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Alright! Here she is out of the garage for the first time. I drove it around my driveway too! Still have a lot to do but it moved under its own power! Wish I could post a video cause it sounds awesome!

I bought a rock guard for the radiator but it won't fit between the grill surround and the headlights :rolleyes: Instead of moving the headlights I think I'll try installing it inside the radiator surround. Something that should have been easy is going to take me hours!

Yes, pictures!

Alright. I started the motor tonight! She ran great. I took a first start video but I'm not sure how to upload that. Since last post I've switched out part of the copper air lines to plastic lines and that has helped. When left overnight the car settles half way down on the pax side so not...

Just read through your build log....awesome! Very cool what you have going on with the build.

Thanks everyone. I'll re-evaluate what I have going on.

Thank you all for the input, I appreciate it. So what I'm hearing is...get rid of the copper air lines and just go to air line specific plastic tubing? I really like the look of the copper but you guys are absolutely correct, it is a safety issue. I don't want to loose air pressure cruising...

I used ferrule fittings. I'll look at getting push in fittings for plastic tubing then adaptors to the copper. Hopefully that will help. Thanks!

And, to finish the night off, the first look at my wheels!

Here is the finished driver side header to "tail" pipe.

...and tried to tighten up some air leaks in my air valve. I'm really having a hard time getting the leaks to stop using the copper tubing. It is hard to work with in the tight space. I may end up using plastic air lines coming out the back of the valve body then adapt to copper. Anybody...

Today I installed the battery tray.

I bought a box of random bends plus bought a few specific pieces and the 4 to 1 collector. The tubes are 1-5/8" and the collector to exhaust is 3"

Thanks all. There is motivation in encouragement so more to come. My rims finally showed up a couple days ago (I think I ordered them 6 months ago). So you'll see those before too long. Also, As I was remembering back to building the headers a few things I thought I'd note. I unknowingly...

And some wiring fun. The electrical tape is just for fitting. I soldered and heat shrunk all the joints.

Some air lines and compressor in. Gauges installed and my manual air controller in.

Brake master cylinder in and hard lines bent and installed.

They aren't perfect by any means but neither is the car.

Here are the headers I made. I wanted a "medusa" look. They are all equal length tubes. This was the first time I've made headers. I gas welded them.

Wow, time fly's! Pushing two years since I've posted. I was talking to a friend about my projects and decided I should update. I've continued to make slow progress on the car. Lots of work and it is getting close! Here is the battery holder I made.