Looking great, those are really cool linkage pieces.
My garage is the same temp as yours 34° , it's a pain in the *** to work In that so good job.
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My garage is the same temp as yours 34° , it's a pain in the *** to work In that so good job.
abdywgn
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BRRR! That's colder than work!
I feel the pain with the cold. It has been around 20-25 in the garage while working on the Charger. I am also using the Mustang tank. Are you going to connect the filler neck to the factory set up? If so, are you bending up steel pipe? That was my thought to keep the iconic Flip Top gas cap filler. If not, are you going to convert the filler stub to accept a cap?
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So this time im not gonna connect to the original filler is I plan to block it off and fill it in. The fill will be a twist cap with a modified end of the neck and a rubber hose.
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Completed the final touches on the inner trunk section, including the access panel (still need to find someone local with a bead roller) and drilling out the rear braces. This evening, I plan to remove the rear down bars and start working on the new rear cage section. Plus snagged another set of 16 plug covers, these will also get the mopar removed and modified vent openings.
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the start of the filler neck
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Had to leave the office early yesterday to take Anja to the dog ER—she tore her ACL and now needs another surgery.
Got home late, so shop time was shorter than planned. I did manage to sort out the gas filler neck and cut off the old down bars. The plan is to run tubes from the main hoop through the package tray to the back. Still debating whether to tie them into the existing plates or fabricate an angled one to connect to the tail panel—open to opinions on this. Tomorrow will be a dirty day, cleaning up the main hoop and floor.
Got home late, so shop time was shorter than planned. I did manage to sort out the gas filler neck and cut off the old down bars. The plan is to run tubes from the main hoop through the package tray to the back. Still debating whether to tie them into the existing plates or fabricate an angled one to connect to the tail panel—open to opinions on this. Tomorrow will be a dirty day, cleaning up the main hoop and floor.
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Thanks she's a trooper this happened on her other back leg before. Plus she's a tripod now's she lost her front leg to cancer this past fall
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To give everyone a better idea of my plan, the cage will remain entirely chromoly, with some sections being replaced while retaining the A-pillar and driver areas as it was a common design element of the era. The front section will be a replica of Herb’s car, while the rear draws inspiration from the Motown Missiles notes and a few others designs. The rear tubes will run straight to the farthest rear section, tying into both the wheelie bar tube and rear slider mounts.
Inside the car, an X-brace will replace the old down bars, with a support bar running under the package tray, parallel to two vertical supports that tie into the top of the frame over the axle. This design allows for a secondary adjustable mount for the shocks, modeled after a Don Hardy chassis, with the shocks passing through the floor. Additionally, I’ll be adding a bar/hoop over the fuel tank to connect the two down bars and create a ballast mounting point, similar to Reid Whisnant’s car.
I also plan to narrow the rear frame rails over the axle to fit 32x14W slicks, following the approach used on Butch Leal’s car. Additionally, the subframe connectors will be replaced with round tubing, tying into the rear spring boxes in the same manner.
Inside the car, an X-brace will replace the old down bars, with a support bar running under the package tray, parallel to two vertical supports that tie into the top of the frame over the axle. This design allows for a secondary adjustable mount for the shocks, modeled after a Don Hardy chassis, with the shocks passing through the floor. Additionally, I’ll be adding a bar/hoop over the fuel tank to connect the two down bars and create a ballast mounting point, similar to Reid Whisnant’s car.
I also plan to narrow the rear frame rails over the axle to fit 32x14W slicks, following the approach used on Butch Leal’s car. Additionally, the subframe connectors will be replaced with round tubing, tying into the rear spring boxes in the same manner.
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A couple more chassis pics I saved for inspiration and ideas I plan to make the upper control arm covers like the missiles also for the inner fender and rivet them in.
Damn. That’s a tough puppy. I had a little Schnauzer that had diabetes and went blind. She couldn’t see for crap but she could smell food (and garbage) a mile away.
I had a Chihuahua that was going blind and he had diabetes too. We picked him up off the street at a Taco Bell drive through. Anyway, he was losing his sight and some how poked out one of his eyes.
I was sick for weeks over that. They had to remove the eye, but it didn’t seem to bother him. The vet claimed it was way harder on me than him.
These animals will kill you emotionally. I’m down to my last four dogs. I just can’t save another one. I’m old enough and have enough health issues that I don’t want to die and let someone else take care of my dogs.
They don’t deserve that.
If you find yourself needing 2 more dogs I'll gladly help you out lol.
I don't believe it.
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Yesterday's snowstorm didn’t stop me from working on the bars. I couldn’t get the C10 out, so I had to improvise with twine instead of my usual method for marking a new bar angle. Luckily, everything is set and ready for tomorrow, with a final 23° angle at the base and 80” along the center.
I always wonder if there's an advantage to putting the bars all the way back there vs putting them by the shocks ?
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I was always under the understanding you want the bar to go as far back in the chassis as possible to transfer the force as much as possible. There will be support bars to the shocks also ideally angled rearward slightly not vertical but like this.
That's kinda how I imagined it myself.
I think your idea will look and function very well.
My bars ended up just slightly behind my shock mount cross member. Seems that anything behind the axle centerline will help with weight transfer.
Thanks dude, keep up the good work.
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So I just ordered from my buddy at Jegs a pair these for the idea of sinking the batteries into the floor I then plan to modify a pair of these trays to make covers. This will appease the NHRA tech and look a bit better as I plan to run 2 batteries vs 1 this time with no charging system
Pretty nice. I need a buddy too lol
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Tonight, after my wife got home from work, she bundled up and headed out to the shop to help cut and fit the rear down bars. We also started working on attaching the cowl. She wasn’t too thrilled to find me using a cake pan to mock up a cover idea for the in-floor battery boxes (x2), but she understood the logic behind it. I only have one NMW battery box and need space for two batteries, so I had to get creative. It’s a lot of work, but progress is steady!
abdywgn
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at least I wait till my wife tosses that stuff out! then I put them in the blackhole of the garage...great work! (only kidding 
Awesome car.
Reminds me of a car I owned for a little bit.
Chased this car for 15-20 years. Once I purchased it I ran in to legal problems that forced me to sell.
Reminds me of a car I owned for a little bit.
Chased this car for 15-20 years. Once I purchased it I ran in to legal problems that forced me to sell.
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Oh cool any chance you are out of Maine? I remember that car running at epping a bunch when I started racing the car years ago
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