Five hours in the shop today and I almost made a new cross bar.

Wait till I get into the actual build, right?

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!)

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

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

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]

Several modifications already done on this kit with the three link rear suspension and front tubular control arms. Newer model engine with serpentine belt and no thermactor holes in the head.

I’m running Alden Eagle coilovers with 500# springs. I remember running those original springs. They’ll knock your teeth out.

Transaxle is back.

Also did a guide coat on the inner clam last night. Not bad, but still needs a full sand-down and maybe one or two more trips with the filler.

By the way, those irregular little humps running in the valleys are bogus “weld fillets,” which are period-correct and will remain.

Man, I do like the look of a nice raw aluminum high rise dual-plane intake.

Well, all this crawling around, getting up and down and bending over this engine, I threw my back out last Friday, the 20th. I have been able to do very little since then. I’ve put some hoses on it to see where things will have to be run. Installed the dipstick tube. I’ve decided to eliminate the old battery box and use that location for the…[Read more]