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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:38 PM
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heres pics of the grille i cut for the shaker so i can cut the back out of it to replace those ugly holes they warped slightly in the laser but nothing a little finesse wont fix








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nice nice very nice
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Nice!
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thanks i think some 5.3 litre badges are what im going to be cutting next for it

this is the cad file the black is inset and would probably be white or red.the outlines are outer edges that are raised would probably be silver or black


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Also nice.
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Those are pretty cool!
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Much better im impressed!
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heres pics of the grille i cut for the shaker so i can cut the back out of it to replace those ugly holes they warped slightly in the laser but nothing a little finesse wont fix







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thanks i think some 5.3 litre badges are what im going to be cutting next for it

this is the cad file the black is inset and would probably be white or red.the outlines are outer edges that are raised would probably be silver or black

Dude that is SICK
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thanks i think some 5.3 litre badges are what im going to be cutting next for it

this is the cad file the black is inset and would probably be white or red.the outlines are outer edges that are raised would probably be silver or black

Are you sure you want "LITRE?"
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yeah thats how they did it in '77 its what you get when **** is made in canada
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That is SICK! Nice work! Would you consider making some larger inserts for my E-1 bumper? Approximately 10"x15" in the same material or thicker?
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yeah thats how they did it in '77 its what you get when **** is made in canada
haha!!!
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Yeah our cars are made in Canada, my car is the American model, the dealer I bought it from changed the speedo, I didn't know it was the American model because of the airbag symbol is different and also carfax said the car was bought in Washington state.
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That is SICK! Nice work! Would you consider making some larger inserts for my E-1 bumper? Approximately 10"x15" in the same material or thicker?
sure i need measurements a drawing would be good with thicknesses and what shape to pattern. As far as thicker material the laser melts acrilic if it is too thick but i can see what i can do
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sure i need measurements a drawing would be good with thicknesses and what shape to pattern. As far as thicker material the laser melts acrilic if it is too thick but i can see what i can do
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Originally Posted by Pauls325
yeah thats how they did it in '77 its what you get when **** is made in canada
Cool just making sure.

Originally Posted by williamGT
Yeah our cars are made in Canada, my car is the American model, the dealer I bought it from changed the speedo, I didn't know it was the American model because of the airbag symbol is different and also carfax said the car was bought in Washington state.
Anyone know how hard would it be to switch over to the Canadian (up to 220 IIRC) speedometer? Part numbers?

I know the HUD would show past 160.

USA:



Canada:

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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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i doupt these cars could get much past 160 anyway...
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I've been wanting a Canadian one for a while, would go well with turbo.
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