Nels Hb viva build

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Slow work on the headers but are coming along.

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Back in the late eighties I built a ford pop which I sold to a guy in Aussie.

He contacted me the other day and sent a couple of photos through of it all painted.

I had it finished in black primer so all he had to do was tear it down to paint an upholster.

I had it roof chopped 3 inches and we channeled the body over the frame 3 inches also.

ran a 302 Cleveland c4 and 9 inch.

Came out pretty good I thought.

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Finally got the bulk of the headers done down to the collectors.

Just need to add a bend at the bottom to make them easy to blank off and flange further in.

all brake lines also done.

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Some old photos of my first car popped up on Facebook.

was a mk1 zephyr with 289 auto and Wolseley diff.

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Now painted blue

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Here is my cheap version of header cut offs.

old school idea..weld the bolt to the rod and weld the end of the rods..cut off excess.

make up 5 mill thick circle blank off with bolt hole.

undo one nut and it’s full noise.

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Thank god the headers and pipes are finally done.

just waiting on a fine day to give them a coat of VHT Black.

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Time to start on the trans tunnel..made up a template.

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Vivas got such an awkward floor pan.

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Finally got the headers painted

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