Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Well sure, but he did have that extra brace on the bottom.


Don

LT like all glad to see you finding some alphabit there at times.


Nothing looks better then a blower or super charger on top of a engine . I was going to card board one up just to send to brother in WV and tease him a bit , besides i owe it to him.

send him this pic. and tell him you just bought it at a deal.

LT1 great idea . That will put his mind in motion wanting to hear something like that run . .

The name of this week's update should be "One step forward and three back." Anyone who has ever built or redone a car will understand only too well.

I started the weekend off with the intentions of starting to glass in the floor, so I went to Lowes and bought a sheet of 3/4 thick exterior grade plywood. All started off well, and I scribed straight lines every two inches so that I could measure the body shape and draw that onto the plywood. That phase went pretty well, and by Saturday night I had the two halves of the floor laying in place. I say two halves, because the tunnel down the center necessitated me doing it in two pieces.

Here are some pictures of that part of the build...............then I'll tell you about the three steps backward part.

Doesn't look too bad, except that when I sat down on the floor for a trial fit, there was barely enough room for my butt. The driveshaft hoops were too wide and taking up valuable seat space.

When I got home I wrestled with all the options. Lose some weight, move the seat slightly higher, etc. Finally, I made my decision...........the tunnel hoops had to go, and narrower ones had to go in. Back about 30 pages, when I built those hoops, someone asked if they needed to be that big. I said I wanted them that size so they would become an armrest when carpeted. Well, there goes that little plan down the tubes.

So, today I broke out the plasma cutter and torched the entire hoop assembly off of the crossmembers, and ground down what remained. I think I can get by with a 4 and 1/2 inch wide tunnel rather than the 6 1/2 previous model, and that extra one inch per side will mean a lot. I also can now run a one piece floor, and glass it in solid, because I am going to redesign how the hoops come through the floor.

I hated to rip stuff out, but the end result should be much better, plus I am not keen on the dieting idea.

Here are some shots after cutting the hoops out and grinding back to where I started.


Don