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Johnny M - E-car build tread

Plate wall looks great.

My dad would be happy to see a little piece of his life in Ireland. He had a strong love of Ireland. The plates that say RAH 8 were from his last car before he passed away. It was a Lincoln Mark VIII. The RAH are his initials.

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"RapidRabbit" said:
Plate wall looks great.

My dad would be happy to see a little piece of his life in Ireland. He had a strong love of Ireland. The plates that say RAH 8 were from his last car before he passed away. It was a Lincoln Mark VIII. The RAH are his initials.

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Yea, one mistake i made is i should have gotten each of you to sign the plates before sending them. Would've been a cool personal touch. And The RAH plate is more or less in front of my face every time i leave my garage and i often wondered what it stood for…..thanks for letting me know and its an honour to have your dads plate on my wall.
 
Hey Johnny, why don't you start a new thread and have everyone that sent you a plate include their personal story?
 
A few random pics.

Got this cool framed pic from my bro for christmas.


My bro also made me a calendar which shows the whole 6 year build through each month. Here are some of the months.









Merino wool wash mitt which needs to be combed regularly....Jenny thinks i have lost it.



Out in the winter sunshine to let her breath and run her up.


The inside of my garage doors from inside the sting.
 
"ZFORCE" said:
Hey Johnny, why don't you start a new thread and have everyone that sent you a plate include their personal story?
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I can't recall all the ones I donated, I think a Kentucky, Indiana and an Illinois. The Illinois plate with the Cardinal is off of the 92 T-Bird my parents bought new. It was my mom's car until she died, then my dad gave it to me and I passed it on to my son. It's currently sitting in my backyard... my mom was a grandma and preferred to be called "Nana" so the T-Bird is affectionately known as the "Nana-Bird" They chose the Cardinal plate because the car is a red Bird.

Your car is AWESOME DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thum :thum :thum :thum :thum :thum
 
I forgot to mention, one of the plates I sent you was from my first car......................


It was a camaro!

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I love the build thread and progress Johnny. I can remember watching you start to build this car long before we had one. The calendar from your brother is a nice touch, very cool. Hats off to you- you've done it and done it right! :thum
 
Ps, where did you find the door to body-jamb rubber grommet/boot? I can't find those anywhere, I think I am looking for the wrong thing?
 
"82firebird" said:
Ps, where did you find the door to body-jamb rubber grommet/boot? I can't find those anywhere, I think I am looking for the wrong thing?
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I looked at buying some new OEM ones from BMW/Ford/etc but the prices were shocking. So I went to a junk yard where they let me pick over the scrap cars myself...I was able to get 4-5 good sets in different lengths and diameters then test fitting while opening and closing the door...unfortunately it's a PITA. If you want I can take a rough measurements of what I used which will save you some time.
 
It's summer and the stang is back out of hibernation.
 

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So I got my car back from the mechanic on friday morning. He installed a new carb, tuned it and went bumper to bumper checking my work. He found and fixed a few small problem which would've turned into big problems at some stage. Its amazing the things you notice with a car on a lift as apposed to lying under it on Jack stands.

We had a good turn of weather(70f/20C) and tried to clock up as many miles as possible. I managed about 100 miles and the car behaved very well. The only big problem I still have is heat soak on the starter motor when it is hot. I have FPA ceramic coated long headers, i called FPA and asked which starter will fit with their headers and they said the Powermaster 9406 only. Spent over $500 buying one and guess what!!!!! It doesn't fit. Called FPA to tell them and they said "our other customers said it works" Called Powermaster and they said " :dun"........... :rr

A friend also took some good pictures with a proper camera.

I still have a few small things to sort out. I tried to calibrate the speedo but it seems it is not getting a signal...and finally I need to get the fuel gauge calibrated/working.

I have been asked to drive a friend to his wedding in June so I need to iron out these last few problems.

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Johnny,
The car looks great...........but as you would expect me to say, that last pic would look so much better if you had say 4-5 very HOT Irish chicks standing around your car wearing some of Sybil's naughty garments.

Next time? Please?
 
"cmayna" said:
Johnny,
The car looks great...........but as you would expect me to say, that last pic would look so much better if you had say 4-5 very HOT Irish chicks standing around your car wearing some of Sybil's naughty garments.

Next time? Please?
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Craig,
Dont worry, the "linda vaughn" style shoot is on the way.

In the mean time here is more car.
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