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Looks great, Pro! You'll be in the staging lanes before you know it.

Nice job. Gotta love them old muscle cars. They look like they want to eat pavement!

I'm new to this site and in fact just finished putting my new Holly 4 barrel carb on, 3 1/2 inch straight pipes, gas springs, traction bars, 295 drag radial tires, and crager ss rims on my 71' Mach 1 and an currently looking for a new transmission to seal the deal. I'm looking for a 5 speed automatic with an overdrive, would anybody happen to have any suggestions?

I started on the hinges but then decided I better get the front end straight first or the hinges would be wrong. (The front end is a mess) The nose didn't even come close to fitting, so I trimmed the opening & made cuts where I had to, to get it to match up



I used some scrap aluminum from an old sign to get the nose in the right place.



Glassed the blank spaces between the gussets. After it sets up I'll unscrew the gussets & finish the fiberglass, a job I'm just itching to get done. lol

No glass on the outside yet but the grill surround fits. (ya' I know, wrong Z-28 emblem on the grill, it's what it came with) Got a nice shinny NOS one in the box that IS the right year.



Back to working on the hinge & tree stuff for now. I'll leave the glass work for cooler weather. :lol:

Well, they got the basic shape right anyway!!! Last 'glass front I had to work with was on a Chevy II---they missed the body line by about 1 1/2"!!! Oh well, guess you could just call it job security!!!!

Yea Dave I should have taken a pic. of it when I first set it on the car.If I lined the door up on one side I had 2'' of mismatch on the other side. The kids are on vacation so we are celebrating Father's Day Friday. I spent the last few days working on hinge designs. Each one had a little problem here or there but they all helped me come up with the final design. To get the front end to work like I hope it will, the front end has to come forward first 3.75'', then raise 2". Then flip up. I want it to be removable also. I came up with a bunch of ideas, some of the more promising ones I cut prototypes out of 1/4" PVC cut offs. First obstacle was getting the geometry right. After that was just making sure there was enough material in the right places & keeping it small enough to fit where it had to fit.



The last design came pretty close to fitting alongside the 3''x2'' main rails but still but I still wondered if I'd be kicking myself down the road when it came time to mount the radiator, pro charger & all the other stuff that needs to go in the front. Then I got the bright idea of building the linkage inside the frame rail. After a few more prototypes I think I have it, (works on the bench anyway) lol

So, today I cut out the CNC parts.


Got a few parts to make on the lathe yet & some massaging to do on the frame rails to make everything fit. I guess if it doesn't work I'll just have to go back to the drawing board. Only 1 way to find out..................... Stay tuned.

Anxious to see the entire assembly...if it works don't lose the program, I wanna do the same sort of thing on the '57 and my 'maro!!!!! I'll be tuned in!!

My car is a round tube car and I welded a 3/4 washer to the end of the rail tube--then on the tubing structure of the front end I put 2 tubes going back about 5 and 7 inches long which plug into the washer holes--the longer one starts first for initial alignment and then the 5 incher--this has been the easiest method of installing / removing front ends of any I've seen

That's what Art Morrison offers for this chassis also, but I am trying to make it a tilt front end so I need a little lift along with the slide to get the nose off the ground. I know, I'm a glutton for punishment. lol

When you get it running , you ain't ever going to tip it---unless its a cold one after the last round!!!!

Still working on the '36 Plymouth--plumbing and wiring!!!! With the EFI and all the electronics, this one is a really learning experience from the carb and distributor stuff!!! Just ordered the last of the fittings for the fuel system so I should get it finished up this weekend. The power steering pump for the hemi had a plastic reservoir attached to it that would have wound up in the middle of the left front fender so I had to make a fitting for the pump and change to a remote reservoir and make up all the hoses. Had to do a lot of learning along the way on this project, but I think I've become a convert to EFI because of it. Good power and good fuel economy in the same package!!! Who would have ever thunk that???

Hoping to get things ready to install the battery and start checking out circuits this weekend and hopefully get it fired up some time next week.

Looking forward to pics. of the finished product Dave.

The way my week is going the "Z" might get sidelined for a few days. Work schedule is backed up.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Still working on the '36 Plymouth--plumbing and wiring!!!! With the EFI and all the electronics, this one is a really learning experience from the carb and distributor stuff!!! Just ordered the last of the fittings for the fuel system so I should get it finished up this weekend. The power steering pump for the hemi had a plastic reservoir attached to it that would have wound up in the middle of the left front fender so I had to make a fitting for the pump and change to a remote reservoir and make up all the hoses. Had to do a lot of learning along the way on this project, but I think I've become a convert to EFI because of it. Good power and good fuel economy in the same package!!! Who would have ever thunk that???

Hoping to get things ready to install the battery and start checking out circuits this weekend and hopefully get it fired up some time next week.

I had a real disappointment with the manifold set up I bought for mine. XV motorsports wasn't exactly up front about it. Come to find out there is a 50# loss of torque if you do not use any kind of boost to go along with it. Found that out when I did some research on programming it with the diablo tuner. I may put the stock manifold back on soon if I can get the fuel rail hooked up.
And second that on the pics.

Had to work most of the day today, but I found enough time to assemble the hinges & buff them a little.