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Currently spewing. I took some photos to post on this update on my cell, but I cant get the stupid thing to synch with my new (to me) PC. Dammit!! Anyway 75x50mm k-members are welded in, top and sides, a few more gussets to be put in place when the chassis gets bowled over later on in the build...

Scored another engine for this, smaller capacity, 161cu in. looks identical except it is about 20 years older......and mechanical tappets. Bring on the sweet snick snick sound

Cowl now joined to the bodybase. Dash is cut in half and bolted in place through the windscreen posts, ready for a new filler panel to be made. Dads got electricity and lighting being done at the moment, which, much to his disgust, isnt finished. He has to come back cos he hasnt been paid for...

[SWow!!!! Hmm this is me in a few months[ddd

1971 Australian Chrysler Valiant Charger E49 Powered by 265 Hemi inline six with Borg Warner 4 speed Used to own a E48 which is the 4bbl version. Gruntbox for a six. Miss it lots...

This i know. Camera is currently away with the better half!! Well fabrication of the left hand engine mount wasnt as easy as the other side! This one had to have a twist made into it to clear the idler arm, and when you put the twist in it stuffs up all the other measurements, dont it??! Anyway...

Back into this thing again. Steering column has the tube mount welded to the firewall. Bodybase is finished, after heaps more slivers cut out, hammered to shape, welded, repeat process, now the bodybase pretty well much follows the frame to within 2mm, thinking a rubber isolator between the...

Holy update batman, well, not really. Been around to the shed today for first time in ages. Had a bit of a look at current handywork which needs a little fixing up. Prior to Dad leaving his work for the year he acquired another few bits, a rusty chrome centred woodgrain steeringwheel and a...

Ill start. I told my Mrs that I wont shave until my rods finished, thinking that it would annoy her enough to let me work on it more, well its kinda backfired and she likes it!!!! I got a pretty healthy beard going on ( 11 months so far ) and Im still struggling to get work done on it...

In winter I hook up 2 500w heatlamps. but where I am it rarely goes below 5degC even in the middle of winter. nearest snow is about 500kms away

Yeah. Chomping at the bit actually, getting real keen. But as the saying goes, happy wife happy life...... But I am soo over house maintenance. Oh the sweet taste of bourbon on a friday evening. (currently 1820hrs here)

Can you explain those "cleco" things and what/how they work? I have not seen anything like that in NZ... Oh and thanks for the documentation, Ive taken in a lot from it which will come in handy when the Buick body fabrication starts..

Sorry no disrepect intended, but Ive just read this thread from page one to now. You, Sir, are an absolute legend in your own right. Car looks fantastic. Love it.... will pay more attention next time

No I havent disappeared. Wifey has had me renovating the outside of our house, and I've been doing a cosmetic rebuild on the old mans DR250 dirtbike. But who the flock puts flocking stainless steel studs into an aluminium engine that is used on the beach. 4 days work to remove 3 broken studs...

Yeah, sort of along those lines, but still not exactly whay I had in mind.

Done a bit more on the bodybase the Tuesday night, getting prepped to start putting the uprights (body skeleton) on. But...... the damn things all warped out of shape. No biggie, clamp it back down and heat it up with the gas. Have figured on making like a false gas tank thingee to cover the...

Tough, awesome grille, Like the individuality of the body, SBC no quibbles here. Watching with interest.Thanks for posting

Still chugging away. Been a whole lot of things pushing this to the backburner last few weeks, but I think Ive got the majority out of the way. We have mounted the steering column, pedalbox and brake booster( we had to cut away the firewall to get it through of course) and are in process of...

No pics this time around. Last nights mission was steering column and pedalbox. We squared the cowl up on the chassis and clamped it in place. Did quite a bit of brainstorming, oohing, aahing, disassembly, reassembly, swap this round etc, it appears with a small amount of modification to the...

This sort of stuff is second nature to us. The photo attached is a racecar that I bought bare, converted from a V8 to an inline 6 and rebuilt. The red car behind it (number 48) myself and my dad built that completely from the ground uo. Both cars were extremely competetive.I actually got 2nd for...