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Been done. By privateers and a company called Z Therapy. I have seen a blue one personally and up close it looks damn good. Made me want to chop the top of mine. Borrowed a copy of the video that shows the procedure. Not a complicated matter. Z Therapy had templates for sale to make it easier but I hear that folks have been having problems getting ahold of them. The kit is actually very ingenious. It uses the top, cut at about eight inches in front of the hatch hinge. Cut along the sides and slid back. the hatch is cut at the back and reskined. One does have to fab the very back hatch rail but if you have a shrinker/stretcher its a cake walk. You wind up with an actual trunkthat opens and latches.

I have been watching you guys. I work for the "other" guys. I read that Sikorsky was opening an engineering office in Ft. Worth TX. Made the "other" guy kinda upset. I think it is awesome. Competition drives the wage up especially when they are across the street from each other. Im very glad to hear about the new openings. Sikorsky is due. Thanks for the link. Mabie we will see each other soon.

Pop em with the welder! It's there, it works and you aren't after beauty. Start at the edge and pop it across. Look for good tack both sides. If one was a master welder, one would use a circular patterm with a quick stroke. Dont try and pile up a volcanic bead. You will just have to grind it off and the heat build up could warp an area. One thing you dont want to do is line up on the hole. The wire goes right into it doing nothing but pissing you off. Start at the edge. All you need is a fairly decent bead that spans both sides that when ground still holds. Captain putty will do the rest. Give it a shot. What do you have to lose? Also unless the car is comming completely apart, I dont think you want to be swinging a torch around and dripping molten solder on your booties. Believe it or not, I inquired to a friend that just got out of the body working industry after many years of experience. He said that the shop would countersink the holes generously and hit them with captian putty ensuring good pass through. He saw my wide eyes and stated that the modern fillers can handle it. I welded mine thank you!

Was born in Japan "in the day". Was there the first three years of my life and me knees are still aching! Chair? What chair? Maybe we should wait untill you get moved in? Particulars?

I send you check now. But oops, when check jet there, me put decimal in wrong place. No prob you send me check for overage, and you keep my check. This save time. Dude....dont touch it.

Use Z seats!! Just move in?

Doc you are the man! I hadn't thought that one can get away with that kind of lift with a roller set up but, I hadnt ever heard of .600 lift as mild. I think that would be "Doc" mild. Im very old school with the flat tappet set with a cam grind at .495 but trying to make up for it in duration. Is it true that duration can be very benificial where more lift can sometime net less gains. Including RPMs? Any how, when I get home today Im going to be "mild" and enjoy some Canadian Whiskey. Normally I would go for a Martini. You rule Doc!

Mild .600 lift!!

Yes a very serious condition known as purple mushroom.

Lived in Ft. Worth for six years. Built a lot of jets. The Z I have I bought in Irvine Tx. While leaving the city with my Z catch, a beautiful red Z strolled by. I almost crashed with my head spun around. It looked just like what I had in mind ! Yet me like Ft. Worth. The city was very good to me. Hey Cody, I used to skydive in Forney TX. Went to a few parties there as well! Amarillo is less than five hours drive to DFW. Looking forward to bringing the car back to it's home town for a visit.

Owned a 1966 289 HiPo in 1976 while in High school.. That little motor would chew up any new Trans Am, Firebird, Mustang that all of the jocks in school tooled around in. It was a spunky little bastard and the rear end was low for go. Sitting in the relatively light 66 Galaxie, and or course it was red, made it a light to light terror. Dozens of victims would stare into the engine bay with their mouths a gape in disbelief. "A 289"! I loved that. Most would try to guess what was under the hood. "351"? "Ah.... 390"? Hell with the gearing I had this little turd would wax both thoes engines. Even in a galaxie. Done it many times. I told myself years later after owning many muscle cars that if I ever got the chance to build a 289 HiPo, that I would give it everything possible, within the boundries of a solid tappet motor, that it coild get. Next was finding a lightweight frame, also what the motor wanted, that if possible could hang a corner. Thats how I was introduced to the Z. An engine builder actually mentioned it and HybridZ to me. Started reading Hybrid Z and the rest is current history (in the making). You see which comes first, the chicken or the egg? For me, I came to the beloved Z with a motor. Not the other way around. I love my Z and I haven't even driven yet. Yet..........

That sucks! Now I feel bad. I'm going home. Stay warm yall!!!

Im all over it! Im on the way to the ranch as we speak. I'll start with some martinis. Next I'll brew up some mash. Mike........I need to party with you!

Yep "drop a tree fitty in er"! Mike has this one. Unless one is truly looking for a challenge just for the sake of "because it's there". Go with tried and true. It will go like hell and start every day. Opps....I just tripped over another 350 that fell out of that darned ol tree! You know, the fitty tree. Once they fall off of the fitty tree, they are called tree fitties.

