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  1. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Wheels are at the powder coaters. I pick them up Monday. Tuesday, I leave the car with our tint guy. I pick it up that evening. Thursday, I meet with a custom auto upholstery guy to quote the seats. Right now he has given me a tentative quote of 1000.00 for both seats, to start in January...
  2. CarMichael Angelo

    What's the difference?

    I don’t know about others, but mine is real.
  3. CarMichael Angelo

    What's the difference?

    Here’s the issue w/regard to whether or not you get meaningful support from people that can offer help. For whatever reason you choose to communicate in shorthand, some people find it rude that you cannot be bothered to use an entire word to post here. Arthritis and your stated learning...
  4. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Well, the car could fall off the jack and crush me. There’s always that.
  5. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    What?….I’m letting a shop do the work, and taking myself out of the equation, what could possibly go wrong with that?
  6. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Whether that is photoshopped or not, I no longer even have the faintest desire to do that now that I see it.
  7. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    What does the finger say?….(Maybe it’s not turned up loud enough for you to hear it…) *it’s been so long since I’ve had to look for the volume knob….. Wait….. Here it is….found it. NO SAID THE FINGER!:nono:
  8. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Tell me about it, I’m like a kid waiting on Christmas morning.
  9. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Found a different guy to do the Powder coating through the dealership. I take all four wheels with the tires mounted, they dismount, blast, coat, remount and balance for 650.00 I take them this Thursday, I’ll have them this Monday. :banana:
  10. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    There’s no place for a second big project car in my life. As it is now, the larger things I take on the Monster just about kill me. I cannot possibly imagine doing what I’ve done just to the underside of this car on another. Besides,….There’s nothing else I’d want enough to try and kill myself...
  11. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Except, here you are in your “ older years”, still wanting to listen to the engine instead of your Milli-Vanilli CD’s..
  12. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Every street car that I’ve ever had since……2000 has had a pretty decent audio system.I managed a boutique stereo store in the mid 80’s before going into the US Army. Judged the very first attempts at “ Crank it up” competitions in the early 90’s as a rep for JVC America. The Chrysler Conquest...
  13. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Every street car that I’ve ever had since……2000???… has had a pretty decent audio system. I managed a boutique stereo store in the mid 80’s before going into the US Army. Judged the very first attempts at “ Crank it up” competitions in the early 90’s as a rep for JVC America. The Chrysler...
  14. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    After this mornings’ thinking out loud session here on the website, Ive decided to do #4, and #6….. :shrug: ( But there ain’t no number 6 LT. Dan…..) Every Bronze/Copper/Gold wheel I like is…..Powder coated. I just learned that today. That discovery led me to this epiphany….. Why wouldn’t I...
  15. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    And giving credit where credit is due. Despite my hard headed approach to doing things sometimes, the fact that all of your opinions, and advice kept going contrary to my direction, eventually brought me back to rational thought. So you aren’t wasting your breath on me sometimes. I always...
  16. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Of all things, I have an audio back ground. While certainly not any contender for any SPL level competition, the audio system in this car is more than adequate for my needs, yet goes way beyond what most here would deem as adequate. I will not be changing anything in this department.
  17. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    The rear end whine is ambiguous. in other words… I have no clue where it’s coming from. I don’t know if it’s a bad pinion bearing, a carrier bearing, an axle bearing, or a bad pattern on the gear setup itself. Im gonna let that dog eat through 2022.
  18. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Don’t know what to tell ya. It hasn’t failed. It hasn’t broken, dug into the ground and caused a F&F 9 pole vault endo. It hasn’t popped, pissed, moaned or otherwise complained when I go into angled drive ways. I’m guessing it’s ok.
  19. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    Like the title says…. Sometimes you just gotta say what the fck. No matter what I schemed up, this was just gonna be a big jug fck. The simple truth was that anything I did to try and make this engine cover thing work was gonna complicate, rather than streamline the overall theme. The engine...
  20. CarMichael Angelo

    Build Thread 1978 Fairmont. I bet somebody back home’s thinkin’…I wonder why he don’t write..?

    So,… *Sigh….. I’m trying to decide how far I wanna go with this “ engine cover” thing. Three things have to happen, two of which are kind of a pain in the dick. 1. I have to relocate the upper radiator hose. It was never really optimal where it was, and in the grand scheme of things...
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