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Cool car! The Demontrond dealer tag is cool. I drive past the demontrond Ford dealership everyday on my way to work in Houston.
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With some help from a few friends, the body is now back on the frame! MAN this thing is looking so good. The more I look, the more my to-do list...
I got the torque tube and driveshaft welded back up and the rear end back in the car. Ive spent the last couple days cleaning and organizing...
My first car I built entirely on my own was pretty crusty but had a cool factor to it. I learned very quickly that steering geometry and front end...
Glad to see a build thread on this one! Need a set of pedals? I think I have some in the shed.
Finally got some time to spend in the shop tonight. I got started on my steering box. First I made an insert that allows me to use my live center...
Tying up a loose end tonight. Machined the splines out of this new driveshaft coupler and got my driveshaft length sorted. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Now I need to get my 4 jaw chuck swapped over to the lathe and get the steering box turned down!
The past few weeks I haven’t had a whole lot of free time and the things I was working on weren’t very picture worthy, but today I finished up a...
Time to get the torque tube shortened. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That was a lot of work just to make it 3/16” shorter! Next up I’ll...
Dude Im in the same self-inflicted situation. Took a perfectly running car and made it… not that… all the more motivation to get it going again...
The speedway windshield was a PITA for me. Pretty sure I mounted mine too high but I sent it anyway. Looking good!
Took my torque tube and driveshaft off to get the rear end re-installed so I can measure the new tube and driveshaft length. Ive always been a...
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