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Hi all, Things are really looking good, we are nearing the time to start with the purchase of the AC for RedBird. I took RB to see Sam this morning, and we talked for over an hour and a half. He said it would take him about a week, and he charges $10 for an (honest) hour of labor. After we were talking, he said that there was no way he ever "takes" (you know, what goes around, comes around) anybody, and especially he would never do that to a 73 year old lady. Ha! Age does have some benefits!!! He is a very pleasant gentleman, 64 years old, has been doing this work since he was 29. He has several large shop buildings on his property, all holding cars in various stages of restoration, and/or full of all kinds of parts. Doing one now that he has taken off all aftermarket parts, and replacing only with GM parts. He says, it is a 1967 GTO. Boy is it pretty. Sam did a full restoration on it, from the ground up. He also has a barn find in fairly rough condition, a 1940 Mercury. Just turned away an offer of $2500. He wants $3500 cash for it. Anyone interested ? I'll get photos. Kinda neat. Onward - Even tho Sam doesn't use eBay, when I showed him the unit I saw there, he got ok with it. This company has been putting together AC units to be installed for 30 years. He said to order and get the unit, and bring it to him. The unit is like one on eBay, but I called them as I don't need the vents, etc. So for the whole unit, up front of and inside RB, new parts, will be $1395. This includes a new expansion valve, evaporator core, heater core, and blower. It will take them 7 - 10 days to ship it. I'm really excited! Now to finish the groundwork. BTW... I'm taking RB to a car show here in Dalton Saturday, at the Convention Center. Just for fun and to have a day of talking with folks about cars. I have been given a priority "seat" inside the AC building with RB. I wouldn't have been able to go and sit outside in this heat all day. Sure sounds like a good day for me. Photos will follow. Y'all have a super day. Anxious to hear your thoughts on my proposed AC system. Jai

I think stock location of emblems looks best. It's probably because nobody has any accurate measurements of where there're supposed to go. Usually when a car sells that fast it's underpriced. Usually... Why don't you offer to buy it from the new owner? With zero to negative interest rates there, these cars are a good place to keep ¥. Those wheel chocks look like they have never moved since new with that thick layer of dust. There looks to be no chipped paint on them also. Much better idea than that other trade you spoke of. If you need a place to store it, my garage is available and you can drive it year round here.

Jai and Sam, sittin' in a tree...LOL He sounds like a good guy. I'm glad he's helping you. 8^)

Nice sound. You need a set of bumpers/brackets:D

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While your sealing up all the many places that exhaust leaks into the cab, don`t forget about these two, there is one on either side under the shock tower braces, they are the access holes for the mustache bar studs. They were never sealed up by Nissan but they do vent to outside air through the sub frame. I made up a circle from some rubber sheet and sealed it around the edges. You can also see in this pic where the shock tower brace disappears under the deck, there is seam sealer missing behind brace and a hole going down into the sub frame. Chris

These look great Randy! I've cobbled up my own but nothing this slick! Ok fellow innovators, to me the real holy grail is to contrive a method to adjust the float levels without the trial and error madness of removing the lid and bending little miserable tabs. That together with an external indicator of the fuel level (see post #1) would be pure nirvana.....