What did you do to your car today?

[bdennis]

From the factory steel with sports caps.



To some Australian made, early 1970's ROH Pro Sprint wheels. 235 / 60 / 14 on the front and 245 / 60 / 14 on the back.





Next job, to replace the front drum brakes with disk.

 

[Hemikiller]

I bought my Mach a new friend

 

[Sheriff41]

I bought my Mach a new friend

Did it come with one of these? 

 

[RC92234]

Put the top down and took the pooch for a ride

 

[Hemikiller]

Did it come with one of these? 

LOL, no... no Bigfoot. 

Just a big engine....

 

[Bentworker]

I bought my Mach a new friend

You have to go Harry and the Henderson’s themed with that thing for Halloween.  Put some pillows on the roof with a Bigfoot head sticking out the front.  Strap a blue tarp over it and call it done!

 

[Idaho Chris]

I painted my hood today.  After gaining confidence with the paint gun on the front bumper I figured what the hell, give it a go.

Here it is with stencil in place, masked, sanded and tacked ready for paint:



Well, moment of truth.  After two coasts of single stage and thirty minutes to flash, I removed all the tape.  Ta da!



I'm pretty happy with the result.  Not too shabby for "amateur hour".  Going to let it bake overnight and then reinstall tomorrow.  I'll wait a few days before putting on the Argent 351 RAM AIR decals.

 

[timachone]

Nice result, as it have to be - congratulations and welcome to the TuTone-club  :thumb:

 

[Idaho Chris]

I put the hood back on the car and installed the Argent Ram Air decals.  Here are a few pics:







The black hood changes the whole character of the the old girl.  Makes me wish I'd done it years ago!

 

[Sheriff41]

Nice work, Chris!  You can be proud of that paint work!

 

[1sostatic]

Put the top down and took the pooch for a ride

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Hey ... give me my wife back  :classic_ninja:

 

[Bentworker]

Took it out for a full throttle rip getting on the freeway.  Got the blood pumping!

Don's camshaft spreadsheet seems to work!   Goes good- still runs on pump gas.

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[Manu Mach1]

Finish left side, so both side are done, now waiting for the shocks.

 

[Manu Mach1]

It's starting to look like something.

But how heavy is this front bumper. Fortunately my wife and kids helped me to put it in place

 

[PNWMach1]

Moved my car(s) 2100 miles cross country. If anyone is in the Perrysburg, OH area let me know! 

 

[Sheriff41]

Very nice cars!  Is the Riviera a '73 also?

 

[PNWMach1]

Very nice cars!  Is the Riviera a '73 also?

It is a '73. I had been looking for a 71 example of each but ended up with 73s as both were too nice to pass up!

 

[Galucha]

Today I upgraded my rear axles with some shiny new ones from Dutchman.

Noticed a driveline vibration developing a couple of weeks ago and after some trial and error, found out that there was about .040" runout on my right rear wheel at the hub face. I think all the extra traction from bigger tires came at the expense of twisting the old worn out axles. Hopefully these hold up much better long term.

 

[tony-muscle]

It's starting to look like something.

But how heavy is this front bumper. Fortunately my wife and kids helped me to put it in place

I hear the bumper is heavy, but any idea how many pounds Assuming it is the PUR one

 

[Aus73Mach1]

Put in a new radiator expansion tank.