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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:29 am    Post subject: Water bottle Reply with quote

We all know how yellow and nasty looking the plastic windshield water bottles get.

Here is my solution maybe someone else will find this helpful.

I took the bracket that was used to hold the old vapor canister can sand blasted it repainted and made a stainless steel water bottle to fit it.

Here is a pic of the setup if you might be intersted in doing something similar.

http://elcaminocentral.com/albums/Engine/P1010010.sized.jpg
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool Pretty neat idea! Really looks good. I also like what you did to the fan shroud! Cool How did you fasten them down?

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Neat!
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PaPa Johns' 77 wrote:
Cool Pretty neat idea! Really looks good. I also like what you did to the fan shroud! Cool How did you fasten them down?

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The strips on the fan shroud are stainless steel and held down with small stainless screws on each end.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

VERY NICE! I ALSO LIKE YOUR FAN SHROUD.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey 2-elkys, I like both items. On those shroud strips, is that something you cut up out of sheet stock? Or are they a store bought item? If so, what store? Thanks.....
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The strips for the shroud were cut from a sheet of stainless then polished.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Neat idea! When do you go into production on a mass scale?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool I hear that 87SS! I'd buy a set!

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

87SS wrote:
Neat idea! When do you go into production on a mass scale?


Not sure my boss would like that very much...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool Yeah, Bosses are kinda funny about things like that! Laugh
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