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Well I dont know what to say then. I'll try and get ahold of him. You know I almost want to say I remember him saying he had a child on its way. Maybe that has something to do with him not being around.
I have talked to him after that good news but haven't been able to get ahold of him on the phone since. He did email me this weekend and said he was out of town so i hope to hear from him soon.
So an update on my heap - dumped the ol' 6 got the new front end on - found a lot of rust at the outsides of the firewall, cut it out and repaired it, seam sealed and paint. Now i have the front end on but no struts or steering... engine is coming this week but i don't want to start building headers until i get the thing on the ground and know the clearance around the struts... so I'm STUCK! Started on a 25.2 cage (hoop and the windshield roof bars are bent up and fitted but the bulk of the cage will be done in a few weeks here then i'm stuck again if the parts don't start showing up.
Frustrating!
Lump
Last edited by lump; 24th-September-2007 at 03:30 AM..
I have talked to him after that good news but haven't been able to get ahold of him on the phone since. He did email me this weekend and said he was out of town so i hope to hear from him soon.
So an update on my heap - dumped the ol' 6 got the new front end on - found a lot of rust at the outsides of the firewall, cut it out and repaired it, seam sealed and paint. Now i have the front end on but no struts or steering... engine is coming this week but i don't want to start building headers until i get the thing on the ground and know the clearance around the struts... so I'm STUCK! Started on a 25.2 cage (hoop and the windshield roof bars are bent up and fitted but the bulk of the cage will be done in a few weeks here then i'm stuck again if the parts don't start showing up.
Frustrating!
Lump
Man if want to borrow my struts to mock it up your welcome to.
Very nice for you to offer Jake! I'll wait until I'm done my cage and get to the point where i can't fab up the headers before I put you to the trouble!!
I have a lot of bars left for the 25.2 cage but I'm done most of the bends - the straight bars will go pretty quick with only notching required... And then I'll be at least a week welding it all up because my back isn't so great I won't be able to do it in one attempt. The 25.5 cages I have done (mine and a friend's) were hard on my body. I expect the wagon to be much easier though!
SO my fingers are crossed that the struts will arrive before i'm done this part and am completely stuck. Worst case scenario I'll try to find someone with a set of single adjustables in stock and just run those instead as I am losing my patience on many fronts. I PAID for my shortblock back in Feb but it AIN'T HERE YET!
Sounds good. If you really wanted to buy some singles if you get in a pinch I would sell them also. I really want the dbl Santhuffs myself and have nothing but time. Otherwise your welcome to borrow them.
Here are some pics of my wagon progress to tonight. Not sure if progress pics count - don't want the post police busting my ballz again
Not sure if anyone has put a 25.2 cage in a wagon while keeping stock interior (and bench seat). If not, I would like to think of myself as a trailblazer in stupidity.
Got the smith front end on after fixing up some firewall rust. New rad support. Still waiting on my struts but i hear they should be here soon. Same goes for my rack (still haven't heard from John - weird?! It's been about 2 months since i heard from him).
Going through the SFI specs and talked to a chassis inspector and i am "cool" on my funnycar cage design. The hoop and funnycar cage are in - next i will take it out as a unit for the welding. In the meantime i am taking out the bench to put the floor bars down above the floor - why cut it if you don't need to? The #6ABC bars will require a hole through the tunnel but everything else can be above the floor and below the carpet.
Engine arrives this thursday - then onto the turbo headers...
LOOKING GOOD!! I REALLY like how you did the funny car hoop over the bench seat instead of cutting on the seat.
LOOKING GOOD!! I REALLY like how you did the funny car hoop over the bench seat instead of cutting on the seat.
I think there are laws about destroying an original bench seat and turning a car into a hacked racecar LOL - and the penalty for the crime is I kick your azz LOL
I think there are laws about destroying an original bench seat and turning a car into a hacked racecar LOL - and the penalty for the crime is I kick your azz LOL
I love you man!! I had a couple ideas on how to not cut up the seat to do it myself. Weither I do my way or copy your way you got me seriously thinking about recovering my factory seats now. I'd planned to do the Kirkeys like John did in his.
I love you man!! I had a couple ideas on how to not cut up the seat to do it myself. Weither I do my way or copy your way you got me seriously thinking about recovering my factory seats now. I'd planned to do the Kirkeys like John did in his.
The front bench is definately lighter than the two front factory buckets in my chevelle. The rear bench however is very heavy due to the steel back for when it folds down. I have notched it to clear the tubs but I haven't modified the rear seat yet. I'll get on that after I get the cage finished.
Last night I took out the hoop with funnycar cage attached and did about 95% of the welding. I will finish the welding tonight and put it back in so I can start making all the floor bars.
My chevelle was originally going to be 25.5 but now I'm adding a few bars to make it 25.2 and I managed to keep the front and rear factory seats too.
Here are some pics of my wagon progress to tonight. Not sure if progress pics count - don't want the post police busting my ballz again
Not sure if anyone has put a 25.2 cage in a wagon while keeping stock interior (and bench seat). If not, I would like to think of myself as a trailblazer in stupidity.
Got the smith front end on after fixing up some firewall rust. New rad support. Still waiting on my struts but i hear they should be here soon. Same goes for my rack (still haven't heard from John - weird?! It's been about 2 months since i heard from him).
Going through the SFI specs and talked to a chassis inspector and i am "cool" on my funnycar cage design. The hoop and funnycar cage are in - next i will take it out as a unit for the welding. In the meantime i am taking out the bench to put the floor bars down above the floor - why cut it if you don't need to? The #6ABC bars will require a hole through the tunnel but everything else can be above the floor and below the carpet.
Engine arrives this thursday - then onto the turbo headers...
The concept is cool, but just how functional is that without any verticle seat/driver back support to be one with the cage. The though of gettin out of shape and backing that into a guardrail scares me. Nice work though.
i agree with you rookie;;i don't think this will tech to a 25.2 cage.also noticed the front end is a bolt on unit that bolts to the stock firewall..that for sure won't tech to 25.2 specs.BUT HA IT LOOKS GOOD and long as you are happy with it that is all that matters..
sorry about that..didn't mean to piss you off..just thinking out loud..i've also been around the block a few times and teached pro/street car building at collage..i do know it doesn't matter how many bars you put into the chassis it is where you put them is what passes tech not how many bars there is.....
but you are doing nice job .really like the front end.what engine and what size back slicks are in the plains?
Nice work lump - and very informative posts as well! Keep the pics coming!
The Smith front clip looks sick - as they all do...
I'm hoping to get Andy(Smith) to build me one - with motor mounts, not plates, if he'll ever fax me a quote. He said they've done one that way and still have the jig/tooling(whatever..) to do it again.
Well nothin I can add really. Lump you laid it out pretty well! I look foward to seeing more pics. Heck I thought I had some neat ideas, but you got me thinking about some other ways to do some stuff on my wagon. Do you still have your picture gallery online Lump?
Otherwise your welcome to borrow them.
Keep the pics coming!
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