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    Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT "DaBarn"

    That bench turned out great Tony. I have 2 of them in my western town that needs the same treatment. Too bad you are so far away
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT building my BIG PARTY garage

    Here is the results of the polished letters on the slot machine base. (I'm very happy with the way it turned out) After cleaning up those letters I turned my attention to the post that goes on the base. It was a very rough cast with pits and extra metal. I've been working on it a little at a...
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT building my BIG PARTY garage

    Thank you Drives No I didn't mask the letters I polished them and then just painted over them. I'll sand the paint off with a fine sand paper and put tape down around the letters so if I slip with the sand paper I'll hit the tape. All the major sanding of the letters is done prior to painting so...
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT building my BIG PARTY garage

    Needed a break from the El Camino, so I decided to finish the base for the slot machine machine that I restored back in September of last year. It is a 2 piece project. Wanting something that would withstand the pulling and pushing of the machine I decided on a Mobile curb sign sign and the...
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    Making my 70 El Camino a show car

    The cowl vent only opens when the demand for more air is needed. The hood vent stays closed until you stomp on the gas pedal. There is a switch under the gas pedal that sends an electric charge to open the vent then a vacuum canister opens the scoop on the hood
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    Making my 70 El Camino a show car

    Well Zanyad It's like this: the air cleaner didn't fit at first and there is a flat spot in the rear of it, so I turned that flat spot onto the electric choke that was causing the air cleaner not to fit (picture 1 ) when I closed the hood after that picture was snapped it wouldn't close...
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    Making my 70 El Camino a show car

    I put the air cleaner together and put it on the carb today just so I could gloat on how great the engine bay looks The cover for in front of the radiator got a couple small dings in it when I reinstalled the hood catch support so I had to fix and repaint it so I'll install it in the morning...
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    Making my 70 El Camino a show car

    The hinges were ground smooth using my die grinder and a 40 grit disc to cut down all the casting marks then smoothed using an 80 grit disc to remove deep scratches then I primed them and sanded the primer with 150 grit paper primed again then sanded with 220 and 400 paper then back in the booth...
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    Making my 70 El Camino a show car

    That is the OEM air cleaner that big ring goes on top of the can with a large rubber gasket that seals against the hood for the cowl induction set up
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