1946 Oldsmobile 78 Reserection {my way}

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Lt1 gen 2

Before installing the sheet metal for the front clip I decided to get the motor setup one of the issues that I am trying to resolve is sense I grafted a Camaro front clip to what used to have an inline 8 I had to slide the engine back so the serpentine is directly over the crossmember so now I am having to reroute all of my belts so far I have used Alan Grove brackets for my alternator and my power steering pump next week I will install the AC compressor everything is Mountain High I have also upgraded to a better optispark system.
 

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Rigid

Here's a little side project that I've been working on it's a Santee rigid Harley Bass finishing the tanks is what I got so far think it's kind of cool
 

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Rigid

Bike is done
 

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A-arms

I am having issues with my alignment with my tubular A-arms my wheels are towed in too far shims are only going to make it worse so I decided to modify the towers as you can see the first step was to trim off all access I went down from the original holes 1/4 inch put a cut and bent it over keeping my pitch of the A-Arms correct to factory then I just built a three-sided box the last thing that I have to do is 2 inches from the holes down will be a slot that I can make my adjustment for my alignment it will have a square on the bottom of the nut like a carriage bolt facing up then I can tighten and loosen to be able to adjust my alignment I also made a new mount for the air bag bracket.
 

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I am having issues with my alignment with my tubular A-arms my wheels are towed in too far shims are only going to make it worse so I decided to modify the towers as you can see the first step was to trim off all access I went down from the original holes 1/4 inch put a cut and bent it over keeping my pitch of the A-Arms correct to factory then I just built a three-sided box the last thing that I have to do is 2 inches from the holes down will be a slot that I can make my adjustment for my alignment it will have a square on the bottom of the nut like a carriage bolt facing up then I can tighten and loosen to be able to adjust my alignment I also made a new mount for the air bag bracket.

That should fix the problem.[;) Were the tubular A arms shorter than the stock ones - maybe meant to narrow the front track with shorter lowers?
 
A-arms

Finished up with the front end made new mounts and shock relocation brackets
 

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Front Clip

Finally the front clip is on. Now the car is finally taking shape lots of work ahead fenders are rough and need a lot of work. This is going to be an awesome challenge.
 

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