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Old 08-22-2013, 09:17 PM   #805
Dan in Pasadena
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Re: Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

Today's activities:



Out with my old, pecky fender emblems and in with the nice-but-not-perfect ones I bought off CL for $100. The V8 emblems are reproductions and I mounted them based on a Factory Assy. Manual diagram Ogre posted, thanks ,Ogre!

Then I began working on my seat replacement. Factory seat was held in with only two bolts total! I also found out the gas tank hold down straps are not connected in the front at all - DOH!

"New-to-me-seat" - It had some 4" long mounting studs rusted solid under it - what a PITA. Gibbs oil, double nutting & a long box end wrench cured that. I was lucky not to snap them though.

Under the seat I found THIS:


This whole sliding mechanism unbolts so I'm debating if I should have it sandblasted? I decided to spray it w/ Ospho and leave it overnight to see if I kill the rust. If I do I will spray with Rustoleum's rust arrester and leave it. Opinions?
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Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's

Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda!

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