“very close to perfect”….  words of encouragement for when I get done with this project!

Sorry folks, it’s been a while since I added to my post.  Work seems to always get in the way with the hobbies.  😉

One of the projects on this car was to move the steering wheel forward as much as permitted.  The steering wheel felt a little too much into “my space”.  OK, it wanted to rub slightly on my belly.   Looking at the original posit…[Read more]

Another thing I had to address was the car looked like it was lower on the passenger side when looking head on at the front.  The chassis measured level so I know it was not the suspension.  I suspect the original builder did not pay much attention or maybe built it on an un-even surface.  There was about a 2 inch difference on fender to tire ga…[Read more]

Thanks for the info Edward.  The crush cage has some surface rust on it, but I don’t see any cracking.  But maybe I should sleeve it anyway.  As you will see in some of my future posting on this project, I actually shortened the steering wheel shaft (after the crush bushing) so I could have a little more “belly room” by having the steering wh…[Read more]

While tearing down the car, I found a fuel filter near the bottom of the fuel tank.  The car had a nice clean one back by the carb, but it looks like this one was here since day 1 of the original build.  Makes sense, as you need to pull the battery tray in order to see this one.

When I emptied the gas tank there was a lot of rust flakes in b…[Read more]