Back half is coming together Just gotta paint tail and front of engine grill red and insides of sail panels semi flat black. Then it gets spun around and work starts on hanging the front end This is the thread I will put all the updates to this project on.

c'mon, Larry, you're teasing us. break with the pictures! give us more! we want to see the front end, the interior, more on that tail (!) the engine, etc. give it up!

Here is the motor that came with it. I got the tail and slant nose kit from a guy in N.C. it just got here. He was going to the race at sears point on 9/11 I believe and hauled it here in his transport for me. Ill post in this thread as I do the front end mod.

This is the slant nose kit Im adapting on to it. Im going to modify it to keep the signal humps. I had a stock hood and headlight covers but they were gutted of light parts and sealed shut.

OK I got the thing spun around and am going to start on the front. Thats my 14 year old helper. He is out growing this car before he gets a chanch to play with it. He is already 6' 1" and a size 16 shoe LORD HELP ME

got rid of theese today

now front end has this

another view

Interesting. I think I like it. Keeping the signal humps but still updating the front end, nicely done.

Added a little carbon fiber and a layer of glass to help fend off cone damage. Fenders are / were thin race only units.

wheel opening

Looks great! I like the glass work, looks really good. I think the front end will turn out really nice too.

Im ready to do some "bonding" with the fenders this weekend.

Go Larry GO!!!!

Keep up the good work.

Paul

Took the car outside so the sun could bake one side while I worked on glassn the other.

still gotta paint the deck lid and come up with a design for stripes. May do a two tone keeping the tail silver and lower half red

i thought howard was the only one with the moby dick skateboard ramp tail thing

Now that's what I call a WHALE tail. Sure it won't cause you to do wheeleys?

The guy next door calls it Texas sized.

What a great project for you and your boys! Are they getting into it? I now understand your other thread asking about the fresh air ducting from the PO.

Good job!

-Jeff

During this part Im keeping the boys away I dont want them breathing all the fumes and dust. I do have dust masks for them but they take it off as fast as I make them put it on. This is the good side will not need much more work

This is the side thats gonna need some more work. I got distracted while trimming it to fit and cut the wrong side

bad gap came out OK now just a little mud to smooth it out. Oh no look at the gap at the front edge .....That will never do gonna have to fix that

OK all bondod and primed.

other side hope for good weather this weekend to shoot color on.

lookin' good larry!

Sprayed her RED today

Mo Red

Lowered it by 29 inches and rolled it outside

Our baby girl wants this car

Did the dew to show stance.

this is what a 6'2" 14 year old looks like next to it Hes gotta stop growing one of these days

finished spraying the red now I will lay out the stripes.

whats with the jungle gym roll cage?

thats how they made them back in 72. I am getting rid of the front hoop and the top bars in part two of the project. We are going with the bars that lay back like along a windshield line and then lay the seat back a little. We have to redo it for the helmit needs to be 2" below the hoop rule.

good plan. those monkeybars are so 70's! lol

what are your plans on running it? PCA TT & autocross ? DE? What size is the engine?

I plan on TT and auto cross for now. engine isnt much just the1.7 with carbs. I want to keep low power for a learner car for the kids. I should have it sorted out by the time they can run it. When they get older and if we are still talking and can stand each other Ill do a 6 conversion and turn them loose.

Gotta buff it out and touch up a couple of spots and then on to phase 2

side 1

side 2

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