The decal was pretty much gone before it got rebuilt

 

Very nice work Shane, I just saw your build for the first time. I've picked up a lot of pointers for my car. Hoping to send mine to paint soon. I was amused by your comments on choosing black. I have been the same with mine. I get so wishy washy. It is black black black and then I start second guessing myself. After seeing yours it is definitely black!

 

There is a guy who makes them. Only thing is his prices are high.

 

I'm not to worried about that decal right now lol.

 

Wow , outstanding ! I really like how that motor is looking . I haven't been here or anywhere else for a while , because I'm trying to get my car in some kind of presentable shape myself .... Spring is right around the corner .

 

Thnx i think the motor should work ok

 

Wiper arm assembly now done. I just have to install it.

 

Uber cool my man! Something that no one will ever look at again is reborn. As always - beautiful attention to detail.

 

A lot of stuff you won't see, but i can't seem to put faded, rusty, or dirty grimy parts back on the car lol

 

Looking realy good. New here but long time builder. I am starting mine noe too. (agian) Starting with a 4 door front end, 70 W30 mess, and a body from a 442. Picking up a motor this week end for it.

Please keep the pics coming and post how tos please.

 

Thanks to Brian for going with me to pick this up!

 

No problem man !Glad to help , gotta love shiny new parts !!

 

So, that means you'll be on the road next week...right? BTW, what axle ratio will you be running?

 

Ummm.... Yeah next week lol. I'm running 3.90's

 

Manual Transmission.........that's cool.

That's the only way to go in a W Machine,.... automatics are for girls....... in my opinion anyway

I can't wait to get our Orange car back on the street........with the 4 gear in it again

Dave

P.S. Don't forget to drop by and see us on one of your "border runs"

 

Very nice . I can smell the the tire burnin already.

 

Shane, I know you're on PT.com sometime, are you hitting Gingerman next month for Motor State?

 

No i wasn't planning on it. It would be fun tho i bet!

 

Yeah, it is a good time. I would be a hike for you though. I'm going to have to take a day off of work to see the track event because it got moved to Friday this year due to a scheduling conflict.

 

Dropped my flywheel off at the machine shop to get resurfaced today, so i thought i would stay busy and glass bead my bell housing.

Before



After

 

hey Shane

bell housing (and trans) look good !

what grade grit? glass bead do you use on something aluminum like that ?

thanks

 

Sorry i can't remember what grit the glass bead was. I bought it awhile ago and it's probably due for a change.

 

Good to start getting updates again!

 

Hopefully some good updates coming next week as i attempt to get the trans into place.

 

Today was the day that i started to put my new TKO 600 into the car. I had an extra 350 block kicking around so i thought i would use it to make the mock up easier. It was nice putting the motor in and not worry about all the extra stuff getting hung up or scratching something. I knew the trans would be coming out again anyway to weld up the hole in the floor. Speaking of the hole in the floor..... It was a bit bigger than i expected, but oh well it's still not that bad. I had to drill 2 new holes in the frame for the trans cross member, but i knew that going in. I almost for got that the shifter position is probably around 1/2" out from the original location.

 

I ended up with one hole that was the size of the shifter boot sticking through the floor. Looks like you know what you're doing. Very sano!

 

Wow really? i wish i was that lucky! I have no idea why, but i have seen all different size hole sizes, it seems like no 2 cars are the same. I kept cutting a little at a time, and then trying to slide the trans cross member underneath until it was able to slide under and get the mount bushing in.

 

Its coming along nicely.

 

Thnx Henry!

 

That was after the whole trans tunnel was taken out and pieced back in. You should end up with same. I should have made that clear. When it was finished it looked really nice.

 

Where's your fuel pump?

 

Still in the box

 

Got the patch for the trans tunnel all fit and welded in today. Now i'll have to grind it all, and make it look good.

 

That is super looking. Nice work on that tunnel piece.

 

Thnx!

 

Ooo , thats purdy.

 

yep this car ,I can say from having seen it in person is purdy all over!

 

This is what holidays and beer gets ya....

 

Nice work Shane!

 

Nice!
Hmm, should I go for that clean of floorboards?! Oh boy.

PS what paint did you use?