I’m wondering about the Arizona “Historical Vehicle” license plate. I thought most states used the donor car/engine year for reg.

Thanks Ed, that’s what I’ll do.  

Bill, I thought that my grandson’s go kart went too fast and suggested he needed a cage.  This is what he came up with:  (Hope you can use some of the ideas.)

No “rear body panels” for the hill climb? Time to post pics of that, Bill! You talking about the fiberglas pseudo-“gas tank?”

Me guessing here but I’d think less bolt is better. I believe I read on that Ghia racer’s thread that the snubbers get cut about in half on their application, which woud suggest there is less than full metal inside the snubber.

Thanks for the offer Allen.The bar for my roof needs to be 39 1/2″ long

Dimensions will likely vary a bit between manufacturers, and indeed between cars.Best bet is an adjustable set. Mine have a sewn in loop that slides over the rear bar. the front end is loose, and has velcro sewn on. The wraps around the front bar , and allows you to pull the top snug. Then the strap just velcros to itself.A set up like this allows…[Read more]

I hope someone can help here.  I have included a couple of pics of the bump stops which are supposed to “fit” atop a post.  The hole in the bump stop is a 5/8″ and extends 2-3/8″ into the inside.  

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It’s been a while since I replaced the bump stops. And the last one I did was on my 74 Ghia. Perhaps they are different. Wish you and Roy great luck with yours.

Allen,

I didn’t get the straps either, but the convertible top seems to have a nice fabric tube sen in to hold the frame bow. Doe anyone have the dimensions for the strap from bow to bow?

Thanks Paul. It is a little frustrating. I just wish whoever made the cuts…didn’t. But I’ll get there. Just a slight setback. As for the rest, I’m building my engine and the build is coming along very nicely. Nothing special; just a stock 1600 for now. The case for the 1776 is ordered and I’ll build that engine over the winter. I just have to…[Read more]

Keep the faith Allen.You’ll get there.Although I am grateful I’m the original builder of my cars. She has a few mistakes. But at least I know where they are! You have a tougher task resurrecting someone else’s work!

Update. Finally have the rear body space taken care of ad moved to installing the grille. PROBLEM! (Like what else is new.) Anyhow…it seems whoever made the cuts on the kit cut one side cowl straight vertically at the front. But the pax side was cut at an angle. The assembly instructions show the cut gets wider as you go from bottom to top on t…[Read more]

Allen, 

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Jack,

Here is the building of the steering column.First shot is the lower shaft and the home-made steering column. Notice the column is composed of one tube inside of another to make it collapsible.Next shots shows individual parts, hardware store flange bearing, hardware store 3/4″ collar, and both inner shafts with a 3/4 shaft welded in to the tube…[Read more]

Well, the fabricator stopped by this evening and he had quite a time getting his head around what I wanted to accomplish. He agreed the removable running board modification was a good idea. Two support tubes that would run rearward from the main hoop by my head posed a puzzle. I told him that the cage was the priority and that the fiberglass…[Read more]

The seat bottoms came from the front buckets of my 76 Mustang II donor car. I also used the foam rubber from the seat back of the back seat.

Which mustang version and year did you use for the seat springs? It looks like it will work.