I would think about throwing a metal body over this fantastic frame and engine instead of fibreglass...

Axel- I have been giving that some serious thought lately. I have some timet getting all the mechanical and electrical sorted. I have been looking for a metal shaping class to take locally.

Do you know the site allmetalshaping.com?
You will find a lot of info and help there.
If you have the fibreglass body it would be easy to produce the metal panels after you have joined a shaping class with your talent and skills.

I did a little trimming yesterday and got the engine to sit back and down where I want it.

http://i.imgur.com/AMenYe6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0F4K44f.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yKr0r4B.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JQw5efa.jpg

Yes I have been there before! There are some really great projects over there.

I wish i had the knowlege and skills to do what you guys do. Looks fabulous.

Could be interesting for you:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Weber-Vergase...079&rmvSB=true

Very sexy kit there... Too bad the seller is not willing to post to the states.

http://i.imgur.com/yLERW2F.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QarFafQ.jpg

more trimming on the tunnel and firewall

Made the mounts. Although it took a while it was a lot more straight forward than I thought it could be.

http://i.imgur.com/pl7BU53.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OtO4cRW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Wjk3TnN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/EdYtSd3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/AdQUUcz.jpg

Final test fit

http://i.imgur.com/YU8nYKH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/M1l0s47.jpg

tacked into place

http://i.imgur.com/uJnIYjN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ojzRWc0.jpg

set into place with only 4 small tacks per mount. Well that's reassurance that I can burn in strong welds! I need to refill my argon tank before I can finish the welds.

Very nice work!

High quality work as normal..

Get them posted to one of us in the U.K. And we'll ship them

Done loads of times for guys on my motorbike forum

Happy to assist in anyway I can

:icon_smile:

Thanks fellas!

Funny you mention bikes... I've built a bunch of classic sohc 4 cylinder hondas and setting up the carbs is a lot of work! I do love the look and sound of carburetors but for reliability sake getting the fuel injection going will be the best bet. I can dress it up, or dress it down rather, for a more period/racing look.

Not a whole lot to report here but the pedal box is tacked back into place. I moved it over about 3.5" from the factory location.

http://i.imgur.com/FGuSk4Q.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6tK631n.jpg

I ordered a few more materials so I can fab the trans mount shortly.

Trans mount is done. First I had to make some little brackets with captive nuts

http://i.imgur.com/Y64GTHJ.jpg

I welded those to the inside of the main frame rails

http://i.imgur.com/50ggB6u.jpg

Cut up the factory mustang trans mount I bought and bolted it into place

http://i.imgur.com/vzDMRzI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/u769ipa.jpg

boxing in those gaps

http://i.imgur.com/quadO4O.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ft59BPT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hswrUIw.jpg

A lick of paint and it's good enough for now.

http://i.imgur.com/ex6qb2m.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WlWu8wF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ucZ3hw6.jpgNew toy. For $300 w/ the anvils what's there to really lose.

Incredibly impressive work! These folks can help with the body: http://www.hietbrink.com/. (Click on "models" on the left side of the home page to see some examples of their work, including a 275 GTB).

I'm sure that you already have this planned for the future, but you should incorporate rubber bushings into the motor and transmission mounts to avoid transmitting vibration into the chassis rails.

Thanks for sharing that site! Beautiful alloy body.

The engine mounts have 2" rubber doughnuts and the trans mount is a clamshell style mount with a rubber isolator. It's a bit hard to see in the photos.

alternative GTB
 

Hi

Your comments on the rear wings of my 275 are fair, but it looks better with recent photos:

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...t=5477&page=16

Good to be on holiday, but there's still a lot of finishing to be done.

I'm back from a hiatus with a much needed update. Firewall and tunnel construction
https://i.imgur.com/CPPPwGb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/byQ26fq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uxSaaNd.jpg
Wire wheeled the floor pans while I was in there
https://i.imgur.com/axYW3Wi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/SBU2u8q.jpg

I made the tunnel area purposefully high to make the stabbing the engine in easier.
https://i.imgur.com/GtcD4vd.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BzZtorN.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vjQWN6E.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WZeFuQH.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/GrBxSRU.jpg
tight fit
https://i.imgur.com/QzcIwt8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WeciZLD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JRdLsyx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XbqeH8M.jpg
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https://i.imgur.com/aFFwBLR.jpg
To finish the firewall I'm still unsure if I want to seam weld and dress all the welds or just tack it every inch or so and neatly mask and seam seal.

