of the month. Don't know if my bro will see your post and jump in. Good Luck. BTW, what ya do with the slant?
I gave it away for free to Red on slantsix.org.
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Re: Sharpie's 1971 Demon
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05/11/09 02:25 PM
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A couple weeks ago, someone from slantsix.org gladly took my old slant and trans out of the Demon. Within the last two weeks, I started work on the engine bay. I cleaned and repainted with a custom-mixed metallic spray from Jerry's Paints in Sacramento, CA. For the $14/can, it was great. It's a little more glossy than stock, but color-matches perfectly. I painted the k-member and suspension pieces with Rustoleum Rust-Tough semi-flat black paint. Then I began rewiring the bay. A lot of the wiring was corroded or just looked bad, so I cut and re-soldered a few wires to make it look good. I also, thanks to MowP4rsn's help, I got a new battery tray from E-Body Ed to replace my corroded tray. Since I am using an electronic speedometer, I decided to rewire my original setup (through the speedometer grommet) to the bulkhead plug. Other than not being able to find the right female terminals, it went alright, and now I don't have wires where they shouldn't be.
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