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exciter
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 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject: Jody's 55 semaphore three fold restoration! |
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Jody had been gathering parts for this project for sometime now , and had decided that it was time to get her done!!! So he brought her up to Ohio for us to whip the beauty into shape for him. Plan is to do a full stock resto so that Jody will be ready for the 2013 show season!!!!! He has NOS full front quarter panels for us to install that im pretty excited to work with some good quality metal!  Anyways im about a week late in starting this thread so i will let the pics do the talking for this first round.
we are a little farther than these oics as far as the transaxles all cleaned and prepped and lots of misc sandblasted parts are ready for paint. More updates as we progress on this Gem![/img]
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jody714
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This is GREAT !!! Thanks for posting it up Joe !!!!
Jody
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Major Woody
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Nice work Joe. I'll be following this thread!
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exciter
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EXACTLY!!!! After the last couple buses we had to do this us going to piece a piece of cake!!!
Thanks for the remarks guys its going to go slow here at first because we are using this as fill in work but it wont be long we will be on this full time to knock it out of the park for Jody!
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Steve22
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Another fine job Joe.
Looks like you started with a pretty crusty one.
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| That pan is gorgeous! I might have to give you a call about my projects pan. |
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| Joe, I have a 55 door latch mechanism and I think 1-2 window winder mechanisms. I will bring them to the Cinci show. I will see if I have any other 55 parts to bring you. Probably piddly stuff at most. I don't need it. |
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downsbs
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We need new pics Joe!!! Also, if you need anything for the car let me know. I may have it or I can pick it up at one of the shows coming up. Speaking of that, are you coming to BOR this year?
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Thanks for the props guys.
Matt yes we could use all the goodies you have probly. Thank you
Tony Im sure we will be looking for some ealy stuff and will let you know when we get to to them!!!
I will get some update pics on this girl next week!!!!!
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Glad to see you started this project Joe. It should be a nice one.
Jody I know you have to be excited. |
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Jody is going to have a hard time deciding what to drive soon.
let us know if you need some team drivers!
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Lovely work so far 
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Hey Joe, you guys gonna be caught up before Cinci?
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| tlambert wrote: |
Glad to see you started this project Joe. It should be a nice one.
Jody I know you have to be excited. |
OH I AM !!!!! I wanna put a box on the PAN and push it around the lot...it's so nice and clean !!!
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| MODIFIER wrote: |
Jody is going to have a hard time deciding what to drive soon.
let us know if you need some team drivers! |
Hahaha...you are Right and I might have to "enlist" at some point !!!! Thanks for the offer !!!
Jody
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I snuck in some time today on your suspension parts Jody. I got your beam tore down and all parts blasted including spindles, spring plates,trailing arms, axle tubes, and rear drums.I also had to drill out 3 broken bolts on the beam and got them cleared out and rethreaded! I then got all the parts in epoxy and ready for some fresh paint!!!
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Look's Great Joe !!! New clutch arm spring in the box you just got !!!
Jody
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