Paul's 1967 Restoration

by **pdub** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:49 pm

Just for you Robert, Getting my brake springs ready for Pebble Beach :lol:

by **pdub** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:16 pm

Summer is great. I get home from work and have some light in the evenings to work on Rat Patrol. I've included a few shots of the front end coming together. I had a tie rod end with damaged threads and a spare drag link. I used the method Robert told me about. You just take a dremmel with a cutting wheel on it and grind the factory dimpled metal away. then just unscrew the cap off. I switched the ball from the extra tie rod and reassembled it. Just screw the cap back on and re-dimple the metal.

by **moore_rb** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:07 am

It's looking awesome, Paul !

Those wheel bearing lock rings went out in the mail today 8-)

by **RiverPatrol** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:00 pm

Nice work. Looking good.

by **Esteban** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:44 pm

RiverPatrol wrote:Nice work. Looking good.

X2

Work and pictures look amazing. :clap:

by **miller** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:20 pm

Looking fantastic mate! Well done.

by **moore_rb** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:20 pm

pdub wrote:Summer is great. I get home from work and have some light in the evenings to work on Rat Patrol

You have no idea how much I hate you... :lol:

I get home from work and it's still 105F out.... :evil:

by **pdub** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:19 pm

Got my new shock absorbers in the mail today

I had read on this forum that KYB # 343219 fits the patrol. I wanted to be sure so I contacted KYB, gave them my stock shock measurements and in fact they did verify 343219 as a good number. I got a great deal from Summit Racing. The order for 4 shocks with shipping only $89.00. All I had to do is peel off the sticker and paint them gloss black as I found some intact paint on my old one that was gloss black.

by **pdub** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:36 am

Just finished the bell housing. Took it completely apart after pressure washing off all the years of gunk on it. I then cleaned and greased all the rods. Now everything moves nice with no binding :dance:

by **moore_rb** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:19 pm

Beautiful....

Tomorrow, could you drive over to Phoenix and do mine...?

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Pleeeeeeeaaasse...? :lol:

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