Congrats on your new toy. Looks like a fun winter project.  Any idea about what color you’re going to paint it? Keep sending us pics as you progress.

Congratulations, Jack. Now the fun begins.

Good news!

Look forward to following your car-building adventure.

BTW, Jack, here’s what your engine should look like (sans the cone air filters, of course!)

I can not imagine a “kit” being cleaner and with more promise than Jack’s new toy.  An “adult erector set”.  Many of the fancy pieces are still in factory wrap.

I’m stupid on Ford 2.3 engines (and drivetrains).  Did these things come with crossflow heads from the factory?  Looks to be a super nice exhaust header and a 2bbl Weber carb on the oth…[Read more]

Hey Ed,

Lookin’ Good!!  So as I count it up, you have a fiberglass fabrication shop, a metal fabrication shop, a paint shop, a lift and a lot of patience…and a fine “Cardboard Cad System” all of which makes you the envy of every “Big Boy’s Car Kit Maker” out there — especially me!!

Keep on Build’in

Happy Jack

Spare tire mount is coming along.

Mine is “boxes that stuff came in, Ver. 1.1.”

Great progress, Ed. I see you use the same CAD that I use. What version is yours?

Dang. Try this one.

How the shifter works with the spare tire

Ed, when I click your latest link, I get a prompt to log in to my WordPress account. I don’t have one.

Bending metal, boys. All in the service of making the spare tire fit just right.

Looks like that huge hole going to the tank even making the 90* turn would carry the fuel.  Mine actually pushes fuel up past the nozzle and out the filler neck unless I barely dribble it in, very aggravating. Do you have the vent in the filler neck and is it vented to atmosphere? If so I suppose I guess it is just something I’ll have to…[Read more]

I doubt the problem is the vent. The fill neck has a 90* angle right at the tank. You’ve got to nurse fuel in or the auto shutoff on the gas pump nozzle clicks off. There are some local stations I cannot use because it constantly shuts off. Also, make sure the clamps on the fill neck hose are tight.

The vent line that goes to the front was used f…[Read more]