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Originally posted by kirkwood kirkwood wrote:

That is interesting. Machine wheel equipped AMX and Javelin used the E78. D series are pretty small tires that were used on gremlins and hornets. If i had to guess I'd say E78 is correct.


I'll have to dig out some of my hardcopy info.  From what I saved from an old discussion, there was some discussion that the E60-15 has an OD of 25 1/2".  An E78-14 has an OD of 26".  A D78-14 has an OD of 25 1/2".  The case was made that the D78 would be a better choice if you wanted to save your clutch packs in the differential.
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Wonder why the spare is 14". Machine wheels are 15".

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Originally posted by Rebel Machine Rebel Machine wrote:

Wonder why the spare is 14". Machine wheels are 15".

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Steve, I can only repeat that a D78-14 has the same OD of 25 1/2" that an E60-15 has.  That's my guess why.  I have to go through my hardcopy stuff. 
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Originally posted by Rebel Machine Rebel Machine wrote:

Wonder why the spare is 14". Machine wheels are 15".

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Steve, I can only repeat that a D78-14 has the same OD of 25 1/2" that an E60-15 has.  That's my guess why.  I have to go through my hardcopy stuff. 


Ah, that makes sense.

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Originally posted by Rebel Machine Rebel Machine wrote:

...My hope is to show the deconstruction in this thread then start a restoration thread when that begins. I'm taking tons of photos showing the details of how the car was put together such as how wiring was dressed.

Here's an example. This is the trunk light wire where it's connected into the main harness. You can see it was looped.

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I had some time to snoop today and my RWB Machine has a similar loop in the wiring.  If it would help I can post a picture, just didn't have my camera with me.
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More teardown this evening. Got most of the brake line and fuel line out.

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Original E-brake equalizer assembly.



Fuel line impression.



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Originally posted by Rebel Machine Rebel Machine wrote:

Finally got started with my Machine restoration project, it's gonna take a few years.





Any idea what these staples on the radiator support are for, was it a production tag of some kind? There are only these two and this is a non-A/C car.


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Looked @ my resto pics, ours had the double stable on the passenger side also, non A/C car. Always wondered what it was about. Obviously a hard impact tp dent the radiator support as it did. Don't recall the trunk light wire loop or not, I imagine it would vary from one line workers whim to anothers.
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Looks like it was done prior to paint since the staples are blue. I'm thinking it had to do with the body construction.

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Looks like a nice car to begin with.
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Don't you wish your project car's battery area was this nice Cool

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