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  1. 1st Mod Started

    Working on the 1st mod today. Cleaning and boxing up the Transmission from the donor car. Sending it to Modern Driveline to retrofit the T5 tail housing with an S10 . This will allow the shifter to move forward on the transmission tunnel
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  2. Factory Tour

    Had a great time meeting Dave Smith at the tour.

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    Welding Jig
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    Cutter out of fiberglass parts
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    Other parts
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    Ready for shipment
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  3. Engine Rebuild - 10/24/08 - 11/24/08

    Adding parts as they came in

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  4. Engine Rebuild - 10/16/08

    Decided to go with a 302/347 Stroker

    Came back from the machine shopp looking have naked

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  5. Disassembly of the donor - 07/26/08

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    With a little help from members of [URL="http://www.capitalareacobraclub.com/"]http://www.capitalareacobraclub.com/[/URL] we got it done in fine time

    Removed the engine and Transmission. Sold the the rest of the car.
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