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Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I was wondering if the rubber was large for me to drill it out to 3/8" (sounds like what you did) and it still be isolated? I don't have a good flaring tool yet. I am planning on getting the Eastwood with 45d dies. I like to buy my own Christmas presents. Bad but true...

I am confidant they replaced the outer skin. The question is how did they do it? The full quarter or just scab in a patch? You might be able to tell by looking from the inside after removing the interior panels. I would try to get rid of the brazing as much as possible. It can cause problems when you paint over it. Also the wheel well seems like it could fit better, but that may be because they couldn't get the inner fender to flatten enough to line up with the quarter panel wheel arch... Do you have a good welder?

Almost all of those failures are in heavy duty truck tires. I worked as a diesel mechanic one summer and dealt with split rims a lot. They can be exceedingly dangerous!!! That ring will take your head clean off if it's not seated properly. They also run really high air pressures. Most over 100-120 #'s. That makes for a dangerous combination. That's why they have those cages to air them up in. To prevent these types of accidents. I wonder if the normal tires that blew up were filled with propane or were severely over inflated? On a different note, it is amazing how much abuse the human body can take...

I think it would be hard to fabricate the holes for the vents in the hatch. They have a lip to help with oil canning. They would also have to be located accurately. I don't know what they would look like without the lips. The hatch ducts and grills can be pretty expensive too. I have seen some early hatches for sale recently and some of the asking prices were out of sight!

Are the stock isolators large enough to accept a 3/8" line?

Nope! Not normal. From the looks of it, some one caved the quarter panel in and they replaced it or a section of it and beat the wheel well out the best they could and undercoated it. The repair looks crudely done What are your plans for the car? How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go? What kind of DIY skills do you have?

Thanks, Chris. I have about half a roll here so I should be good with 25'. Any idea how many ends you used? @wheee! Is this the same as the factory EFI sized fuel lines? I was thinking I would go ahead and install an up sized line for any possible future EFI options. Did you do both the supply and return the same size?

Wanted to tag onto this instead of starting a new thread. I am looking at doing the same thing. It's time for me to get the hard lines back on the car. I have the original lines and could probably reuse them but I would want to get them plated and that sounds like a pain. I was thinking of going with the Fedhill line too for the brake and fuel lines. I have some from an earlier project and I would shine it up like you have. Does anyone have any thoughts on protecting the lines after shining them? Eastwood diamond clear? Sharkhide? Also @grannyknot how many feet did it take for the brake lines and the fuel lines? The brake lines are 3/16", correct? What about the two fuel lines?

Now that's a rotisserie!!!

They sort of blew the forecast. The other day they really were expecting most of it to be in the mountains. Not supposed to accumulate here. One of the few jobs where you can be wrong 30% of the time and still be good at your job

That doesn't sound like any fun at all! Reminds me of my buddy who use to live in LA. During the Rodney King riots he sat in the backyard with his 9mm listening to the rioting and gun fire... Be safe. Remember it's all just stuff...

This is where we're at after 2 hours. The salt trucks are evidently currently stuck on the interstate. Started sleeting hard a little while ago. More moisture on the way...

Thanks Cliff! You stay safe...

I hope any of our forum members in the area stay safe. Hopefully you and yours stay out of harms way. It's a hard time of year to get burnt out... @motorman7 Rich, are you out of the way?

It is very pretty and the beauty of a southern snow is it's gone in a few days or less. Makes for a great mini staycation...

I would think you would gap per the ring manufacturer specs like the ones you listed based on the piston they're on. I would think ring position relative to combustion and the size of the groove in the piston is the overriding factor not the block they are mounted in. I would think a flame front is a flame front. I suspect compression has more effect on the rings than what the engine is...

Hasn't started here yet but should be soon.When it snows I just stay home. Can't afford to have my truck torn up by someone with too high an estimate of their driving skills!

I had seen that car at the salvage auctions. I am not sure how it got caved in. Maybe the heat did it or maybe it was in a garage that burned and something fell on it. Once they are burnt like that, they rust almost overnight. I have wondered about buying a burn car that is not so severely burnt. I wonder though how bad they're oil canned from the heat and the damage to the metal from being heated to that degree...

Maybe you need to flush the block. Was it stored with antifreeze in it or water? Maybe the jackets are all scaled up...

That innovate will be fine. You will need to get an exhaust bung welded into your exhaust system. If you have a 6-2-1 system, you may want two bungs one welded into each of the the two pipes. That will allow you to check the front carb and the back carb separately. I believe the innovates come with at least one exhaust bung...

I would reuse everything gaskets, bolts, etc. The time is cheap compared to destroying a freshly rebuilt engine

I would think $1000 is a vary reasonable price. I would expect a steep discount to buy a lot like this. If they want retail then they need to sell them individually...

In theory they will all be the same but sometimes cylinders vary a little bit after honing. It's cheap insurance while the motor is out to go ahead and check them all. Do you have a bore gauge to check run out?

I wondered about that too. 300 ft/lbs of torque through 205's

Wow. That's a ton of work. $58,500 I wish them well...