That's looking awesome, keep up the good work :thumbsup: I did not see in your posts if you mentioned drivetrain. Are you going with a Pontiac motor? Something different? Undecided?

Thank you, Wayne! Yeah, it is a lot of I guess what some would consider mundane labor or just work, but I'm actually enjoying it. It's nice to see it slowly coming together.

I have a 2001 LS1 for it and a new T56 Magnum. The engine parts so far I have a set of LS6 heads, headers, reduced crank pulley, z06 MAF and a FAST 90 lsx manifold/ throttle body. Plans also include an aggressive cam. Not sure if I'm going to stroke it or add forced induction. depends on the budget. right now I'm the only one working so funds are really tight. That may be it for a while, who knows. I still have a lot to buy for the car.

Exhausted
 

I put a few hours in this weekend. I made a couple of patches (Brett would be proud) for my trunk to fill in the drain holes. I also ground down the gas tank strap welds and started making some channels for additional exhaust clearance in the floor pans. I hope to finish this one up next weekend. Then I can start making the rear drive shaft loop/ suspension support (this one is inspired by another build on this board) and I'll want to make an access panel in my trunk floor for the electric fuel pump/ gas tank. I did this in my last build and it was extremely helpful. It saves having to drop the tank to access the pump.

Nice progress.

Yep. Saw it in person and Im proud. Can't wait to see motor mounted and car on ground. I know I keep pushing... Im kind of a vissual person.

Keep up the good work.

Brett

I didn't post pics last weekend but I did finish up the exhaust cut outs. Attached are a couple of pics of how that turned out.

driveshaft safety hoop. well, part of it....
 

Also last weekend and today I worked on the driveshaft safety hoop. I made a quick sketch of how I'd like to build it and last weekend I bought more metal and roughed out the parts. Because my drivetrain isn't in and I don't have a driveshaft yet I believe it would be difficult to accurately calculate the range of driveshaft will travel, so I'm only making part of it now and will make the bottom half later when everything else is in.

A big thanks goes out to Brett (67zo6Camaro) for taking some time to slice the parts out with his plasma cutter. That saved me a lot of time and clean up, not to mention cut off wheels and a big dusty mess to clean up. I bent the strips by hand with my vise and then welded it up. I also cut more tubing to make sleeves (same method that I did for my frame rails) for the bolt holes/ bottom half. I'll drill the correct size holes when I determine which fasteners I'll use. I was lucky enough that the 1" tape was the right size so I could cut the tubes relatively clean without a lathe. I welded the top areas and then drilled some holes on the bottom to plug weld the sleeves to the bottom. I didn't want to fill up the inside of the holes with weld...

I was able to tack weld and start welding the bracket in this afternoon, but I still have more welding to do. for some reason I am plagued with contamination when I'm welding this. I sanded, ground it down, welded, re welded, etc. Just one of those days, I guess. I won't be working on tomorrow as I have volunteered to help out at the Edelbrock car show tomorrow at their hq in Torrance. I think I'll be driving the Hot Wheels '66 GTO there. I'm looking forward to that.

Thats a nice set up. Your thinking of a lot of thing thst are after thoughts to most others. I looks good!

Thank you, Wayne. I think it helps having had a a project car or two before. It's always an evolution. I'm sure the next one will be better than this.

That, and I'm not in a rush to get this done. The process of building the car is just as much fun for me. I'm doing my best to not put myself up against tight schedules/ deadlines, etc.