The Spousal Avoidance Unit build

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I'm trying to find a new place to park some pictures and still be able to show them here.

what you see is the new grill I put together for the opening



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Nice work, that looks sweet! Most v8 builds with the radiator up front you see the front end hacked up with grills that just don't look right but yours looks very natural and clean.
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thewolfe wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:43 amMost v8 builds with the radiator up front you see the front end hacked up with grills that just don't look right...
Like this one? I didn't do this radiator install but someday I'll redo it. At least the section between the headlights was spared.

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Hrm2k that grill looks like it was always there. Great work.

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There's something almost Aston Martin about that grill. I like it a lot, good work!
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Is there any chance that the pictures from this thread can be found anywhere as I am going to look at a project Corvair tomorrow that has a Caddy engine and transmission in the back, but it would be nice to see what it should look like.
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I don't know how much longer you will be able to view this link. photobucket has turned out really strange.

http://s267.photobucket.com/user/formsp ... t=3&page=1

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sure hope that is ok to do that
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Hi thanks for that, the link still sort of works I could only get thumbnails. What on earth have they done to photobucket ? It really is messed up now all pop ups and adverts not to mention the blackmail they are trying to inflict on users. Anyway back to the car, I decided to walk away as the shell just wasn't good enough. It is hard to tell how bad it is from the pictures the drivers door has dropped and the C pillar has got a crack in the filler which I suspect is hiding a lot of rust. The work that had been done to fit the engine was pretty good, but a long way off finished. Once I had decided not to buy it the seller did mention that he had to have some front end repairs done when he was running it stock and found lots of newspaper and filler. I suspect it would of made the "bondo bucket" car look prestine. Thanks for your help Martin
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good move on your part. The crack in the rear sail panel would have made me stop in my tracks.
If, by any chance, you decide to try this with another car, I have all the pictures on a back up drive and can send you what ever you want to see..........
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panhard65 wrote:Is there any chance that the pictures from this thread can be found anywhere as I am going to look at a project Corvair tomorrow that has a Caddy engine and transmission in the back, but it would be nice to see what it should look like.



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hrm2k wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:29 pm I'm trying to find a new place to park some pictures and still be able to show them here.

what you see is the new grill I put together for the opening



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That is my favorite front-radiator installation I've ever seen on a Corvair. I've always thought that if I built a Corv-8 (which I hope I will do some day) I'd go with the less-than-great radiator in the engine room setup just to preserve the front end. Your setup here convinces me that a front radiator might be an option. Of course there is the pesky fact that I don't expect I'll ever be able to afford a Corv-8 that is within my abilities to fix up.... minor details! :doh:
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Thanks Trip.........I appreciate the kind words
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I found these links on another message board. While they do make all the images show up again on this site, I could not get it to work on any other site. If you follow these links and make sure to click the add incognito box, you should be able to view any of the missing photobucket images

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ix/?src=ss

or

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...a ... 9134784180
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:cool: I can see again!

:whoa: ::-): ::-): :not worthy: :clap: :clap:

This app really worked to get rid of that pesky Photobucket block that prevented images from displaying. I tested the fix using Google Chrome to try to view the Hidden VIN Locations viewtopic.php?f=51&t=3000 that had previoiusly been blocked by the new Photobucket image sharing restriction. Before installing this APP on Google Chrome, the images of the hidden VIN locations could no longer be seen because of the new Photobucket pay or be blocked by their web hosting money grab policy. Then I installed the free app, and the Photobucket block no longer worked. ALL OF THE IMAGES CAN NOW BE VIEWED AGAIN!

:link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/sear ... 9134784180

THIS ANNOYING MESSAGE IS NOW HISTORY!
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Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the board without me posting............... :nono:

The car has been off the road and up on jack stands for almost a year getting some changes made...................today was a big day !!!!!! :tu:

The Corvair is back on it's wheels and tires and ready to roll. We had already found that we didn't have any leaks or anything. It was just a matter of putting the axles back together and putting it all back on the car. One really major ( to me ) change was changing the springs in the back. We had used 300 lbs springs on the coil overs in the back. The car was slowly sinking. If you look at the pictures from last year, the rear tires are up inside the wheel wells. The new 450 lb springs raised the car back up...it also got the axles parallel to the ground. here is how it looks now

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taking it for it's first ride tomorrow...........December 19th, 60 degrees .........................film at 11


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Tell us more about your coil overs . Brand, length,compressed & extended .
Sure happy to see back on the road . Keep on go in !


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