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07-17-2014, 02:12 PM
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Progress!!
Dan has been doing some amazing work over the past few days.
here is the feature page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Binder-Boneyard/498310196892173 i am soooo psyched that everything is going to fit so well i'll be able to do a valve job and change the oil from inside the rig the power steering assembly and fuel filter are off to easy install ... but they fit wonderfully inside the engine bay and here are some picts of the progress so far ...     cheers geoff
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07-17-2014, 02:18 PM
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I'm such a derp. I read the title and thought Metro was a Geo Metro. I couldn't understand how one could get a 617 in a Geo Metro or why.
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07-17-2014, 02:20 PM
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OMG!!! THAT'S A STEEL METRO... what's that thing weigh? how are you tying in the diff? what ratio does it have?
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07-17-2014, 02:20 PM
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Oh wow! Looks like it fits really well.
Super-cool project!
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07-17-2014, 02:24 PM
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I can't tell from the pics... is that a shorty?
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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07-17-2014, 02:26 PM
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yeah, it was pretty amazing to hear Dan say 'wow, this may actually work'! thanks for the support!!!
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07-17-2014, 02:30 PM
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this is a 113-ish wheelbase not sure what the final weight will be ... but not tooooooo much more than the mercedes. i think we'll do 4.10s ...but still working that out.
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07-17-2014, 02:36 PM
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final product gonna look like this?
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07-17-2014, 02:37 PM
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or more like this...
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07-17-2014, 02:48 PM
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But, this one will try to remain stock height as possible. It will be 4wd when I'm done with it, so it will be a few inches taller but nothing obscene.
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07-17-2014, 02:53 PM
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It looks like you've done quite a bit of bodywork on the van so far - if I remember rightly it looks better than it did in your other threads - got any more pictures of the chassis and bodywork?
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07-17-2014, 04:51 PM
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Good memory, Stretch!
here is a thread on the binder planet: 1946 K1 Metro Restoration Thread - Binder Planet Forums it has some before/during/after shots of the body work here are a few:  the chassis is still pretty raw... and no real work has been done on the drivetrain as of yet. oh ... and to stop all the nonsense of the chopped and lowered ... here is what it will look like ... Dan convinced me to go up (a bit) with 4X4 versus go down and lower it. in an ideal world ... this is also the paint scheme i'll have  oh ... and just for reference, the 617 will have about 2X the horsepower and about 30% more torque than the original flathead 6 ... cheers and thanks to all... any comments/questions/suggesting/cynics welcome
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07-18-2014, 04:57 AM
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Shame I can't see all the pictures in that thread on the other forum (sorry I don't want to join another!) but those pictures showing the rust on the steps are pretty scary - I guess it used to move when you stepped on it (but not any more)
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07-21-2014, 01:46 PM
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yep ...
those steps got hammered day in and day out for decades! here are a few more of those 'WIP' picts of the step Mike Roth did the first whack at bodywork ... and we only had so many pictures ...    Mike was way to busy with his angle grinder to take pictures! other than those spots ... there was very very little cancer... cross my fingers that this thing will last many many more years (decades) cheers g
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