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Just got the car back from the Alignment shop.........Fixed.....Drives like a Corvette......Detroit here we come....

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Could you show me the final alignment specifications or print out.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">.....Those Crazy Nu Yawk repair guyz......</span></span></span>


you're killing me..... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] </div></div>



To many &quot;Cannoli's&quot;................... </div></div>

And too much &quot;fuhgettaboutit.&quot;

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Plowman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Could you show me the final alignment specifications or print out. </div></div>




Paul........Camber -.5 degree per side.......Caster 4.5 degrees......Toe In .09 degrees per side... .18 degree total

Ken

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Here's the little headed bushings that caused all the problems.....Again......It's a completely different car when it's put together as Chevrolet designed it....LOL.....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...labushings.jpg


Just finished cleaning the garage and put a coat of wax on the car so I can drive to Detroit in the rain tomorrow......

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06565.jpg

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Hope you guys have a great time, a great ride and everything works perfectly like it usually does. Thanks for including us on yet another build and make sure you keep us up to date with daily photos of the tour.

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Just finished cleaning the garage and put a coat of wax on the car so I can drive to Detroit in the rain tomorrow......

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06565.jpg
If you're going out in the rain make sure you wear your rubbers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Have fun..wilma

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Ken
Thank's for a great 89 pages. Have a safe trip
Ed &amp; Maureen

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Ain't ya glad ya know the car inside and out? Enjoy the trip Ken. I'm eating my heart out.

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Power Tour Link........


https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php

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It was great see the car all dirty today thats what its all about build them and drive and enjoy them the look on your face with two thumbs up was priceless now lets go have some fun great Job on the car wouldn't expect anything else from you o yea with all the stuff my wife takes the Javelins trunk is useless see ya in the morning

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Ken,

Thanks for plugging the shop! Happy customers are better than billboards.

Donny

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Ken, it only took you 312 days put on that coat of wax.

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8 Days, 2829 miles, with only two little issues........(1).....I changed the gas tank sending unit before we left because I wasn't smart enough to think the issue thru......I was concerned that the amount of gas that I was putting in the tank wasn't in relation to what the Dakota Digital gauge was reading.....It stayed on 99% for a very long time and when it would finally go down to say 80-90%.....I would put in 8-10 gallons........So, I assumed there was a Ohm issue....did some testing and it didn't make sense, so I changed out the unit with a repro one.....I checked the Ohm readings prior to installation and it checked out O.K........so I put it in........same results......
During the ride home yesterday I was able to take some time to think things thru and all of a sudden it dawns on me that I needed the extra room at the front of the tank for the GTO Fuel Pump
assy and made the tapered spacers to shim the tank down at an angle to give me the room I needed for clearance.....Duhhh!!.......makes perfect sense why the readings are what they are.....LOL
2nd issue.....the car didn't use a drop of oil thruout the trip....when I get home last night and unload the car......I noticed oil droplets on the rear of the car and bumper....I check the oil and I'm a quart down.....put the car on the lift today and I notice the oil pressure adapter for the sender that we made at the shop had a slight crack in it at the fitting and was leaking oil all over the bottom of the car.......small issue but a big mess on the exhaust system....burnt on oil....Yuck!!........I'll make a new one tomorrow out of a solid piece of aluminum......I used 1/2&quot; round and welded it to the stock GM piece but after tapping the pipe thread it was pretty thin and cracked there.....Lucky it happened at the end of the trip.....
Other than that the car drove like a Dream without issues at all......and that Big trunk was a blessing......LOL

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...2/DSC00256.jpg

Here's the Culprit.......

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06294.jpg

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Other than that the car drove like a Dream without issues at all. </div></div>

No one doubted it. You have built some pretty awesome cars in the years I have known you and you are pretty good with some metal fab machines which doesn't hurt. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] It just goes to show you that people can do what they put their mind to. Great job Ken and kudos to Paulette for giving you the allowance to do your builds.

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Amen!

Glad that you had fun and are home...safe!

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Update!!........Well....The &quot;Old&quot; Beater has held up pretty well since the Power Tour ended.......But.....Here's what happened since then................The Big issue was that I had to send the car back to the Body shop to fix one of my screw-ups.....Since I had to replace the front fenders on my &quot;Perfect&quot; Survivor car, they didn't have the holes in them for the front fender trim.....so....when I got ready to install and drill the holes.......I put tape on the fenders so I didn't have to worry about scratching the paint and I marked the width of the trim right on the tape so I could easily drill the mounting holes......

