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  1. #1 First drive after rebuild 
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    I took her out for her first highway run last night.

    Who wants to take the first guess/jabs at how I managed this?

    Definitely belongs under the noob thread...

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    Your speshul helmet was stuck back there and you forgot to put it on?
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    Whatever happened, it was scraping for a good few seconds, and pretty hard. I have no clue. Was it up against a curb somehow? Or did you take a belt sander and hold it there for a few minutes?
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    Forgot to screw the rocker panel in at the rear wheel well. Bounced it off the asphalt for a good few miles.

    I thought I heard a clunking noise! LOL

    Meh, add it to the list. Builds character.
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    forgot to tighten the lugnuts and the wheel came off?
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    Oh wow lol.
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    I guess I could have posted this under "body mods"! =D
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    No need to screw with this guy trying to handle himself seems to be enough..............

    At first I thought maybe that rust bucket completely came apart.

    LMFAO Day one sh1t and I certainly know you couldn't handle running a welder now..... sad lets see if you can paint HA
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    Hey now, it wasn't dragging from the get-go. The front was screwed in and it was snapped into the brackets. It fell off from vibration/wind.

    Had the car not been parked for 3 months, and removing the rocker was the ONLY thing I did, then yeah.

    Plus, you can't make fun of someone who already beat you to it themselves.

    Please stop acting like you're not impressed!
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    Let's ask the question that matters though. You ripped this car apart 100 different ways, put it back together and went out on the highway. Did you drive it back? If so.. I'll put that under success.
    I drink..so consider that when reading my posts.

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    Lol, yes. It made it back home.

    Definitely hurt my ego though when I pulled over. LOL.

    Pushed it back on and drove straight home.

    Wasn't even mad. I think I actually laughed and shook my head.

    It's almost, 50* out today, Frick in heat wave compared to Monday, so it's a good day for some Bondo-ing!
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    A little before and after love.














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    Did you really paint the manifold red and left the heat shields on...and painted them too?
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    I painted them red, and the heat shield black to break up some of the red.

    In hindsight I'm glad I did, cause that manifold cooked right off (but the primer stayed, wtf)!

    Cleaned, primed, painted, cooked in the oven got a phone call from the Mrs. as soon as she saw the FB pics of car parts in her oven, installed them, ran the car in intervals, then immediately Googling "will my car start on fire..." lol

    Oh well, YOLO?

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    Quote Originally Posted by blueguy View Post
    Did you really paint the manifold red and left the heat shields on...and painted them too?
    Well f### all, y'all! I'm goin' home! Ya know, I watched my wife work all day gettin' thirty bags together for you ungrateful sons of b###hes, and all I can hear is criticize, criticize, criticize! [tears off his mask] From now on, don't ask me or mine for nothin'! [rides away]

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    Little off topic, but what aftermarket FPR is that?
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    Damaged the stock rail so I grabbed one off of a Buick!

    So it's a 1998 Buick LeSaber FPR. =D
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    Right, I thought you swapped the FPR on the buick rail after buying it, nvm. I'm thinking of getting a "Standard motor products" FPR. It looks like that is an aftermarket one, the corrosion on the rail doesn't match the FPR. I'll go with a delphi.
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    you had the heads off and didn't top swap? I got one up on you here





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    Quote Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue View Post
    Right, I thought you swapped the FPR on the buick rail after buying it, nvm. I'm thinking of getting a "Standard motor products" FPR. It looks like that is an aftermarket one, the corrosion on the rail doesn't match the FPR. I'll go with a delphi.
    I actually did try to swap it yesterday. The GP FPR is bigger. Didn't fit.

    So I cleaned up the original and it seems to be holding strong.
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