Projects Altered Drag Car Build

Lots of work going on but finally made some progress today that was worthy of posting.

There was a surprising amount of work to get the chassis to this point. I'm pretty confident it's significantly stiffer than it ever was when it was raced.
I'm still filling pits to get the suspension ready to be sprayed but shot the front spindles along with the roll bar to check out the color. It matches the last shovelhead I finished last fall.

It's nice to be at a point where I can start bolting things on to the chassis.

 

Chase the threads, loctite and anti-sieze on the cart next to you!

 

Really crummy weather this week in the northeast. Spent some time assembling the rear end and bolting on steering and brake and clutch master cylinders and hardware.


I appreciate the little details like the homemade axle retainer hardware. I needed to remake the spacers as the originals were literally half rotted away.


Took advantage of a cold and rainy morning today to patch some areas that needed a little attention on the turtle deck.

 

Achieved a major milestone today and made this thing a roller again.

 

Picking away.
Planned to buy some new aluminum to remake the floor panels but cleaned up the old ones instead. Figured there was no need to replace functional original pieces.


Got the engine in, still sorting out the hydraulic throw out bearing so the transmission needs to wait on a little machining.

Gave up the idea of cutting up the zoomie style headers I had to make them work and went with some cheap auction site lakester style headers. Surprisingly good quality and fit for the price.

 

Steady progress.
Turned a $5 4 speed garage sale shifter into a 3 speed shifter with some flat stock, round stock and rods ends off the shelf. Started the wiring and getting ready to mount the seat.

 

I like this color. Well, as I see it. What color is it?

 

Nice progress. Looking good also.

 

Nice!!

 

PPG Delfleet Ultra Silver

 

Thanks, I think I’ve got a winner for the suspension components on the whatever project. Hope you don’t mind me plaigerizing your color scheme…

It’s said that the best compliments are imitation…