'80 liquifire restoration

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Waterboy7
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'80 liquifire restoration

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Not too much to say on this one. A good friend and I are doing this for a really good guy we know from town. He said make it look like new so that's what we aimed for with a lot of stainless and polishing!
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Some pics
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Some pics
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Paint
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It'll be neat to see the finished product!
1975 340/s Speed Run Sled
1975 340/s I500 #161
1980 Liquifire SN# 4995 From WA Speed Run Sled
1980 Liquifire SN# 4996 From MN
1983 Sportfire
1984 Liquifire Deep Snow Tunnel 4/6 motor
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Paint and putting together; we sent the skis and exhaust out for powder coating and ceramic coating... Looks awesome
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Carbs & parts getting ready for paint
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Re: '80 liquifire restoration

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Nice

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80 Liquifire (purchased 1996 ~ Running)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
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Re: '80 liquifire restoration

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Looks great. Keep up the good work. I would love to rebuild a Liquifire someday soon.
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Today's progress
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Cleaned up the gas tank and painted the belt sheild
Cleaned up the gas tank and painted the belt sheild
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More of today's progress
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More of today's progress
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Damn...
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Probably not a good idea to paint the clutch sheeves.
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I agree with you JDT! We polished the inside of the sheeves, starting with 600 grit and went up the line so there is no paint on the inside of the sheeves :sled:
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