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Offline y88rick

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y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« on: July 06, 2010, 05:56:41 AM »
Alright guys you get to flip between not one but two threads to see what I am doing.
Started on the Y88 last night take a look. only got one patch done but turned out really nice.





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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2010, 06:39:35 AM »
Your a man on a mission, can't wait to see this one start to take form.
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2010, 07:32:08 AM »
that looks really good Rick nice job
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2010, 11:13:11 AM »
thanks guys
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2010, 11:36:17 AM »
Nice patch Rick.
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2010, 01:18:36 PM »
nice job...BTW what are the small access holes on the inner fender for?(with the pressed in caps)
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2010, 01:23:11 PM »
The capped holes in the trunk drop-offs are drains.
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2010, 03:38:53 PM »
No more pics?

What the!!!

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« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2010, 06:06:30 PM »
more to come i promise. bouncing back and forth between this and the 77 via my y82 thread.
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2010, 06:37:33 AM »
figured i'd share more pics with you guys. no progress on this one last night except sand blasted and etch primed the shaker base for the 77 and 78 worked more on things for the 77 to hurry and get over to the uncles house




and this is the first bezel Randy Combs ever did for me back in 2004 or i should say i won this on ebay and thats how i found him and boy did I pay out the arse for this bezel.
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2010, 11:39:33 AM »
It looks good though, at least from here. You've made some pretty substantial progress on this here TA, Rick. Good job.
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2010, 02:00:36 PM »
makin some nice progress there rick! good luck.


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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2010, 02:18:16 PM »
Looks good Rick.
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« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2010, 07:32:26 PM »
Looking Good Rick!!!
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Re: y88 Rick's offical y88 rebuild thread started 7/5/10
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2010, 09:24:07 PM »
Looks good Rick
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