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Old May 18, 2018 | 08:21 AM
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Hey Zack

Great to see your back and making headway on the car. Seeing other people make progress on their cars keeps me excited to work on mine.

Where did you purchase the strut mounts from?

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Old May 18, 2018 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Yolo7
Hey Zack

Great to see your back and making headway on the car. Seeing other people make progress on their cars keeps me excited to work on mine.

Where did you purchase the strut mounts from?

J
rock auto will probely be your best bet . When black dragon went out of business they where selling everything at cost for the FB so i bought everything wether I needed it or not .
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Old May 21, 2018 | 09:59 AM
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Another small update, the frame rail up by the rad support was pretty rotted out . Previous owner just screwed sheet metal over it so a friend of mine wielded it up for me.




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Old May 22, 2018 | 08:42 PM
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great work ans good progress on your build
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Old May 23, 2018 | 10:21 PM
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Looks good, friends that weld are worth every beer you spend on them.

When mocking up my radiator fans I really wish I could easily move the cross tube forward about 4-6", this would allow room to move the radiator forward and place a larger pulling cooling fan.
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Old May 26, 2018 | 11:19 PM
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Friends who can wield are a must living on the east coast ,
as for the rad I'm not sure what I'm doing for cooling yet . I have an e fan and might try using the rx7 rad . I'm in far north east in Canada and we have very mild summers so not sure if cooling will be an issue . Curious what you guys are running . Id love to use the granny rad but can't justify the money .

also more updates today . Productive day in the garage with a few helping hands

front end is officially back together, just waiting on lugs to put the wheels on then headlights/bumper are going back on .
any dents in the headlight support are straightened up



Refreshed front end , with 1 inch 110-114.3 adaptors

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Old May 27, 2018 | 11:09 PM
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Another day spent in the garage , body is back together now, head lights are wired . Just to clue up a few odds and ends before i hook a battery up and make sure it all works . With the damage in the front i had some fitment issues , might try more convincing tomorrow , rad support by the drivers head light was pretty dented .
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Old May 28, 2018 | 01:14 PM
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Something showed up today!
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Old May 28, 2018 | 07:04 PM
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awesome progress zack
glad to see it
keep the updates coming
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Old May 28, 2018 | 10:40 PM
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Thanks! Yea this grey car is a dream to work on compared to the white one, how is your 351 swap going ?
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Old May 29, 2018 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by zackcoffin
Thanks! Yea this grey car is a dream to work on compared to the white one, how is your 351 swap going ?
it's like any builds, good days and bad
slow this year as winter here was the worest ice in the last 50 years
both prelude and rx7 were in ice 3 inch up the rims
my prelude is on the road in april most years and this year still not yet
this is the latest ever
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Old May 30, 2018 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by GFRENCH
it's like any builds, good days and bad
slow this year as winter here was the worest ice in the last 50 years
both prelude and rx7 were in ice 3 inch up the rims
my prelude is on the road in april most years and this year still not yet
this is the latest ever
I don’t even know how to comprehend that much Ice.

Great to see see your progress. Your getting things done a lot faster than me. Sounds like you’ll have it running in no time.
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Old Jun 1, 2018 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by GFRENCH
it's like any builds, good days and bad
slow this year as winter here was the worest ice in the last 50 years
both prelude and rx7 were in ice 3 inch up the rims
my prelude is on the road in april most years and this year still not yet
this is the latest ever
where are you too ? Im in Newfoundland and it's been decent here sense the beginning of may . Lots of rain and cold nights but nothing cold enough to call out that salt trucks .
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by zackcoffin
where are you too ? Im in Newfoundland and it's been decent here sense the beginning of may . Lots of rain and cold nights but nothing cold enough to call out that salt trucks .
hi zack
i'm in miramichi nb and it.s only 10 here tonight
we are having the coolest weather so far to date
gordie
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Old Jan 19, 2021 | 09:17 PM
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I found your build thread. Any updates Zach?
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