its getting there,,, few things to tweak, im gonna move the radius rod mount up a couple inches,, floors are almost done. about ready to pull the motor and send it off the machine shop.
also, i need to find a good place to buy some parts,, i bought a door latch from a place called.www.partsformodelafords.com or some **** and thre latch was garage. i need to find a good place to get my patch panels and doro handles and the latch from,, also how much of the wood did you keep in your body? i know for sure i wanna do a vinyil insert so i need to keep the top bows, but is it neccesary to keep it all? its all there but its pretty rotted so im trying to decide if its worth spending the dough for a whole wood kit
Car is lookin good, Wes... about moving your 'bones: You ARE aware you need 4 to 6 degrees of positive caster, to keep that baby going straight down the road, right? When you move your mounting point of the 'bones, you change the caster. You may have to take a pie-cut outta the front of the bones if you raise the rear of them to get your caster back in specs...
You don't play do you? Lot of progress in a short time.... Looking good. I have used Howell Sheet metal in Texas. Always been very happy with what I bought. Their site on line is http://www.fordor.com/
yea, the caster is good right now., so i did take that into consideration that if i wanna keep the caster the same then i need to pie cut it. maybe i dont need to move them if the caster is good right now?? just cause it looks kinda funky now that i see a pic
wow buncha posts while i was replying to rockys post, got a web addy for MACs? thanks guys, im busting my *** on this thing.. whats your oppinions on the wood?
thanks greg, hows the shoebox goin? driving it to paso this year? my goal is to have mine in paint by then
That is awesome...I'm sorry it has taken me so long to find any FE intake info for you from Tom...Everytime I ask him he says "I don't know...I need to look at it and think about it".
Wes- I cant believe thats the same car,,,awesome job. The hard work is paying off holmes. The car has a great look to it! Dirty
[ QUOTE ] thanks greg, hows the shoebox goin? driving it to paso this year? my goal is to have mine in paint by then [/ QUOTE ] Paso is the goal. I had a good day on it today. Finally got my wheel spacers, so I eliminated the rubbing on the rear inside fenderwells. Got some temporary taillights cobbled together and troubleshot a bad headlight switch today also. I still can't get my carbs figured out. I guess I am going to bite the bullet and take it into San Diego Carburator and see if they can't get it handled. Either that or s**** the whole tripower rig completely. Couldn't drive it though until the taillights were ****toned up. Got it registered week before last and just need to slap some insurance on it and I'll putt it out to La Mesa or El Cajon once or twice before the season ends......
MAN, its getting close huh?when does it end? that was one of my goals also was to drive my car to el cajon or la mesa before it ended,,,
Wes...that car is sweet. Wonder whose car will be done first!? I like that stance, looks tough and speedy... Adam
i think its cool that we are building the same car but totally different. im hoping to have it driveable in aout 3-4 weeks if the machine shop dosnt lag, of course thats no body work or paint or interior
I love you wes, Your actually making it happen! Weve talked about you needing a coupe for quite a while, now there it is! Your my hero. -J.
wow wes, that's inspiring.....damn I gotta get moving on my plans, just a money thing.... Keep on Keepin on dude, it's lookin sick!
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