Sunday, January 10, 2010

GN Update for New Year

Just a quick update and a bunch of pictures from Ken's Klassics.

Grand National New Year Update


The first bunch of pictures is a bunch of parts. The first picture is of the coil pack bracket and mount, freshly powdercoated. The next is a new belt tensioner, then a radiator cap, valve cover breathers, Optima Red Top battery, then some more stainless lines.

The next set is of my new Champion intake. Fully ported and polished, it's quite the nice piece. Then there are some more of the stainless fuel lines, sun visors, battery mount, heater hoses and valve, a map light, and shifter console.

The next few pictures are a test-fit of the rear wheel and then of the Nitto Invo tires I chose.

A turbo pipe adapter, few clamps, air filter, and a remote oil cooler (that we're not going to use) follow. The wrapped pipe is a 4" polished aluminum RJC intake pipe.

The next group of pictures is of the stereo equipment I got. Didn't go crazy, just an Alpine deck and some nice Boston component fronts and regular rears.

The front left fender has been a real problem to find one nice enough for this restoration. The original fender from the car had been in an accident and wasn't very straight. The fender from the parts car had been torched. I've been buying a ton of parts from Brian Weaver (Gbodyparts) and asked him to find me a nice fender. He had a good one but someone accidentally shipped it to Utah instead of Wisconsin, so somewhere between North Carolina, Utah, then back to NC, then to Wisconsin, it was damaged a little in shipping. Brian made it right on the pricing and Ken's made it right with their impeccable body work.

THe next set is the front of the car and doors mocked up before primer and paint. The interior is pretty much completed at this point too.

The next few pictures are of the custom downpipe, powdercoated pedals, master cylinder mount, sun visor mounts, the Tial wastegate, and then the AMS-1000 boost controller. The next pictures are of the remaining unpainted body parts primed and ready to paint. They were scheduled to be painted on Friday.

The next 3 pictures are of some parts that Ken's sent to a Zinc plater. The next 2 are the current state of the engine compartment. Things are just mocked up and nothing has been clamped down. We decided to go back to a rebuilt powermaster system for the brakes... the new unit is pictured next. The last picture is the parts back from the Zinc plater. Makes a huge difference.

We're just a few fuel fittings, a trans pan, trans cooler, catalytic converter, and a few other parts away from starting this beast. Those said parts have been ordered and should be delivered soon.

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