I’ve always heard that when swapping to disk/drum setup you need to add a Disk/Drum proportioning valve so the front brakes won’t lock before the backs.

I am presently making an exterior tire mount that would work outside of the cover similar to the real TD. Will have photos soon…

My Chrysler Crossfire had big wheels on a small car so no spare. They included a 12volt DC pump and a can of fix a flat.

If I have a working and legal car by then, VA Beach is about 4 hours from here.

One of the reasons that I bonded the entire body into one strong piece is to minimize body flex. Also, it’s a box frame and not a VW floor pan, so I expect the body flex to be much less. I do plan on having a secondary safety catch, possibly a marine hook and eye like I saw some of you have at Carlisle. In other words, I am addressing Ed’s number…[Read more]

If I did this, the very first thing I would do would be to reinforce the hinge frame of the door and the body jamb. A steel plate or a piece of hardwood held by long strand fiberglass putty are both candidates. It would have to survive an opening at 60 MPH.

They had a short clevis bolted to the body and a long bolt with an eye that went through the door. The bolt would slip through a hole in the door frame until it was extended to full length when it would stop the door from opening further. See item 37, DOOR CHECK on the TD body panel page of Moss catalog. At $25 each it’s too much but I must have…[Read more]

Good eye, bill. The very first thing I did with this body is to hang the doors. Then I bonded in barrel nuts to hold the latch plate and the hinges. I bonded in the barrel nuts because I knew I would not have access after putting in these permanent side panels. As a side note, I just saw a real TD up close and saw how they did the door opening…[Read more]

The one-piece body is in first primer. This is the coat that gets sanded off to show all of the pinholes.It now has a real firewall. The firewall piece that came with the kit was only the top half and was missing 4 inches on each side where an upright of the frame went through. Now it’s all bonded together seamlessly. Narrowed the transmission…[Read more]

ROLLOUT! Sent out to get the exhaust system installed. It is now a complete powered rolling chassis complete with fuel system, cooling system, and now exhaust. Next is bodywork to finish the modifications to the main body pan. This included making the top and bottom shells into one seamless piece including having a complete firewall and also in…[Read more]

Any thought of moving the seat closer?

Here’s the “stuff” the I used from Summit to line my brand new aluminum gas tank. It’s blue so you can tell where it has covered. I read that POR 15 is about the same formula but ten bucks more expensive.http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-900056
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I noticed that earlier someone suggested getting a new tank made if you have tank problems. While it is most likely that there is nothing wrong with the tank, here is how to renew an old tank:Drain all fluid from tank, loosen tank and remove. Remove the sender. If there is “gunk” in the tank, use some carb cleaner fluid to dissolve (not the real…[Read more]

Congrats Ed. You gave the whole group quite a difficult target for next year.

One year out is a lifetime, but I do intend to go. I estimate 3 months before my first legal drive…..

I’ve still got a lot of body work to do before body can be mounted. Clutch and brake pedals are OK, but throttle still needs some bending. Heater bracket needs fabricated. Then I can turn body shell right side up and bond it to the floor pan. I think fenders may fit as is, but I may have to do a little fine fit with them. That part is many weeks from now.

Sorry. Tank maker did it in repayment of a favor. A lot of skill bartering goes on down here in southern Maryland. A man without money that has a lot of skillful friends is truly rich.

Got my gas tank, custom made for the frame out of Aluminum sheet. It has internal baffles and is coated internally with tank liner from Summit.Plumbed the fuel lines and rear to front brake lines. I like how they hug the frame.Located the mufflers. Next week I’ll tow the whole thing down to get pipes installed. Then I can fire it up as a running…[Read more]

I hate drum brakes, but I did manage to get these together. At least it’s the rear only.

OOps, I think the one I have is a for a Chevette. It looks like a small ladder frame.