Projects My New New Ride

basically jewelry---that makes noise!!

 

Finished and painted exhaust recently, so happy with how its turned out. Started on fuel tank today, decided to go with aluminum, a few pics, Glen

 

A few pics of todays progress, fabbed up tank baffles and machined fuel sender unit bung ( I paid $45.00. for a sender mount kit but ended up making my own as mount kit was fucking useless ). I need to practice my alloy welding as its been a while, approx. 3-4 years since I welded aluminum. Glen

 

Fuel tank is still a work in progress, I ended up buying a new tig welder as my old unit had seen better days. They did not have a suitable foot pedal in stock so I needed to order one, when I receive the pedal I will start welding the tank, most of the tank is fabricated and just needs to be stuck together. While waiting for my pedal to arrive I fabbed up a cover for my rear crossmember, I also mounted my modified fuel cap, a few pics Glen

 

Welded up fuel tank today, still need to fab mounts and leak test and have certified, overall happy with result. Glen

 

Nice! Will the sender R&I without pulling the tank?

 

I didn't think it would, but I tried it today and it is changeable while in car. Glen

 

Fuel tank done for now, I just need to pressure test myself before sending it out to be certified, today I started working on my firewall for distributor clearance and making my gearbox cover. My plan is to glue some 2 inch by 1/8 flat to the underside and bolt transmission cover to it ( this is how I fabbed the rear crossmember cover ). The cover will be made out of 16 gauge cold rolled sheet, I will also incorporate a provision for my Winters shifter. I was going to do in fiberglass but like the idea of a removable cover, a few pics Glen

 

Nice! I had to "flip" the rear U-bolts so the nuts were on top to clear the quick change rear. Your mileage may vary.

 

You might want to add a couple gussets to the neck. Lots of twisting and pull when that gets removed.