The Restoration of SRL311-0275

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Congrats on an absolute Stunner! New chrome on new paint... the best part of assembly!
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Great color and wheel choice. Houston to Anchorage? You must really like extreme temperatures James🥵🥶
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Thanks guys! Making progress feels good.

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Here are a few more progress photos for #275

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jamesw wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 12:15 am Did I mention that my car lives in Anchorage now? She arrived recently.

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I'm restoring and repainting the emblems and they will go back on tomorrow.

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Your profile location still says Houston, but what I really want to know is what/how you're restoring the emblems?

Oh, yeah.....looks great! :smt023

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Sand or steel wool off the corrosion, chrome polish, then repaint with a model paintbrush :-)

Here are some more progress photos for #275. Lots done and not lots left - but a lot of the small detailed stuff to do. Today was off to the upholstery shop to get the tops fitted and the interior installed.

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Looking great!
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Car is back in TX! Long story short I am working down here in TX for a while and brought the car down for the winter. She sure wouldn't get much use in Anchorage this winter! More progress photos soon.

I picked up a pair or late model Mikuni 44s :-)

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Well, good move. And I've been wining about shuffling cars into secure winter parking ----------just across town.
Score!!!! Nice Mikuni manifold. I didn't realize the L heads match the U20.
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drieseck wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:38 am Score!!!! Nice Mikuni manifold. I didn't realize the L heads match the U20.
They don't... he will have to source an intake manifold...
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I have an early Solex 2000 car - I just want to have a set of the newer carbs as they are easier to run and tune than the originals.
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jamesw wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:46 am I have an early Solex 2000 car - I just want to have a set of the newer carbs as they are easier to run and tune than the originals.
Awesome! They are hard to find... so glad I got mine 36 years ago!
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