I would have to say a corrugated box with some owners manuals

Hi All,

While I spent yesterday reviewing engineering specs and BOM's, Wayne continued to plug along. Here we can see the final guide coat on the chassis / body. How does the car look in black? Dave said maybe we should paint it yellow and black so that we can achieve that often attempted, never achieved faux bumble bee effect. A little wet sanding and the car will be ready for the final color.

http://sn65.com/images/SN65%20Images/05-09-13%20017.jpg
http://sn65.com/images/SN65%20Images/05-09-13%20022.jpg
http://sn65.com/images/SN65%20Images/05-09-13%20023.jpg

After the passenger side fender and valance are complete, we will disassemble for paint. At that point, things will really start to fly.

Catch ya'll l8r

Maybe paint the top black with the bottom in yellow, it'd look really trick with a custom made side moulding dividing the two colours. It could be made from brass & then plated, made to follow the body lines, maybe taperingfrom a point at the front to something a little wider at the rear, say10mm wide or so. If you look in Camaro Performers magazine on page 74 theres asimilar moulding on the "Spurs" Camaro, just a thought! :thumbsup:

Hi All,

Got quite a bit done over the weekend, but I am now stranded in Boston (for those of you who were wondering where I had gotten off to the past couple of days). I am on a jobsite near the logan airport and am bored out of my mind. I can't wait to get back to Chicago, but it looks like I am going to be here till at least Thursday AM.

I just posted a new update to the website with a bunch of new photos. We made a lot of progress, but a few details were giving us quite a bit of trouble.

The major components of the stereo should be showing up this week. Also, I am getting ready to order the Recaro seats. These should look pretty trick when installed.

Wayne should have the front window pillers and the air intake plumbing painted so that I can assemble those items when I return. Also, he may just surprise me and be ahead of schedule when I return, but I will be happy if he has those items finished so that I can do some wrench turning and assembly work.

If anyone is in the Boston / Logan airport area and wishes to get together for a few brews, drop me a line. As I said, I will be here till at least Wed night.

Catch ya'll l8r

Hi All,

I am still stuck in Boston. I really want to go home. There is nothing left for me to do at the jobsite but I have to stay available in case there is any kind of problem that only I can resolve. :-(

On another note, here is a link showing what the car may look like when complete. It is just a photochop, but the guy who worked it up did a very nice job.

http://eleanor.pro3i.com/showthread....&page=33&pp=25

Well... What do you think. Any things you like or don't like???

my pick
 

I like the black hood with the boss style stripe.

Hi All,

Yesterday, I worked on the final engine plumbing details. Radiator and air intake. Everything went pretty well. Not perfect, just pretty well. :-)

To complete the air intake I need to locate one sensor and plumb up one vacuum line.

http://sn65.com/images/SN65%20Images/05-09-27%20006.jpg

My biggest problem is the lower radiator lines. I have posted some photos (more available at the website) showing the incredibly tight spaghetti bowl of lines and hoses in this area. Everything is pretty good, but I only have about 1/8" clearance between the sway bar and the hose / thermostat housing. There is plenty of flex in the plumbing (if the sway bar pushed on the hose, there is about 1 1/2" of movement). My problem is that there is nothing to tie the hose / housing to save the power steering rack and doing this is a bit problematic. I am thinking that I can make a bracket that ties the bolt of the housing to the rack, but there is nowhere on the rack to bolt to. I am going to have to kick this around for a while until something comes to mind. In the mean time, I am going to place a rubber "shield" around the sway bar to keep it from chaffing the radiator hose.

http://sn65.com/images/SN65%20Images/05-09-27%20010.jpg
http://sn65.com/images/SN65%20Images/05-09-27%20012.jpg

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Catch ya'll l8r

Hi All,

Anyone notice the download I posted on the SN65 homepage???

Bob,
I'll be blunt. That looks terrible. And its function may be even worse than its appearance. Time to redirect your exemplary fabrication skills to things mechanical. Pull all the hoses, lines and wiring apart and piece it back together like a puzzle. Prioritize the systems based on their importance as well as ease of fabrication. Examples:
a) Have Addco or Hellwig bend you up a custom anti-sway bar for more clearance. They'll put the kinks wherever you want them. I doubt the custom bar will be very expensive.
b) You can use a combination of bent SS tubing and rubber hose to direct your lower radiator hose.
c) It may be necessary to weld a short 45 degree aluminum elbow onto your radiator's lower inlet--pointed upward from what I can see.
d) Bend custom power steering lines. Big towns have shops that bend high pressure hydraulic lines for construction/farming equipment. And Jones Racing Products makes braided Teflon lines for your rack. They're a pain in the ass to assemble, so I suggest you find a local hydraulic line shop instead.
e) Shorten or lengthen various wires as necessary so that they can be routed together and all in the same direction.

That car's way to pretty to have hose and wire heading in all different directions. I hope you fix it right.

Hi SF,

I think you have hit the nail on the head. I am going to have to start with the plumbing and configure the swaybar to fit. With that said, everything (except the re-routing of the engine coolant connection at the block) is exactly as stock. I only rearrainged the plumbing to avoid the sway bar.

Also, it looks better in person, the photos flatten everything out and items that are actually in the background look like they are right on top of each other.

Thanks for the input.