I have some progress on getting the car steering again and I finally started on the rear axle upgrade as well.
The steering column and wheel are from a saturn vue with power assist (obviously). It was really straight forward to fit up. I forgot to document how I did the mounting brackets but it was very simple.
https://i.imgur.com/r2oRNiK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/78b96aO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gV1QowQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PrmE0MK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/T9KRxpI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cO4A4Sq.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nMDL6TP.jpg
I was able to use the factory firewall grommit as luck would have it it

https://i.imgur.com/cxMYruL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HPU5nSk.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/szSq4u4.jpg
The shaft already had a splined to 3/4"dd joint where it attached to the steering rack on the saturn. It was also the perfect length and that made it easy to connect to the stainless steering shaft material I purchased. I am going to anchor the section of steering shaft that runs parallel to the inside of the frame rail using a 3/4" heim joint. I will weld a threaded bung in the frame and the heim will thread in to that. It will also allow the steering shaft to be pushed off the frame rail a little bit as well. You can see there is some interference with the joint and the frame rail close to where it comes through the firewall.

Next I have started on the rear axle. As I may have mentioned earlier it is out of a late 90s ford explorer. Disk brake 3.73 gears, 31 spline axles. It was originally 59.5" but by cutting down the driver's side axle tube and using another passenger axle I could make it 56.5" to match the front axle width.
https://i.imgur.com/JEzhT53.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nrsrLZn.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/aQR2Efd.jpg
no turning back now...
https://i.imgur.com/JWEWHYI.jpg
Using a little angle iron on either side allowed me to keep everything true while I tacked it up. I used a straight edge on the axle tube all the way around the circumference to double check as well.
https://i.imgur.com/o8AMp0q.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ztjikMS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xrX7gOI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dGHAZIN.jpg
Now I can move on to fitting it up in the car with adjustable link bars and brackets.

https://i.imgur.com/aY4bLJU.jpg
Throwing this in here because I thought it was a neat photo.

Great work as always

Wow. Great work indeed.

It’s a bit like Project binky without the shite jokes (see YouTube for binky )

Dave

Thanks Red and Dave,

I've got sucked into that binky show now!

Enjoy binky :)

I'm lovin' your beautiful welds. :cool:

Keep up the good work, Paul. :)

Thank you Paul!

I took the car to a friend's shop who does roll cages and traded him some welding work for this. *We bent and tacked some 1 *5/8" down bars to connect the A pillars to the frame rails. * It's surprising how much this changes the look of the car at it's current state. *Even though these bars will not likely be seen once the body is on I'm pleased with the design, clearance, and finished look. * It also gives me something to build the radiator and bumper*support from- I'm thinking I may make that removable so the engine is easier to remove and install later. *I will be finishing the welds on the down bars soon and will seal up and epoxy prime the front end, firewall and floors. *There's a little surface rust starting to develop, especially after transporting the car in this humidity, and I want to nip that*in the bud before it gets out of control. **


https://i.imgur.com/kna3o7F.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/SdWB27w.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/YSIz3EA.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/Hch59UR.jpg

Nice. :cool:

A little update here, A lot has been going on for me but I have some progress to report. Doors have been cut down and roughly mocked up. I will need to build back the jams and door frames.

https://i.imgur.com/d0TkYcc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dZnNji0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Jp9u4Ao.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/LyH733E.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bnXCy9d.jpg


A friend scanned a scale model I have and is working on scaling and figuring out how to slice into 2d sections so I can build the buck from it. I have a few ideas how to translate the sections to wire, either using a projector, plotting it on paper, or CNC in cardboard or plywood. This part doesn't have to be pretty as long as it's accurate. The nose and tail sections will likely be CNC'd in foam to capture all the detail.

https://i.imgur.com/Or4iraA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jN5nHnx.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JoW11lF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2d5UtQn.jpg

I'm hoping the wire buck might turn out something like this

https://i.imgur.com/E1VG5dx.jpg

Fantastic update as usual. Loving this build

:hail:

Thank you JG!

Wow... WOW... beautiful work!!

This thread might help:

https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/ga...dy-buck-313330

Good luck, Paul. :)