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  1. JOHN HOPKINS

    JOHN HOPKINS God Rules!

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    hey i finally finished porting my heads and now all i have to do is get the machine shop to tap it and cut it for the guide plates and studs. i finally moved back home and i have my comet at the house, so its only taken me 5 years and about 2 hours to do my heads lol. still need a driver door and front grille(thanks to some one in a trailer, i assume looking at the way it was dented. it was parked out of the way at my friends shop) he scored a t5 freshly rebuilt for me for 200 bucks, told me this lady he knows was having a garage sale on this saturday coming up. apparently her husband left her and had the trans rebuilt for his stang, and umm i guess he left to soon, and left it behing, darn the luck:dance: of course i still need to find a better rear end and drive shaft and alot of other little things, but i'm excited, i'm closer to seeing my lil cyclone on the road.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    head porting takes time and patience....but you might have set a record :p
     
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    slow progress is better than no progress:thumbs2:
     
  4. JOHN HOPKINS

    JOHN HOPKINS God Rules!

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    just found out today that it will be $125.00 to cut and tap my heads from a machine shop, is that a good price???????
     
  5. JOHN HOPKINS

    JOHN HOPKINS God Rules!

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    well i decided to open a machine shop, a few other motor heads and i that is. going to finish my own heads, had to order my drill bits so Lord willing i'll finish them by the weekend. hopefully in the next few months will start doing machining for profit. new adventure. i've wanted to have a automotive speed shop for years, so it begins!!!!
     

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