Whoa, cool house. Is your father an architect?
Builds "WY-REE-KA" A Ground Up 45LPB Restoration (2 Viewers)
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Whoa, cool house. Is your father an architect?
middlecalf
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There’s some serious creative skills in your family JP. Can’t wait for the SWB build!
tahoe40/45
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Nice looking house! Doesn’t look like you took a break from Cruisers, I see the SWB in the background in one of the photos. 
tahoe40/45
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Oh I get it, I just looked a little closer. Your dad is your neighbor?? That’s why i see the SWB.
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KT40
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Love the non-sheer-wall house. In CA, with that many window openings and open interior space, you would have sheer-walls and/or steel moment frames all over the place! Looks so much easier to build elsewhere.
ClemsonCruiser
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Thanks! Yes he and I were both architects, he’s retired now and I’ve been reformed for a few years
ClemsonCruiser
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Thanks Paul! The best part is with my pops now being retired he’ll be joining in on the Cruiser builds with.
ClemsonCruiser
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Good eyes Antony! Like the saying says... “there goes the neighborhood!”
ClemsonCruiser
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Yes there are some advantages to living in the South... lax building codes and more importantly no emissions testing or vehicle inspections
landcrusher909
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Great to see you've seen the light. I doubt a Clemson Fan could have pulled off the resto the way a Reformed True Trojan fan did. @daniel.watters Your next LOLThanks! Yes he and I were both architects, he’s retired now and I’ve been reformed for a few years
Architecs never retire .... never... never ....Thanks! Yes he and I were both architects, he’s retired now and I’ve been reformed for a few years
(looks good the hut
).....same as me ... always on the hunt
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Hey JP, @ClemsonCruiser
This build of yours is unbelievable, One of the very few I had my wife read......you gotta read what this guy has done!!
I was intrigued that you found the clear (yellow) fuel line. I never even thought that it was available. Do you have any tips on installing the line to the double nutted union? I know the second nut is smooth on the inside and probably just compresses over the fuel line, but would like to hear your thoughts (while I'm waiting for the fuel line to come.
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Paul
This build of yours is unbelievable, One of the very few I had my wife read......you gotta read what this guy has done!!
I was intrigued that you found the clear (yellow) fuel line. I never even thought that it was available. Do you have any tips on installing the line to the double nutted union? I know the second nut is smooth on the inside and probably just compresses over the fuel line, but would like to hear your thoughts (while I'm waiting for the fuel line to come.
Thanks,
Paul
There is a conical split spring ring in the second nut. When you press the nut on the ring it crimps and secures the hose. It is still in your nut.
Thanks Paul @hdjtachtig ,
So can explain the procedure....do I leave the split ring inside the nut, put the fuel line inside this nut and then compress it onto the barb? Or remove the split ring, put it on the hose and then compress the outside nut on the split ring?
So can explain the procedure....do I leave the split ring inside the nut, put the fuel line inside this nut and then compress it onto the barb? Or remove the split ring, put it on the hose and then compress the outside nut on the split ring?
ClemsonCruiser
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Thanks for the kind words Paul. You are lucky to have a wife that would browse through 22 pages of a Cruiser build!
Paul explained the process pretty well above. However I found with the yellow fuel line I used that the outer diameter of the tubing was slightly less than OEM so I had to used a little pvc tape to "thicken" the diameter and then the compression nut held snugly.
Yes remove the splitring and put that on first. Been there last week. We found blank fuel line. Also needed some tape
Thanks guys @ClemsonCruiser & @hdjtachtig ..... appreciate the information and the heads up on the tape.
Fantastic read. It was like watching a David Fincher production, methodical and always period correct.
