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here is my newest little find.Yep it's going in this rod! [dr
 

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Those speedos are cool and way spendy! There's at least one white face one on ebay right now. Cool find. Congrats[cl
 
I have been doing some work on the floor and the tunnel. I did put a drive line safety loop in . I am finding out that there isn't a whole lot of foot room. My size 14 right is kind of overlapping my size 14 left.
 

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working on the interior. I put some sound deadner in it ,it is the roofing stuff. Now when I hit my head while working in the tight spaces no one can hear it.
 

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One thing this build is teaching me is how to be creative. Had to build a brake peddle in order to clear the way for the steering shaft and clear the valve cover. which turned into moving the master cylinder over.[S But I think i got it worked out now.
 

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just a quick update on the build, been working on the front spring mount and the steering box, and I did do bushings through the frame for the steering box.
 

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The steering arms just don't bolt on to a 42/48 ford axle, But you can make them work.
 

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Got the axle mounted in. No issues so not much to say about it.
 

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Looking good! That spring is pretty stout. I don't think the spring off my AA axle had that many leaves...
 
Update and what I have gotten done while being snowed in. Ordered a header kit from Summit. I had to build them because no one makes headers for a 440.
 

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