Let me catch everything up today...
Here's what I've done thus far...
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Cleaned up the third member, installled it and took some pictures of inspection (orange paint at bottom of housing) and letter markings (A and some numbers) on it. I also installed the rear axles with the new-style "green" bearings. I figured I'd throw on the rear wheels and tires from Dana to see what she would look like.. I thought she looked pretty good. The pictures really didn't come out great because of lighting....... left the third member natural since that's the way they are installed.... Still have detail things to do like get new carrier retaining nuts, paint the pininon snubber and hook up the brake lines...
Getting the brakes in line now... I"m working on the rears with the help from Julie..
Yes, Mom knew she didn't have shoes... Pretty much "stage" the shot for the future..
In conjunction with my rear brakes, I'm detailing my front drums. Against my regular practice, I detailed the drums with a high temperature cast detail paint and then reapplied the paint codes/inspection markings I found on the hubs. In my case, the color was green. After cleaning the drums, I discovered the green, took pictures and duplicated the original look as close as possible. The inside hub area has the same green markings, but I decided to leave those alone since one side was pretty clear and visible. I'll get new anti-vibration springs for the front drums.. I also inserted the new races for the new bearings... Man, by the time I'm done with this car, it's going to be new...............
1. the original green markings..
2. the detailed "resto"
