Byron510 wrote:Holly crap, Jeff!
It's coming along since I last saw the car.
You've aimed at fixing the exhaust clearance issue, I see. How much extra fab will be required to get a good solid trans X member? With the exhaust be above or below the X member?
Was fitting a seat, centered to the steering column in the car, and issue with the wider tunnel?
I saw the slightly eaten leaded joint at the rear of the roof. Is this what you found under bodywork? Or did the factory lead get removed in the paint stripping process? Were you able to weld it back together with all that lead around the joint?
Pretty neat, the car has come a long way since I saw it in March - keep the pics coming.
Byron
I started working on it on 3-12 and have been putting some serious hours in. I'm sure if I pulled a few all nighters I could make it to Canby but I don't want to many loose ends. Even though is my style
I welded the tranny mount to the frame rail on the drivers side. The top side is welded to the extra tunnel, I think it should be fine. Think about all the cars with screwed down floors
I had one and was amazed it held together.
As for the seat it wont be perfectly centered unless I get a narrower one, but nether was the one in my 4 door ( It was late when I made the brackets in my 4 door, the first seat was centered the second wasn't haha. I can just do the gangster lean to center myself
You know what they say anything to be low
Dude the whole ruff is cracking off the car
The rear pillers weren't leaded that well as shown in pick I add some metal after the pic. The front piller is also cracked a little, O well I guess. The car had cut springs and on the bump stops in its past life, who knows for how many years to. I just borrowed my GF camera once a week or so for pics
