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Car has been delivered it was delivered on 9/25/11. Still waiting to get pictures from someone’s camera to add up here.
10/2/11 I labeled and took off the aluminum panels, in my excitement I forgot to trace out where the frame sat on a couple of them no big deal though I think I will easily add those when I go to install them.
10/3/11 My father and I got to working on the front suspension. That little rear nut for the upper control arm is a fun one! We actually went to the store to ...

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With the body buck complete, it was time to move the body off of the chassis this weekend. I kept an eye on the weather, because a tropical storm in Mexico had been causing high winds. Saturday morning the weather was perfect, so I called Ryan over to help Zac and I move the body.

[I]While I unbolted the body from the chassis, Ryan and Zac moved the buck into the back yard.[/I]
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The plan was to get the body buck in the backyard, ...

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Finally managed to get around to ordering the kit. After attending the open house this year and drinking some FFR Kool Aid I can finally say we've ordered the kit.

With everything else going on in life, the order process was over in about 2 minutes and the trumpets and fanfare that I could hear in my end while I was talking to Jason kind of fizzled out. The order process was so simple it was kind of a let down. I guess spending nearly 4 years reading and planning paid off.
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I have finally worked my way through all of my FFR boxes and taken inventory on all parts. I unpacked each box one at a time, checked off the items on the packing list, taped the boxes back up, and labeled the outside of each of what is inside so that it is easier to identify each box.

I also removed the hood, doors, and trunk, and unpacked the hood scoop. The main body will be stored outside in the heat on a body buck, but I didn't want to worry about the hood and other loose parts ...

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I got a 90gt as a donor and I assumed it was a World Class T5 (because of the year). Well, today we got to tearing it down and it is some sort of frankenstein t5...some parts look like world class while others appear non-world class...definitely not the stock tranny. Definitely been taken apart before and not put back together very well. Base tranny I would say is NWC based on the case.

Last week (before the teardown started), I picked up a t5 from an S10 off craigslist in order ...