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Well the 66 is seeing some progress :)

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Wildbill3

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The front suspension is coming to and end im stillworking the bugs out and prettying things up the Cowl is ready to go on as soon as the work behind the dash is farther along,Flat firewall in place,rear sus. mocked up. It's been a challenge doing the brakes Willwood dyna Pro's up front did our own brackets and coil overs..Here is a few pics we are currenly working on the mounts for the Willwood Brake and clutch setup every day is a new challenge what fun )

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Braided brake hoses ran yesterday still waiting on a few peices of hardware for the masters hard line to the masters today,hoping to set the engine and tranni in for fitmant this weekend that would be fun.the new rear crossmember is in I need to cut out the firstone + the rear spring boxes and get it ready for the second rear frame setup...woohoo
 

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Very nice work! That engine compartment is gonna look sick!! Vice grips are your friend
What engine/trans/rear end is going in it?
 

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Vise grips for SHure!!Its getting our super nice engine/tranni out of the Daytona 408/TKO600+ we have a new Curri rear 9" housing with revalvable coilovers off a freinds ASA car we have a chance to get his RoadRace tranni from Roush but I would need to sell the TKO since thers only about 175 miles on its 6 one way and half a dozen the other.I have been doing the brake lines this week incorperating Brake gauges and a proportioning valve keeping it all behind the dash exept the valve by my seat.With the cowl off its cool becuase I can get to everything easily woohhooo!:Track:
 

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Wildbill~ thats a pretty sweet suspension. what does the lower look like? have any good pics or have you done a thread on that already?
 

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That is artwork man! Can't wait to see how that car turns out.
 

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LCA's

Here is a couple of shots of the left and right LCA's These were originaly bought from Howe Racing then modified to what we have here .Im still working out the mount for the Stock type sway bar,but may go to the tubular splined racing bar the jury is still out on that.With perserveirence we may get to test next month.Hopefully before the Annual RunNGun late next month
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thanks man that is sweet! i may one day end up doing something similar! just got to learn a little more about the geometry and such!
 

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Thanks man, Im just an ol racer from the midwest that isnt Skeeerd to try something a little different I run it by my other racing Buddy at Hollers Hotrods and he gives me advise on whats sound he can really buildm from the ground up.Here is the truck he just finished for himself ....Enjoy


Yes those are twin BB Chevy 502's sweeeeet!
 

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HOLY CRAP! that thing must be a beast!
 
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Thats a sick truck! I haven't seen anything like that before.
 
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Wow your car is coming along very nicely. Those brakes! Man, massive amounts of cooling going on there. What are you building it for? Looks to be an all out racer, but what kind? Are you doing some kind of series racing?
 

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Leroy Holler builds some Aaassoome stuff his advise is highly valued.We do the Annual RunNGun its open to vintage and late model Mustangs and Camero's this year like the ol Trans am deal we will run it on road corses here in the midwest.We ran Hallet last year and with a stock 13" Cobra rotor I was boiling the 570f willwood brake fluid in 4 laps thats no fun at all Sooo this is the upgrade .In the past Tha RUNNGUN Nationals event has been for Kit cars When we had the Daytona Coupe we ran it 4 years bringing home a lot of great memories and trophies, check it out at Runngun.net.The brakes are Stock car style that will fit under 15" wheels but ther a Huge highly vented rotor that uses and alum hat really not that expensive about 150$ per corner for rotors and hats thats fairly low considering how well they brake its a 1.125 setup on front with .810 in back,im hoping it helps the Mustang it's heavyer than the Daytona im not shure how much yet havent scaled it.
 

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It's coming together

Here's the 408 in for a test fit the drivers side headers dont clear, mid length from cj's yea..But the mounts are done for the Rad and Cooler that sits between in the upper and lower front aprons.Thers also a new filter on the fender well just waiting for the MoCal engine adaptor to mock up the -12 lines.woohhoo..heres a couple of shots.
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There is just something about a 408 crammed in a 64-66car that I love...but what can i say...I am bias!
 
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