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Unfortunately one of the previous owners hit the engine compartment and various parts of the block with a rattle can and really made a mess. Orange paint on the pulleys and black on the wiring and all over the harmonic balancer valve covers and so on. If it had never been touched I would obviously leave it alone other than a good bath.
![]() ![]() Here's a couple of before pictures, this is going to turn out real nice once finished. I will post more pics as we go. Oh, I am swapping out the aftermarket water pump for a correct dated unit along with a correct fuel pump and the complete rebuild of the frond end. In addition to painting the headers and replacing the carburetor I'm going to add a power steering unit. Any thoughts? |
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Here is a before the cleaning shot .....
![]() Here is what was under all that grease, we are finding markings all over the place. ![]() Original two piece rotors. ![]() ![]() Markings on the inner fenders..Both sides. ![]() ![]() |
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Cool stuff Bart...keep updating us.
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If you wanted to try to preserve some of the original paint that is underneath the bug bomb... you can use enamel reducer and go slow... that is what I did on the Black 69 RS/Z... I tried it as a last ditch and it worked liked a miricle... left the original lacquer untocuhed.
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