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Re: Mirage Project

Postby 77vegaproject » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:43 am

gerbsinmd wrote:I took the driver's side valve cover off, YUCK, what a mess. :shock: Before I could remove the Valve cover I had to jack the back of the car up as high as I could to get the oil to run down the drain hole on the front of the engine.... I scraped out as much of the stuff as I could, took the air compressor and blew out the drain holes cleaned it up and put it back together. Hopefully it won't smoke so bad now. In fact I bet it will run better as soon as I put the new plugs in it, maybe this weekend.


well looks like that engine had only Pennzoil run through it. lol :lol:
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:31 pm

Look what my dad made me!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Aluminum bumperettes!!!! This is soooo cool!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby 72 SS PNL » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:49 pm

we want pics of them on the car !!!

lol , they look pretty cool
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:14 pm

72 SS PNL wrote:we want pics of them on the car !!!



I want them ON the car too, but its in storage at the moment.. :( :(
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby 72 SS PNL » Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:30 am

gotta love that cold storage , lol

im so glad i never have to worry about that , easier to try and stay cool while working on cars , lol
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:02 am

Here's what else I've been working on.

Working on getting the interior in shape so that I can put it in the car and drive it. Its time to get the Mirage out and let it be seen!!!
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby marco_1978_spyder » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:30 pm

I have a set of red cloth seats from a 1980 Monza, just wasting away at storage.

Last I knew , aside from being a little dirty, they weren't ripped.

Let me know if your interested..
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:35 am

Got to spend a little time on the Mirage this weekend. Finally got the front put together, still have some aligning to do with the gaps and stuff, but it looks like a Mirage finally.
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby chevy art » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:46 am

very nice gerb. great to see you bring this old car back to life. you probably spent a tremendous amount of time and money to do job. really hope you enjoy the heck out of that nice car art
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:53 pm

Actually more time than anything. I don't have much $$$ to put into it with 3 kids, so I do things as creatively as I can.

Wow I forgot what fun these are to work on when they have A/C and the air pump on them. Took me 5 hrs to remove the A/C compressor, change the plugs and wires and R&R the valve cover on the passenger side. It too was all sludged up like the drivers side. Hopefully I got it cleaned up enough that the oill will drain back better. I will say that the miss is gone now so :dance: for that!
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:58 pm

Its licensed for the first time since 1986. I took the kids to get Ice Cream in it! What a blast! Only leak is one on the power steering, gotta let things cool off a bit before I can see if I can tighten up the line on the back of the pump.
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby monzamess » Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:57 pm

Wow, what a milestone. Congrats!
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby monza75tc » Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:16 pm

Quite a change since you got it back east from Iowa.

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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby gerbsinmd » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:35 pm

Replaced the starter in the Mirage tonight, I must say the mini-starter went in a whole bunch easier than the stock one came out.... Just need to check the gap on the ring gear and button the exhaust back up and it'll be ready to go again! :dance:
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Re: Gerb's Mirage Project

Postby bill1978v8 » Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:40 pm

your car looks good. Glad to see your driving it.
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