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The Yankee Express, a Vermont Rat.
Ghostridersixseven:
With all of that power there needed to be big meats on the rear.....
Mancini Racing supplied the Leaf Spring Relocation Kit so I could move them up under the frame rails, which, along with the tubbing of the wells would give me 15 3/4" of room in the rear wells for tires. The M/T Sportsman 29.50x 15.50x15's have 13" of tread width and a section width of 15.25. Full house.
I will admit to being nervous when I first outlined the frame rail before cutting into it. This Mod is actually the very first one that I did on the car. But, it went okay, I took the new spring mounts for the front and after cutting the old frame bits away from the four bolt perch tab I welded the ne one to the side of the tab. THEN i installed the frame piece in there after bolting it up. Very strong. Piece of cake. lol.
Pictures.....
Ghostridersixseven:
Came across a few more photos that should have been included elsewhere to add context to the narrative. If you have read all of the posts up to now then you will understand the context of each photo. If not...then go back and read it...lol.
Ghostridersixseven:
The transmission is a 1974 727 automatic from behind a 440. I rebuilt it myself. It now has a spotless case, 12 spring sprag, 5 disc clutches, 4 pinion planetaries, 4.2 ratio billet steel release lever, heavy duty band, Red Eagle Racing frictions & Black Kolene Steels, new everything else and a shift kit.
The rear axle is the one that came with the car, an 8 3/4 non Sure Grip that I cleaned up and repainted. The brakes and hardware are all new. For the center pull E Brake I bought two left hand stock cables as the right one is a lot longer to reach over the drivers side where the apply cable connection sits. By using two left hand ones the cables are even length and go into the floor hump in the center of the car.
The stock exhaust manifolds dump into TTI 3" tubes and a pair of turbo mufflers to exit through the back up light holes in the bumper.
The Audi dash and door elements are a dark grey color but i'll be spraying portions in black and covering other parts in saddle color pleather fabric. Here a couple of pictures of cars from which I took inspiration for the interior scheme.
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