If I was to jump into my pool right now I would probably break my neck. Seen the weather lately? Hockey any one?

How about a crate engine with light mods. Indestructable, fast, cheap. And how about the distributor? Too bad you couldn't have snatched the other deal!

Yep I'll buy that. But isn't that a reason to keep it simple, raise the LCA pivot point to the point of greastest bump steer elimination. I mean, keep the pivot point "laterally" the same. Bring the LCA parallel to the steering arm, and gain camber adjustment at the top of the strut. Simple and adjustable. I feel fortunate that Im setting mine up for the street. All I asked of it was bump steer reduction and some camber adjustability to get the nose set for "stern" turning. I have my LCA piviot point center raised at .440 or approximately 7/16 of an inch. Looks sorta like a snowman when viewed front to back. I did not slot it, but may. I liked the capture that I got. If you are going to get aggressive you may need more, but maybe not. I here that all frames are not created equal. Where did I hear that Jon? You might want to make sure that you have as much adjustability as possible.

I have three quotes now for a good paint job but not necessarily show quality. Car delivered to them with no noted blimishes. Wet sanding, buffing included. delivered with no notable defects. No clear. 3200.00, 3700.00, 3800.00 Im not painting this car myself, period. I have enough blood on it as it is. Yep....still shoping around. Getting close now.

Try this one on for size. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=103886

While we are talking about it, here is a T-5 history link that provides a good deal of info about the T-5 in general. http://moderndriveline.tripod.com/moderndriveline/id14.html

There you go. I think we should do a Hybrid Z jam! If I get to go, I will bring me axe. I bang a five string. Me likes it low!

Yep. Zackly. The misses trains Morgan horses so we needed the land. There is a chicken coop on the property as well. I had originally planned to turn the coop into a sound studio. Brilliant!!! Spent a year renovating the barn, sprinkler system, pool, yard, house and equipment. After that I lost the thrill for any more building. Last year sold all of the studio equipment and stage sound gear to a Mariachi band. And I spent it on Z parts. Brilliant!!!! I still have my axe and thump on it now and then. As stated before, Ive been on some big stages, played and recorded alot of music. Wouldn't have missed my shot at the lights for any thing. Been there done that. I could tell you a million gig stories, had fun too. Would not repeat it though. Wife doesn't believe it when I say that, but it's true. I'll jam with any one any time however. The rest......is work.

Well, well. We have alot incommon after all. When I finally stopped playing on the road I also built a nice studio in Washington. Made aliving for a while doing demos. When I moved to Ft. Collins Colorado, I had a studio at home and a mobile recording company that did live recordings for producers. Up and comming bands needed live four song CDs to add to their press package. I made about 100.00 dollars per song. The bummer was I was so anal about the recording quality that it was not uncommon to spend 40 hours editing on a single CD. Thats about a buck an hour. It was fun to watch the bands listen to their demos. They would usually say stuff like "damn, I had no idea we sounded that good"! Trust me they didn't. If a guitar player missed a chord some where in a song, I would hunt down the same chord lick elsewhere in the tune and paste it in the bad spot, blend it a touch and whamo instant perfect player. As you did Mike, just last year, sold it all. Same deal, let it go for near nothing. About 17,500 worth for, get this, 4000.00. My wife about had a fit. I told her Im done with it. Keeping it any longer would just make it worth less later. I did keep the digital recording equipment. I use Roland 16 track units that are midi sync together. I also kept the ADAT cause every once and a while I would get an editing request that would be shipped to me in ADAT format. I do miss it but like you, Im glad I survived it!

Ha ha ha.... That is pretty funny. But you know what. It has been my experience that the drummer and the bass are very much part of each other. When ever we practiced in the studio, the drummer (Rodney Landert) was always on time and the guitar players were always late. Many a time we would jam together just me and him. When ever I was learning a new tune I would use the kick drum as my guide. Bass is a percussion instrument with tone in my opinion. Ever watch a jam session? The bass and drummer usually watch each other. BTW I hate bass solos, love the drum solos!!!!

Since all of my tools were stolen a few years back, I have used Harbor Freight a whole bunch. Couldn't afford to replace the original stuff. I have spent in excess of three thousand dollars in less than three years with them. And if you know H/F, thats a lot of tools! As an example...a 16 ton hydralic tube bender weighing more than 150lbs. Shipped to the door in 6 days for nine dollars and ninety eight cents shipping cost. Try and ship it back at UPS for that! Of the hundreds of tools that I have ordered on line, they have back ordered me one time for one item, a wrench set (metric). Thats my experience with them.