A bit more progress this weekend, took advantage of the warm weather here. Spent most of yesterday at Megaspeed World, the local annual indoor car show, manning the booth of the shop where my brother works until some of the other guys made it down. Got a late start today, but by the time I went out to the shop, the temp was nice, especially when I opened up the big bay door, and slid the one open that goes to the attached greenhouse where I had the car put previously.
Used the greenhouse as my paint booth today for the front crossmember, put some Rustoleum epoxy paint on it and let it bake in the sun.
Took the axle assembly out the door using the engine crane, degreased it and gave it a light coat of satin black.
Brought it back in, and started putting the brakes together on it. Realized that I was missing the banjo bolts for the flex hoses, I was hoping to mock up the SN95 brake hoses I have, to measure where I need to cut and reflare the original Fox hard lines to mate up. When I'm back to the dealership tomorrow morning I'll get some banjo bolts ordered up.
A few days ago I had brought home the engine from work. I had one of the techs install the cam, timing chain & gears, and cylinder heads for me. Just makes it a few less things to worry about for me. Looks good with the old FMS 1.72 rockers on it. I'll get the rest of the external bits on, and a coat of paint, it will be ready to go.
My friend Rob Lawson popped by for a short visit to check out my progress today, and make a few suggestions on the upcoming work to be done. He decided that we needed a bit of inspiration for completing the project, so he did a quick mock-up with the pair of mounted tires I have so far:
It's supposed to be warm for the entire week coming, so I wlll try to take advantage of that and make some progress a few evenings this week. Front suspension needs to all come out, hopefully as one big chunk, to make room for the Slot Car K-member, H&R springs, and MM-valved Bilsteins attached to the Global West caster plates.
cheers
Ed
Used the greenhouse as my paint booth today for the front crossmember, put some Rustoleum epoxy paint on it and let it bake in the sun.
Took the axle assembly out the door using the engine crane, degreased it and gave it a light coat of satin black.
Brought it back in, and started putting the brakes together on it. Realized that I was missing the banjo bolts for the flex hoses, I was hoping to mock up the SN95 brake hoses I have, to measure where I need to cut and reflare the original Fox hard lines to mate up. When I'm back to the dealership tomorrow morning I'll get some banjo bolts ordered up.
A few days ago I had brought home the engine from work. I had one of the techs install the cam, timing chain & gears, and cylinder heads for me. Just makes it a few less things to worry about for me. Looks good with the old FMS 1.72 rockers on it. I'll get the rest of the external bits on, and a coat of paint, it will be ready to go.
My friend Rob Lawson popped by for a short visit to check out my progress today, and make a few suggestions on the upcoming work to be done. He decided that we needed a bit of inspiration for completing the project, so he did a quick mock-up with the pair of mounted tires I have so far:
It's supposed to be warm for the entire week coming, so I wlll try to take advantage of that and make some progress a few evenings this week. Front suspension needs to all come out, hopefully as one big chunk, to make room for the Slot Car K-member, H&R springs, and MM-valved Bilsteins attached to the Global West caster plates.
cheers
Ed
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