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Old May 8, 2008 | 12:53 AM
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The carpet is finished:









Next comes the headliner:






The fire bottle is mounted and lines are run:








The lines are cleaned so they can be installed:


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Now it is time to trim and install the Percy's lexan. Note the trick riv-nuts that Harlan used:












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Very nice and clean! That fuel system and cage is worth as much as my setup
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Now we could have just made a call to Bickel and ordered up a new wish bone but in typical Harlan fashion and for a fraction of the price, everything can be ordered from McMaster Carr and fabricated in house to our specifications:











The front brakes are installed along with the freshly QC powder coated black chrome wheels:



Something I have been waiting to do for a while now is to install the hood:











More to come...



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Those pics make me wanna cry....................... I am in the wrong business. So jelous, very, very Nice!
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Nice It will be nice to see here all finished up!

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Looking good Tom! Great work done by Stenod once again. Can't wait to see it out again this season.
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wow...looks better everytime.

you have some serious coin in that car !
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very nice indeed. good luck oon the rest of build.
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Good to see the Red Rocket going back together.

What carpet is that?
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WOW.

great work and good luck with the rest of the build.



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Awesome. Are the tubs CF?
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Sweet Tommy! Can't wait to see it run!
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