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC06447.jpg

Seemed like a good plan at the time......so.......I get the holes drilled, pulled the tape off, installed the trim ............and after looking at the trim installed, my stomach dropped and I was ready to puke.......I assumed that the fender spear would just be installed......Wrong!!!......The fender spear is straight and the fender reveal has a curve to it and the trim is supposed to follow the profile of the reveal in the fender........Ouch!!........I called the Body shop and because of being short on time for the Power Tour they needed the car for at least 4 days to weld the holes , Prep and repaint the fenders......didn't have the time so I said I would get it done when we got home.......fortunately......if anyone noticed the screw up on the Power Tour they were nice enough to not say anything about them.....LOL.....
As soon as we got home the car went right back to the Body Shop to be repaired.......$$$$$$$$Stupid Mistake.....But the Trim is now installed like GM wanted them to be.......

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC00528.jpg


I also took the Door Panels off and added the decorative trim pieces that I mistakenly thought would have been included on fully assembled door panels as bought......LOL....again...didn't have the time to order and install them prior to leaving......but....they are now installed....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC00530.jpg



http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC00532.jpg


I also got sick of looking at the engine without an engine cover......I had a Camaro engine cover I was going to use but it ended up being too short....so I got some Corvette covers and trimmed them to fit.....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t/DSC00605.jpg


I also took off the Ridetech rear Panhard bar as it had spherical rod ends on it and it rattled....so In took it off and put the stock rubber bushed GM one back on.......Noise gone....and the stock one dropped right in.....

Great car......If I had to change one thing about the car I think I would put some quieter mufflers on it as the 50 series Flowmasters witgh the long tailpipes just seem a little to &quot;Rappy&quot; for me.......

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Go with &quot;Walkers&quot; next time [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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I was going to say something about the molding on Wednesday but I did not want to be that guy [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img] Ken....................your car is stupid nice!

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Since the Power Tour is over we don't hear about this sled anymore...is it still running [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

Nu-Yawk Guy

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A little Wisconsin &quot;Waxing&quot; is all that Nu Yawk Survivor needed and she Purr's like a kitten now.........LOL

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WILMASBOYL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since the Power Tour is over we don't hear about this sled anymore...is it still running [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

Nu-Yawk Guy </div></div>



[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] it's &quot;mint&quot; for sure

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Ya know Ken.......................we are all waiting for your next project. What ya got lurking in the shadows?

If nothing else................take one of your other cars apart for our entertainment! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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I was at New wave today and Greg showed me the writeup on your Impala congrats that is very cool.... you what something done right do it yourself well said my friend

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: IM RARE</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was at New wave today and Greg showed me the writeup on your Impala congrats that is very cool.... you what something done right do it yourself well said my friend </div></div>

Nice ink! Well deserved. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

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Just confirms the truth....

All great things come from Nu-Yawk [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Another update..........While on the Power Tour......Charley felt sorry for me parking out in the back 40 and paid off the guy's at Dakota Digital to let me park my car at the Dakota display at the venues.........having Dakota Digital products in the car also helped a little.....LOL.....
After seeing the &quot;Wax&quot; job on the Perfect Nu Yawk Survivor car the Dakota guys asked if it would be alright to use the &quot;Survivor&quot; car in some advertising ...........

Here is the &quot;Proof&quot; sent to me yesterday..........Pretty Cool......

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ert/impala.jpg

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SIX DEGREES OF KICK-ASS COOL!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

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How come they didn't have you in the ad [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

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Here's a bigger pic........

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...talArticle.jpg

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Very nice Ken... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Congrats! I really enjoyed following along on your build.

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That's awesome!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

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Congrats Ken! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORIGLS6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SIX DEGREES OF KICK-ASS COOL!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] </div></div>

excellent!! tell them to photoshop in a boot cover before going to print

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORIGLS6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SIX DEGREES OF KICK-ASS COOL!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] </div></div>

excellent!! tell them to photoshop in a boot cover before going to print
</div></div>



I have a brand new one in the trunk.......LOL.............The &quot;Perfect&quot; Original Survivor Boot got misplaced into the Garbage can during the Waxing process........

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Too cool!

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Took the car in today to get the windows &quot;Tinted&quot;.........Light 30% tint.......Gotta keep that hot Sun off the &quot;Princess&quot; driving to Monmouth this weekend......more pic's tomorrow

Ken

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Nice! You should have done the limo tint [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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Congrats Ken.