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Today I got the Laurentian to the point that it will now move under it's own power. I had to roll it out and take it for a few bombs up and down the yard just to ensure the brakes work etc. She behaved quite well and the idle sounds great! The car is filthy but I couldn't resist a few photos. Excuse the poor quality. I'm upgrading to a better camera this week.
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I only have one complaint about these cars- I wish GM had engineered a better nose to hood fit!
  Todd



-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 18:43, 2008-05-27

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Congratulations Todd, looks nice! Wish we could hear it.

-- Edited by 73SC at 20:30, 2008-05-27

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Excellent pictures!     good to see it uncovered....CARL

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redlines and the rallys look great!

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They sure changed the personality of the car from it's original tires and wheels!
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-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 22:12, 2008-05-27

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It was a nice car with those whitewalls and wires but now it's BADD!

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Looks great Todd,
Congrats!
Motivation for me.

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That's cheating. You are doing like all those makeover pics you see in commercials. Ok you guys, look close. In his "before" picture, notice anything else different besides just the wheels???!!!

Seriously Todd, it looks GREAT! But I'm a bit disappointed in the fact that there is no pics of it with about 50 feet of rubber on the pavement behind the back tires.

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It looks really good with the stripes, wheels and tires and that soft yellow colour with the black vinyl. Congratulations Todd you are doing a great job.  Al

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 only have one complaint about these cars- I wish GM had engineered a better nose to hood fit!
  Todd

 Try cheating it a little todd, adjust the entire bumper assembly up at the bumper support arms to frame mounts. It'd be difficult to get it totaly flush, but you could get it a little closer before the bumper wrap arounds begin to look too high on the fender corners.

Cheers, Mark.

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I thought about that. Once the major items are completed I'm going to investigate that. You'd think back in 67 or so when they were designing the 69's someone at GM would say "Geez, that gap looks like sh*t!"
As for the burnt rubber, it will come! If all goes well, I may get the interior pulled and at least my carpet installed before I go back to work next week.
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Carl Stevenson wrote:

Todd

That's cheating. You are doing like all those makeover pics you see in commercials. Ok you guys, look close. In his "before" picture, notice anything else different besides just the wheels???!!!

Seriously Todd, it looks GREAT! But I'm a bit disappointed in the fact that there is no pics of it with about 50 feet of rubber on the pavement behind the back tires.



   Here is TODD'S rubber     about 600 ft...



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69 belair wrote:

redlines and the rallys look great!



x2!  Looks great, especially with those 427 badges!  How did you ever find those anyway?  Now to get working on getting something under the hood that matches!



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The car looks good. I have to agree with you the pictures could be better but it's not the camera. Try positioning it so the light is from a different angle.

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427carl wrote:

 

Carl Stevenson wrote:



Here is TODD'S rubber about 600 ft...

 



Looks like we know what you need to invest in next Todd...

 



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

427carl wrote:


Carl Stevenson wrote:



Here is TODD'S rubber about 600 ft...




Looks like we know what you need to invest in next Todd...



burn-outs from peg-legs don't count.....giggle.gif



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It could have been a Motorcycle doing the burn out!

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