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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 5 2004, 06:08 PM

Slowly getting there...
Where ever you see white primer, it's been cleaned to bare metal underneath


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 5 2004, 06:09 PM

Trimmed the firewall shelf
Sometimes I think I'm way too anal


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 5 2004, 06:10 PM

Close up of the driverside hell hole


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 5 2004, 06:12 PM

Stitch welded the pass.side shock tower
(had to try my new auto-darkening welding helmet )


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Posted by: trekkor Sep 5 2004, 06:37 PM

Very good. I love race car pics.

KT

Posted by: Andyrew Sep 5 2004, 06:59 PM

Wooh, I havent seen THIS car yet!!

Whats this one gonna have?

Posted by: J P Stein Sep 5 2004, 07:34 PM

Just keep plugging away.

My shitbox spent nearly a year on blocks doing the conversion....I didn't think it would ever be done. I just kept after it. Then one day I set it down on it's tiars.....it sure seemed low

Posted by: Andyrew Sep 5 2004, 08:44 PM

Oh look, hehe...

No motor mounts!
(JP's post pointed it out to me... lol)

cool I always wanted to see the flinstone's car....

Posted by: J P Stein Sep 5 2004, 09:10 PM

Same as mine....got rid of the T-4 lump and don't need em' no more. It makes room for other stuff.


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 6 2004, 02:48 AM

Some day it'll sport a 3.0 Carrera with 40mm webers

Posted by: Brad Roberts Sep 6 2004, 01:36 PM

Unless you plan on having heat... cut off/cap off the heater tubes. They make the chassis VERY weak right there. Looks awesome. Wish I could be there to help you on it.


B

Posted by: Jeroen Sep 6 2004, 06:03 PM

I think I have a good days work of cleaning/grinding left
Then I'll testfit the engine/tranny and see if all the braces I have in mind will actually clear

Thanks for the pointer on the heater tubes
I won't have heat, but I'm thinking of using the heater ducts to run oillines for the front cooler
Not sure at this point (will have to figure it out soon)
If not, I'll cut em flush and weld 'm shut (and get rid of another water trap )

Posted by: Andyrew Sep 6 2004, 06:32 PM

Hmm.. Brad you got any pics of that??

I need to do that.... (jots down on the 200 page list...)

Posted by: Jeroen Sep 6 2004, 07:03 PM

Andy, this will give you some idea...
Mind that if you cut the tubes flush you still need to make sure they are attached to the surrounding sheetmetal or the tubes will be loose and banging inside your longitudinals...

pic 1


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 6 2004, 07:04 PM

pic 2


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 6 2004, 07:04 PM

pic 3


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Posted by: Jeroen Sep 6 2004, 07:05 PM

pic 4

(these pics should look familiar to someone )


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Posted by: Brad Roberts Sep 7 2004, 12:54 AM

I knew that tub looked familiar. I didnt know you had progress pics from 8 years ago.


B

Posted by: Jeroen Sep 7 2004, 05:57 AM

I've got a bunch of old pics and info on the car on my HD
If you want it, let me know...

Posted by: Jacco Sep 7 2004, 09:42 AM

heey Jeroen,

for one second you had me thinking you were making a lot of progress very fast
then I realised that the last pictures were not your car

anyways, all progress is good even slow progress.

keep it up

Jacco

Posted by: Jeroen Sep 7 2004, 09:48 AM

What did you think? That I welded the 4 banger engine mounts back in

Posted by: Jacco Sep 7 2004, 11:40 AM

LOL didn't even notice that one, I focussed on the heater tube area...
yes I know that's close to the motor mounts


greets
Jacco

Posted by: Jeroen Oct 12 2004, 05:54 PM

Spend some time in the garage over the weekend...

Rear firewall all cleaned up
seam-sealer around the heater tubes gone
(all parts in primer have been stripped to bare metal first)


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Posted by: Jeroen Oct 12 2004, 05:55 PM

Front trunk floor stripped of paint and seam-sealer (what a PITA)


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Posted by: Jeroen Oct 12 2004, 05:56 PM

stich-welded the front strut mount
may be unnessesairy (sp?) but it can't hurt either...


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Posted by: watsonrx13 Oct 12 2004, 07:14 PM

Nice job Jeroen, keep up the good work.