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There's a car show in La Grange Saturday so I'm trying to get most of the interior in today! Got the carpet cut to size & working to get the seats in. It won't be trimmed out properly for the show but you won't be able to tell with the doors closed! I really built this car to take to shows & now... no shows! I cry!!!

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Well... 2020 strikes again! I let the upholsterer talk me into putting too much foam in my seats & that didn't work out so... took it back to him to redo & he'll be finished today. Like lil Roseanna Danna said... "It's always something"!

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Finally legal!!!

I'm on the verge of installing the interior (I want to finish a few more things under the dash before I put the carpeting & seats in for real). Once I do, I'm gonna post a bunch of new magazine style photos. Until then here's the bench seat sitting inside!

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Closer still! I've always used Peel & Seal & this is no exception! Got the floors & behind the seat done, wires to the back taped down & the carpet to the basic shape. Gonna glue the carpet down in spots & install the seat! Overcast & raining here so it's a perfect day for working in the shop & blasting some moldy goldy oldies!

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When I went into town for the car show on Saturday, I realized I had a low rear gear ratio in my quick change which sucks on the highway with a 3 speed automatic so I swapped gear sets today. Went from the 3.77:1 to a 2.19:1. I was doing 3 grand at 65-70mph with the 3.77 & will be doing 2 grand at 75-80 with the 2.19! Big difference!!! The big Nailhead has so much torque it would pull a 1:1 no problem!
 

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That's what is nice about a quickie. Besides, they look really cool. Can you hear it whine?

Luckily mine doesn't whine! With the 2.19 gear set it has a slight whine when you hit 70mph but goes away a couple mph's past that! I've heard people report their QC howls so I feel lucky!

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