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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #60 on: December 15, 2017, 11:41:13 AM »
Very nice. Gonna pick me up a pair!
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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #61 on: January 10, 2018, 08:24:15 AM »
Thanks for posting all the photos of your great project. it's really looking fantastic.  its odd I bought the same exact Lokar hood prop and have sat several nights looking at it knowing it should work but not sure what to do. I have a Gen 1 and I never got any type of hood prop. was almost afraid I"d be carrying a broom stick with me.  Love the color too. Also thank you for ideas about the headlite gasket. i'm just starting the body work and i'm slow as molassas.
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Park/Turn Signal Lens Color
« Reply #62 on: January 31, 2018, 09:03:33 PM »
The park/turn signal lenses provided with HM-2018 are amber in color. I would rather they be clear, rather  than amber against the grey body color. I have looked at both CSX and SF cars and see they have clear lenses. Are there any Hurricane cars with clear lenses?
If you have clear lenses, were you able to purchase only the lens without the base?

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9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: Park/Turn Signal Lens Color
« Reply #63 on: February 01, 2018, 08:08:29 AM »
The park/turn signal lenses provided with HM-2018 are amber in color. I would rather they be clear, rather  than amber against the grey body color. I have looked at both CSX and SF cars and see they have clear lenses. Are there any Hurricane cars with clear lenses?
If you have clear lenses, were you able to purchase only the lens without the base?

Russ C.

https://www.csxparts.com/p-810-light-lucas-539c-front-parkturn-clear-light-289.aspx
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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #64 on: February 01, 2018, 06:31:48 PM »
Bob,
Thanks for the link. I will be putting those on my wish list.

How's the car coming along?

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HM-2018 - build has started
427/451 FE Side Oiler + TKO-600 0.82
9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #65 on: March 14, 2018, 08:24:17 PM »
HM-2018 is ready to go through registration process.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f9bqnnjcho8hbx9/AACs1OGA12jQUizXqqBT044sa?dl=0
HM-2018 - build has started
427/451 FE Side Oiler + TKO-600 0.82
9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #66 on: March 14, 2018, 10:07:23 PM »
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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #67 on: March 15, 2018, 05:57:18 AM »
Really nice car.

Hope the registration process is easier than it was for me.

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #68 on: March 15, 2018, 11:18:19 AM »
Russ,
I am hoping the Nebraska Legislature is successful in passing a new Legislative Bill LB909 to remove the need to send proof of ownership to the State so they can issue a seperate Nebraska assigned VIN for the car. The new bill also strikes the "kit" car description and replaces it with "replica" and the year it represents.  The car will then be tiled as a 1965 replica and be taxed as a 1965.
The Legislative session ends on April 15th and I hope our dear friend Senetor Earnie Chambers from North Omaha doesn't try his usual filibuster to stop progress.

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427/451 FE Side Oiler + TKO-600 0.82
9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #69 on: March 16, 2018, 05:50:55 AM »
Hope that all works out.

TexasDMV changed the laws from the time I bought my car from Hurricane until I registered it.  It is registered as a 2017 Assembled Vehicle Replica of a 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C built from a Hurricane Motorsports 1965 Roadster 427 S/C.  My insurance say 1965 Hurricane 427.  I have to meet 1965 safety regs but am exempt from emissions regs.  I had to pay sales taxes on the base price of the kit when I registered it.  Total was about $1450 with all the taxes and fees.  We only pay yearly registration fees which is about $80.

BTW, wife and I drove mine to go see my mother for her 91st birthday yesterday.  About 150 miles round trip.  Took the windey long way to get there through our hill country.  Really nice trip.

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #70 on: March 16, 2018, 12:14:56 PM »
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BTW, wife and I drove mine to go see my mother for her 91st birthday yesterday.  About 150 miles round trip.  Took the windey long way to get there through our hill country.  Really nice trip.

Russ

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #71 on: March 16, 2018, 10:17:39 PM »
Russ,
I wanted to drive the cobra down to Missouri to take my Mother for a ride. Unfortunatly she passed just before Christmas at '82'. She would have enjoyed that windey road.
Two years ago, at '80', my Mother was upset at the local Chevy dealer, because they wouldn't point out to her where the oil drain plug was on her new pickup truck. She traded that truck off for a Ford with stipulation that they show her where the drain plug is located. She got a lot of satisfaction out of changing her own engine oil. :)
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HM-2018 - build has started
427/451 FE Side Oiler + TKO-600 0.82
9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread - Door Check Stops
« Reply #72 on: March 17, 2018, 05:39:46 PM »
Worked on installig door check stops today. I have been using a piece of split rubber fuel line tubing placed over the door opening edge to keep the door hinge from contacting the finished body and chipping the paint.
I know this solution isn't authentic to the original cas, but fuel EFI, HEI and heated seats aren't either.
I purchased 2" wide flat webbing material from Strapworks.com for $0.69/ft. This webbing comes in about every imaginable color.
I heated my rat-tale file to melt the holes for the bolts and to "coterize" the cut ends of the webbing to prevent it from fraying.
Here are some pics I took during the install.

HM-2018 - build has started
427/451 FE Side Oiler + TKO-600 0.82
9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #73 on: March 17, 2018, 05:43:01 PM »
More pics of the door check stop install. I ordered 10', but only used 2' of the webbing. Here is what I have left. If anyone wants it I will put it back in the padded envelope and send it to you.
HM-2018 - build has started
427/451 FE Side Oiler + TKO-600 0.82
9" solid axle 3.50:1 limited slip
Willwood 12.25" New brakes
15" Vintage Wheels - pin drive

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Re: HM-2018 Build Thread
« Reply #74 on: March 18, 2018, 06:09:43 AM »
Nice work on the door check straps.

I enjoyed your story about your mother and the Chevy dealership and buying a Ford.

My grandmother lived to be 100 and died in 1997.  When she was 85 she was at KMart with my mother and aunt.  She wanted to buy a push lawn mower to mow her grass.  She lived alone until just a couple of weeks before she died.  My mother and aunt said not just no but "hell no" you have great grandkids that would break a leg to mow your grass.  She said "fine, take me home".  When she got home, she called my uncle and got him to take her back to KMart and she bought that lawn mower.  That little woman could get that thing started (pull start) and push it around and mowed her grass for a good number of years.  BTW, her mother lived to be 98.  My mother is 91 and lives alone.  Hope I got some of those genes.
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