Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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It's Sunday night, and I actually made some progress on the T today. Yaaaaaay. I have been putting off doing the interior wooding long enough, and finally have gotten started on it.

Whenever you do a car like this, where it deviates from the "normal" T bucket designs, you create some problems for yourself that you have to overcome. In my quest to get this car as low as possible, I ended up with me and the turbo 350 tranny fighting for space in the already small cockpit. Leg and hip room is going to be tight, but I think I have it figured out to where it will be ok.

The first picture below is of the floor my Son just ordered from Total Performance for his T. It has a nice little cutout for the hump that is already fiberglassed into the body from the factory, and the transmission and driveshaft go well below the floor. Not so in mine. The tranny sits pretty high so I could get pan clearance, and the driveshaft is actually on top of the floor. (I will cut out that section of floor once I get the complete interior wooded in, but for now I want it to be as ridgid as possible.

I got the plywood cut to shape, installed my cowl roll bar, and mocked up everything for a trial sitting. Looks like it will work ok. I have knee and leg room, and now have enough hip room too. I slid a boat seat in there and planted myself for a trial run, and I fit ok. (didn't make any rum rum noises.........but I did catch a little rubber on the 1-2 upshift )

The shifter position and steering wheel seem to be in good places too, but I am going to use the 15 inch wheel I bought in the Dodge truck, and buy a 13 like in the pictures. I borrowed Dans, and it just looks more proportionate.

So there we are, I am actually moving forward , and seeing this progress is getting me stoked again. I will pick up the cream colored paint that I am going to use on the suspension tomorrow so I can spray the underdash roll bar that color. I originally painted it black, but now that the color choice has changed I need to do that before I fiberglass it into place. Once that is painted I will start wooding the body, which shouldn't take too long, I hope.

Thanks for keeping me moving guys.


Don