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Originally Posted by Double Venom
Doug,
Not to worry about making too much work for me! Simply put "you can't!". The one thing I do worry about is you not saying anything trying to save work! Money, that's up to you but leave the fun / details to me and the crew.
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Ed, we all have our hot buttons on these cars, and for me it's trying to make it look as original as possible. Of course with the Contemporary, there are some limitations, specifically in the suspension as it has Jag front and rear. Not much we can do about that. I bought the Fluidyne radiator, and Nick made some custom supports so that the radiator can be laid back at the "proper" angle and have aluminum baffling as original around the sides and top and bottom of the radiator and the
oil cooler as well. I believe I have all the original Lucas type switches for the instrument panel to go with the correct type Smiths gauges, and of course I would like to put all the gauges, switches and indicator lights in the proper positions. I believe that I have all that stuff, it's just a matter of getting it all hooked up. The wiring harness comes with a GM type light switch, I have a Lucas toggle to use for the lights as original, I am not sure how to wire that, hopefully you do!
I know I need to put a relay on the light circuit, I have to buy that but they're fairly inexpensive. When that time comes I'll order it from Ron Francis and have it drop shipped to your place. I was hoping to put an aluminum trunk kit in the car but that'll have to wait, it's way too much work to get into now. The rest is just as close to original as we can get it working of course within the limitations of the fact that it's a Contemporary and not a Kirkham!
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Originally Posted by Double Venom
And, by the way its SOP around here for me to take more photo's and descriptions of assembly procedures than the History Channel would use. I usually go way past the norm, in fact I think I bore some guys with the many details!
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I remember what you did with Cap't Eddies build, I read that one every day! Looking forward to a build thread like that on most days would be awesome. As you can see by the amount I'm writing today, for once I feel pretty good. On the all too often occasions when I don't feel nearly as good, having something like that to look forward to seeing would be great. Hopefully the wonderful guys who have contributed to this effort, and all the guys in general, would enjoy that too. For this and so much more, thanks, Ed!
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Originally Posted by Double Venom
You can download what information/pictures I post or I can burn everything at the end putting it on a disc for those grand kids you can bore to tears with someday!
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I'll do both. !!!!!!
Thanks a million, Ed!
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