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Thanks guys!
Here is the numbers-matching 400 WS code Ram Air III engine. Carefully disassembled, inspected, cleaned, and reassembled with all new seals, new roller timing chain and oil pump. Other than that it is bone stock right down to the bearings and piston rings. This engine has only 58000 original miles on it. |
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This is how I spent my Sunday afternoon yesterday......installing a nice, new engine and tranny into a nice, new chassis assembly.
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Thanks again.
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Sweet! Man, you are blazing with the restoration. I feel like I'm crawling like a turtle with my restoration compared to you. But then again, I only get Saturdays to work on my GTO and realistically not every Saturday I can get to it. Well, you give me the "gung ho" to keep going.
Thanks for the updates and pics. How about a video of the engine running one day? Brian |
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wow, that looks beautiful. What's the deal with the colored body bushings, are they urethane? or some kind of factory color coding thing?
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The body bushings are regular rubber bushings. When the car was disassembled we found traces of blue, pink and purple color on the original bushings. Apparently it was a way to help the factory workers know where they went. We mixed up the correct colors and painted the bushings and installed them back in the same places we found them. |
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I think video is very important in today's restorations. Pictures are great, but video really helps to show what things really look like. |
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Super nice job, you are exactly caught up with my restoration, nice full pictures that looks like a 4.5 inch water pump I only needed a 4 inch pump (PS,PB) and is getting rebuilt right now, keep up the great work, now it's time to call the paint guy..LOL
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All of the brake and fuel lines are installed now....along with some more engine reassembly. All of the colors on the original clips that hold the fluid lines were carefully noted and diagramed, so we could put them all back exactly the way they used to be. The colors were yellow, blue, white, and zinc plated (silver).
Now we're waiting for our brand new set of 5 reproduction G70-14 Firestone Wide Ovals. And another video: |
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That sure is sexy, wow
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Damn,those boys in Oshawa would like that!!
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JasonD,
Do you have any pictures of the original bushings showing the different colors? |
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nice!
Looking good!
At the risk of sounding like a nit picker - are you going to replate those control arm bushing washers? Also - I think the temp sensors are reversed.... But I'm drooling regardless!
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1969 Judge, 4-speed, CR/Parchment, Quasi-Survivor, #'s match - under restoration |
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Don't worry.....I'm a nit-picker from hell. The control arm washers and nuts will be replaced. Those are the originals that I have on there just to keep the cross shaft threads protected. The temp sensors are just temporarily screwed in there by hand after polishing them. |
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1971 GTO 455 HO 4-speed - Cameo White, White Vinyl Top, Jade Green Interior, Ram Air Hood, AC, Honeycombs and 8-track 1974 Formula 455 I Owned in 1975-1976. Now Own Its Twin From Same Dealership |
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I wondered about the 4 speed linkage, if that is correct, where can I get a set?...What brand of engine paint, my Dupont mix doesn't quite have that pop. I haven't checked my '69 heat shield real close but it appeared at first glance to be blackened not painted.Looking good Jason...DW
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71 SILVER AUTO JUDGE 70 RED AUTO III JUDGE 70 GOLD AUTO III JUDGE 70 SPECIAL ORDER SABLE BLACK 4SPEED III JUDGE 70 ATOLE BLUE AUTO GTO 69 C.RED 4SPEED III JUDGE 67 WHITE 4SPEED 400 VERT FIREBIRD 65 MAIZE 4SPEED TRIPOWER VERT GTO 65 TURQ. 4SPEED TRIPOWER VERT GTO WANTING A IV...... 20 other non-pontiacs which need to be thinned down so I can buy more PONTIACS |
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1969 GTO 400-4speed, H/T 1969 GTO 400-RAIII-4speed, Convertible 1969 Grand Prix SJ |
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Back on Topic, Looks great Jason! |
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