Giggling like a school girl

[Heo]

I have a Electric hs grinder about the size
beer bottle. Made by Flex, I use a Carbide tip
on that to grind down welds on hard to reach
places.
I use mostly Gas or TIG to weld sheetmetal.
And use a 6 inch sanding disc on rubber backing
in a low rpm anglegrinder to grind those and
leadwork,To remove paint and bondo.
For MIG welds i use a 4 inch flapdisk shaped like a....
"flower" so you see "through" the spinning disk.
On a regular small angle grinder with 8-10 tousands rpm something

[turbohunter]

The spot where your radio hole is (or was) is where my main A/C vent is! 

Interesting.
This car has an R dash bezel (even though it's a H car), so no clock or radio in the bezel.

[Nightmist66]

I put the radio/clock delete in mine. I have trim where your hole in the dash is.

[turbohunter]

Let it be known that I am, after two years, finished with rust repair.
Hallelujah.

[Bolted to Floor]

Congrats

[turbohunter]

Thanks John
I know it's hardly worth a post but it's a big deal to me.
Have been doing the body work after finishing the rust repair.
What a great change of pace. I actually am having a good time making it nice and flat.
Getting frighteningly close to paint.

[cjshaker]

Are you kidding? After the rust repair that you've done, I think I'd be having a party and inviting all my friends over! Of course that leads to my arch nemesis....sanding. Then sanding some more. Then of course you'll have to do some more sanding. THEN, after that's all over with....wet sanding. Then more wet sanding.

[turbohunter]

Hah yeah.
I've been getting my shoulders back in shape this weekend.
The guys at the paint supply store down the street are my new best friends.

[turbohunter]

Alright, time for a little update.
As most of you know I've been balls to the wall on the Mustang. Well I finished the suspension and decided to take a couple relaxing days off and work on the Fairlane. Was getting sick of cutting/grinding/bending/welding so she and I needed a little separation.
As far as that last post on getting the Fairlane ready for paint, well, it is but I'm moving it behind the Mustang as I have everything for the Mustang and need to still acquire Fairlane parts. Also the engine build on the Mustang will be more straight forward and again I have everything.
So I spent the last two days in a chair looking into the trunk and figuring out how I want to do the fuel and electric systems. Then go buy parts to install, install them then sit and figure the next step. Little different than the Mustang.
Everything is in mock up stage right now. For example I haven't welded in the tank mount structure yet. Also not the battery mount I will be using.
Here's the pix of what I have so far.

[ec164]

You've come along way on this Fairlane, and your work is looking very nice. I like the turquoise color also.......Al

[turbohunter]

Thank you.
Since you said, "come a long way" I went back and looked at where it was when I got it.
Wow, long way indeed.
Also as I was doing body work I got myself confused. Underneath the Frost Turquoise paint (which is obviously a repaint) is with Aqua Blue or Clearwater Aqua. Do you guys know? The paint code is B Frost Turquoise.

[Cobrajet2]

Cool thread. I will be interested in how the car gets finished up, as I am at about the same point with my Wagon.  Your car has come a long way and is looking great.

Mike

[ScotiaFE]

Wanted to buy some engine parts as the time is approaching.
Was going to ask y'all about what oil pans work well on Fairlanes. But in thinking about that I needed to know if in fact I am going to use my free (thus very desirable) set of Hooker supercomps for my build. This got me thinking about what I need for my engine to breath at it's optimum level. So, did a little measuring and math (very difficult on a holiday).
ID of the S comps are 1.91 so that gives me a Primary Pipe Area of 2.8652 (3.1416x.955x.955)
These values get me to a peak torque value of 4594.76 (Peak Torque rpm=PPAx88,200/one cylinder 55)
My engine is a 440 (428 block) that will have a tunnel ram.
Going to figure spinning it to 6,500 to 6,800. I realize I'm prolly in the low to middle range of the intake (advertised 3,200 to 9,000).
My question is, do I have enough header for my engine?
I'm not trying to spin the heck out of this motor. So I'm thinking I'm Ok.
It seems a little low but in the spirit of this motor (staying together and just having fun bracket racing) Ok.
Off to the garage I go.

One thing about those big Hookers in Fairlanes.
Oh ya I said that.
more seriously though the big pipes and the stock manual steering linkage "sometimes" does not like to
play all that nice. Power steering forget it.
All out race and I will beat them in. No problem. 

[turbohunter]

Yeah I'm really looking forward to fitting them in
On another note, that quote you showed has gone by the wayside.
I procured a BBM iron block so it's going to be a 427 plus motor that will spin a bit more.
Still looking to keep it all together (not max effort). Just a for fun race car.
And I always wanted a tunnel ram when I was a kid so it'll have carbs poking through the hood.

[turbohunter]

Thanks guys for the support.
It has been a long journey with this girl.
Hey Mike did I miss a thread on your black mustang. Nice deal.