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1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0639   Well no work on the dragster today, we moved it out into the rain to give us room to work on the 49.

1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0640   Work started by cleaning the floor, some antifreeze was spilled out of the coolant system on the dragster when we moved it, no, during the season there is no antifreeze in the system when it goes down the track, but with the winters here in the north I do put antifreeze in the system.

First step was to unpack the body of the gasser from the trailer.
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Out comes the body
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1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0650   The true success of the Car Nuts is the quality of the food served.

1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 49 floating   The body is lifted off its dolly; the body was so light that it wanted to float away.

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Let’s set it on the frame to see how far off we are ( there is that fat old guy again, he keeps sneaking in to these pictures).
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1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0656    Well it is sitting on the mock up block with six inches still to go to the frame.

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1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0680   Time to break out the blue tip wrench to make some room, this was done three times to try and cut as little as possible. The entire firewall will be replaced when we get to it for real

Time to admire our work, it is on the frame
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Lets bolt the body to the frame for the trip back to storage.
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I think the stance is just perfect.
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Cell phones are a constant distraction
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1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0689   Back it goes into the trailer, real work can not start on it until the blower, and injection is figured out on the dragster. I want to be ready to start testing as soon as the track opens in the spring. Even my wife is into it (well after all the car is being built for her to run down the track, that is her pushing in the white on the left

1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0706   Well it is all stuffed back into the trailer until we can get working on it

1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0714Well guys, I cannot tell you how grateful I am to your help.

 

 

 

 

1949 Chevrolet Gasser Progress 2012 12 08 DSC_0716    The wife (the better half) is now happy as her car is back in the garage for the second winter in a row!

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