Projects 41 plymouth coupe 392 hemi build thread

Dont forget to send my flight info after the papers go through! haha! Looking good Eric!

 

eric, are you going to have enough head room sitting on that seat?

 

Nope. That's why I'm going to lower it all by an inch and a half. Then with the back angled, there should be enough distance between my head and the roof.

 

man, you make it all seem so easy. absolutely love this car. it certainly deserves to be in TRJ when you're finished with it. keep up the good work. there are quite a few people out here watching your every move!

 

Thanks Plung for the positive comments. Up until now it's been a great experience and I suppose when you enjoy fabricating things, it just gets easier as time goes by. As for TRJ......would be fantastic if they'll have me.

 

How about the 2012 HAMB calender? Maybe a profile shot with that badass hemi smiling at the camera.

 

I couldn't agree more. If any car deserves a shot in the calender this one would be it.

 

Shortened the legs on both frames and now the bench seat is at the right height. I fit and so does the missus. Took the frames to my buddy Jaap to weld some feet to the legs, so I can bolt them to the body and the weight will be distributed better.

 

Thanks guys. I'm trying to get it finished next year. You know the old story: time and money.

 

lookin good, nice work on your seat risers. Are you going to fabricate some kind of wrap around cover to hide your seat risers?

 

Thanks plmczy. The risers will be covered, with leather probably. I would like it to follow the contour of the seat, in some way or other. I'm sure my upholserer has a solution on how to achieve this. I will also give it some thought.

 

You are so good with your new found sheet metal talents.........why not fabricate some fancy surrounds yourself, paint or polish them and show off a little?

 

Hey this project is looking a bit special, Nice to meet you today Eric. Speak soon.

 

Car's coming together great Eric!
Exterior would also look great in a very dark purple tint instead of the greyish/black... Much more appealing color for magazine and calender shoots too...

 

Thanks Dutch Courage. I've thought hard about the color the last few months, and have come to the conclusion that I love black. Perhaps a boring color to some, but I like the fact that it will then be noticed by shape/sound, rather than color. This combined with an off white or tan or cognac colored interior, hopefully will make it a stylish combination.

 

^^^^is now thinking correctly!!!!!

 

Thanks Steve! It was good meeting up with you too. Steve is one great fabricator and really took his time to show us around his shop. Here are a couple of pics in front of one cool Willy's. This is going to be one awesome car when it's finished guys.

 

I thought i should point out i'm the good looking one on the left and Eric is standing on a box !!! hahaha
Speak soon Eric your a jolly nice chap as we say here in england

 

It's great to see that even very old guys still have a bit a humour left in them.

 

dude thats rad

 

it's a thought.......but I do want to cover it with leather though.

 

Ya cheeky whipper snapper
Take care mate

 

Eric that car is just awesome man, looks like it's all well planned. Love that hemi. That's a great picture of you and Stainless Steve beside that Willy's

 

Drove around town this morning for a while looking for a sheet of rubber. Finally found some 4mm to use for underneath the seat frame. Cut it in exact pieces and drilled holes through the new metal base, rubber and floor. Started mounting the driver side frame but ran out of time. Continueing tomorrow.

 

Thanks Grits! "Stainless" Steve "Langy" Lang is an all round great guy. He's certainly an inspiration. Here's another pic not previously shown.

 

Eric you only posted that pic to show your taller than me !!!
I reckon you fell asleep in a greenhouse when you was younger

 

Thanks guy's for the pics. I've been enjoying both your Build threads for so long that it's good to see the men behind all this great work.

 

Thanks Oz Rat, the comments are appreciated.

 

Unfortunately it took me a little longer than expected to mount the passenger side frame, but got it to fit and bolted everything down. Now I can pull some serious g forces without worrying.

Next on the list was to align the steering wheel/column(with wire and rope hahaha), while trying to figure out how to make a bracket for the column drop. I did find a way however to not use an extra Borgeson coupling......I'm going to tilt the rack and pinion slightly so the linkage can move freely under the engine mount. More tomorrow!

 

It shows that Dutch guys are the tallest in the world and Eric is proof of it.