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silvertonguedevil
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Location: Vale, OR
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Holy crap! You were SO close!! Did not see that coming!!
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56reddy
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Sometimes you need to go backwards before you can make your way forward again. Some big changes to the car to make it mine.
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silvertonguedevil
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Location: Vale, OR
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What are your plans?
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56reddy
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| What are your plans? |
I plan to return it to stock suspension. I have an early oval front suspension with correct 4-bolt brakes, and 4-bolt rear brakes as well. Pete had 4 stock rims that are painted for the car, and I just recieved my Firestone 5.60 bias ply tires. The car doesn't have the original engine, so I'm going to put an WW Okrasa kit on the rebuilt 36hp.
The headliner will be going in at the begin of next month, so I need to finish the suspension swap and engine build before then.
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tisius
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Location: Rotterdam,NL (+Chicago,IL)
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Either one of the build paths are awesome, either a big engine in and the superlarge BRM's, or.... like your current plan, old skool tuning with stock suspension.
Far out 
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56reddy
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belairman
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| Looks really nice Kenny |
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AlanInMass54
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Location: Massachusetts
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| Wow that looks nice, what kind of tires are those? |
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56reddy
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| Wow that looks nice, what kind of tires are those? |
The tires are 5.60-15 bias ply Firestones from Summit Racing.
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56reddy
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jjohnson67
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Location: Texas
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Just found this topic with a great build up and vanilla.... Cool car tho... Oh yeah... Shouldn't the hubcaps be detailed  |
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ricekooker
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Joined: April 09, 2006
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Location: Winter Park, FL
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56reddy
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Not a lot going on as I'm moving next week. But I did get an update from Joe Ruiz on my engine. It should be here in two weeks or so.
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56reddy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:51 am Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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Finally a little progress.
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GERMANAIRE
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Location: BUFORD,GA.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:18 am Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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Beautiful Kenny! You are doing an Awesome Job! Cant wait to see that engine in it!!   |
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56reddy
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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A little more progress. 
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GERMANAIRE
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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I was wondering about this
Looks Awesome Congrats!! |
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silvertonguedevil
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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Awesome!
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Rich's 50
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| Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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| Nicely done |
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L’ATELIER RENARD
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Location: France
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| Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: My First 53 Zwitter ! |
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I want one 
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A little more progress.
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