Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

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Good thing I have one of these I bought ages ago not thinking I was going to need it.

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But - it has to be cleaned up and painted before it goes on.
So, take the fiber wheel to it and Voila....cleaned up.

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Next is to get some primer and paint on it and install.

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Got the dog bone bracket painted up and installed along with the shifter box and rods.

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Also cleaned up the yoke and put it in the tailshaft as I'll be putting fluid in it next.

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Today I wanted to get the shifter boot mounted.
Since I have a pistol grip handle that is designed to go into the bayonet style shifter box I have to mount the handle in the boot, then push the handle into the box.
But there was some difficulty in that, so I pulled out the isolator to see if all the bits were there.
Well, whoever had this shifter box before made a mess of trying to shove the handle in.

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The piece on the left is supposed to look like the one beside it.
That was in the bottom of where the handle gets mounted.
Whoever must have forced the handle so much that the plate got mangled and shoved to the bottom.
Anyway - got a new kit on order from Brewers.

Moving on to my Weld rims - the backside of them looked terrible.

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Well, a little bit of spit and polish using this stuff.

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They turned out like this..

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Not bad - but not as nice as the front.

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Next I bought these to put into the unused lugnut holes.

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Here they are installed.

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Finally, I put some temporary front tires on the car as it will be coming off the stands right after the steering column goes in.

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They are some old Uniroyal Tiger Paws 225-70-15's on a 15x6.5 Rallye rims.
I had those tire on the back of my 1976 Volare Road Runner back in the day.
I do have Welds for the front - they are the narrow front runners.
I want to polish them up before they go on the car.