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I was just trying to get pointers from a professional shop. Interesting how they taped EVERYTHING. They also have the hood propped up some but already mounted. I also thought it was interesting they sprayed it all apart. I prefer to do that but I have been told it can cause color variation between panels. A good painter probably doesn't have that as much as me...

Had they already sprayed the engine bay and the underside of the hood?

True Most of the roadside services here will only tow you 50 or 100 miles. Your haul is a little further than that...

I wonder if some protectant would help after the procedure to prevent it drying out again?

Roadside assistance will be of limited help if you seize a wheel bearing or lose an alternator or any number of the other possibilities. They will help get you off the road and tow you to a mechanic, but you won't know an honest mechanic in the area. Also parts probably won't be readily available so you will have to get a room and wait... Best idea is to rent or borrow a car trailer and tow it home. Very little risk that way.

Those can be a pain to get to stay. You may have to mess with the steel bracket teeth to get them to stay on..

As an aside I would be leery of trying to drive any vehicle like this home unless it was under 30 miles. The car would have to be really pristine for me to try it. I wouldn't try it with this car. I really hate breaking down on the side of a really hot interstate and hoping you don't get hit by an idiot messing with their smart phone...

I thought there was a screw in the back of the chrome trim and the black plastic finishers snapped into the chrome trim?

Yeah the $400 blind side is outrageous. I have never used them because of all the negatives I had heard about them. I post fewer pictures but I am unwilling to put up with the frustration. $20 a year is more reasonable in my opinion. You can host whole websites for a lot less than $400 a year...

North Carolina is probably not too bad but I have found North East DMV's to be really difficult! It would be easiest to call the dmv you want to register it through and have them tell you what they want. I have done that several times when buying cars out of state. Here in SC your regular auto policy will cover you for 30days after the purchase of a car but that probably varies by state

I am on a hunting forum that doesn't host pictures like Mike does here. I suspect all of their pictures are gone too. They were always carrying on about the Photobucket @Captain Obvious you could always down load them here and Mike will make sure they last

@SteveJ

I love all the notes and parts hung where they go! I should do that...

I don't know that correct reproductions are available. You could buy stainless and never have to worry about them again...

The rear bumper is bolted in three sections, center bar and two ends. No need to cut it!!! The middle section is fairly short. If their tanks can't handle the center bar then they are not a very professional setup! If they can't handle the three pieces find someone else! Not only that, when they reweld it there is no way to protect the new welds adequately, since they can't plate it!

My best guesses. Head issues, bad temp gauge. Did you bore the engine? If the cylinder wall thickness gets too thin you can over heat problems...

Missed that. Good. Lacquer is easy to work with and very forgiving but really not used much anymore because of lack of durability...

That's a tentative plan. At least for now. We may just be able to come down for one day. I will know more as it gets closer...

Are you running traditional lacquer as a finished top coat or catalyzed clear coat?

Most of the driving should be North of Atlanta in the I-85 corridor and towards the mountains. So you can avoid the worst of it...

26th It was a little comment in a thread a little while back, last couple of weeks. I don't remember which thread. Maybe some one else will remember it. It was like a single line comment...

Is your base coat catalyzed? I don't catalyze my base coat but have to top coat with in 24 hrs

The fuel level would have been too high with the floats adjusted like the first picture. Which would mean you would need 2 1/2 turns or less. At 3 & 4 turns I would expect flooding issues

That's what I've heard and really one of the biggest issues I have with a standard cup. Not to mention the easier clean up

So you are using a disposable cup system? I would like to go to that at some point. Why did you use mineral spirits instead of lacquer thinner for the epoxy clean up? I assume that drier has desiccant in it? When it turns pink, empty the beads out onto a cookie sheet in the oven at 200d F until they're deep blue then it's ready to reuse