Projects The Y- BROCK Coupe

Received and mounted the 682 C headlights I will be using today. Also Jim B fabricated and installed the seat brackets for the seat today, and yes the cloth will be replaced with leather and a different pattern. The seat is a center unit from a mini van complete with adjustable track and back angle from the local Pull A Part for the princely sum of 35 bucks. Also thought I would share a couple of pics of two of the car also under construction at Barillaro's

 

Getting closer to blowing it apart for paint. Got the OTB Gear headlights mounted, windshield is installed operates smoothly, Mikey B fabbed some cool header extensions and modified the baffles to fit, can't wait to hear what that Y block sounds like through them it was super loud unbaffled. The seat and steering column are in and fit me pretty well. The seat and rest of the interior will be given the black leather treatment. Shift lever has been cut off to rework it to clear seat bottom in 2nd and 4th.

 

Dam ! should have checked that previous post before I put the same photo and info in again.

 

............It's all good. We love seeing it no matter how many times you post it.

 

Here are some progress photos that aren't repeats. Jim mounted the fuse panel, voltage regulator, coil, and heater so they are accessible yet out of view from the driver and passenger. Mike's design and metal shaping for the E brake handle recess was a home run in my book! Photos by Jim Barillaro .

 

I could not find a ready made dash insert that I liked so this morning Jim picks up a sheet of aluminum and a couple of hours later he has fabricated a simple insert that adds just the right amount of bling around the SW gauges. The raised edge will be polished and the flat surface will either be engine turned or scotch bright pad rubbed to a nice satin finish. We rolled it out the shop for one last full view before taking it apart for paint, looking forward to seeing it in an evil shiny black topcoat! The turnouts Mike made for the Geardrive headers look great and keep the baffles in place.

 

YAY for nice SHINY black topcoat.

 

Wow! Fantastic build!!

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This turned out fantastic!

 

WOW! Those headers!!!

 

I have to say that I love this build. The coupe is turning out really nice.
Hard to beat an A coupe on 32 rails.
And you can probably figure out Y I like the Y Block

If I build a coupe after my RPU it will be similar to this one

 

The baffle was modified to fit then welded to the stainless extension and the unit is held in place on the header with two set screws out of sight on the bottom side. .

 

Like the extra length!!!!


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More progress is being made on the coupe, the Barillaro brothers have been doing body prep for paint and shot the first coat of primer today. One step closer to shiny black!

 

Yes Sir, that’s a Hot Rod!!

 

YAY for SHINY Paint

 

Very cool

 

Well the coupe did not get completed in time to take it to the LSRU, but a lot of progress has been made in the past two weeks and it should be on the road soon. The chassis is painted and about 95%****embled, looking great in shiny black single stage. The priming and blocking is finished and the body will receive its shiny black single stage before the week end. Thanks to the Barillaro brothers for all their hard work on this project.

 

This is gonna be sooooooo sweet!

 

The body received some paint yesterday.

 

Oh My!

 

NICE real nice.

 

Just waiting for the body

 

Looking GREAT!
I can only stand in awe of Mike and Jim's abilities. They're just fantastic.

 

It's a roller now, brakes and clutch are operational, gauges are set in the panel and wired.

 

Got the seat back from the upholsterer today. It looks grey in the photo but it's actually black.

 

VERY nice!
Was that done in Knoxville?

 

Yes it was done locally by Kirk's Kustom Upholstery. High quality, fair price, quick turn around.

 

.............Beautiful job on that seat.

 

Man that whole interior looks GREAT