pretty much............ :yes: He's already helped me a couple times to keep this thing on track.

Jody

Hello guys,

I wanted to say thanks to both Frank and Jody for letting us debut our newsest design on this car. We are honored to be part of such an exciting project.

We appreciate all the support this community has given to us through the years. Please let us know what you think about the newest design once Frank and Jody reveal the pictures.

I look forward to meeting some of you on the tour.

Best regards,

Scott Main,
Sales Manager
Forgeline Motorsports

Scott, I really appreciate you and Frank pulling this off. I am determined to have this car on the Tour, so was pretty disappointed when the wheel issue came up. I had already been talking with Frank about doing Forgelines in the future on the car, so this all came together very nicely. Looking forward to seeing what these do to the look of the car, should be awesome.

Also need to give props to Steve Rupp, as his car got me looking at Forgelines initially........ :thumbsup:

Jody

Forgelines kick ass! So does Frank. Scott, welcome to the site, we're glad to have you!

Welcome, Scott. I'm glad you took the time to introduce yourself. :thumbsup:

They are going to 'finish off' the car for sure!! You know you could have borrowed my wheels.....

When does the car leave for Power Tour?

But buy his own tires, right?
:D

sad to say, I don't know, which adds to the pressure. :captain: Late this month according to Charley.

Jody

I'm buying him all the time I can. I'm spending so much on buying him time that he might have to buy the Ribs at the Rendevous.

jody when do we get a video of this thing?

I don't even own a video camera........... :wow: And this camera I just bought takes the worst pics imaginable. Looks like a camera phone pic, no matter what resolution I choose, very grainy. Gonna swap it out tomorrow for something else.

Got the drivers seat in today, waiting on the passenger bracket for next week. One of the few things that went totally smooth.......... :yes: The car is pretty much done with things that have to be finished for Power Tour, so now I'm working on electives like a/c and parking brake while I wait on the wheels and tires to arrive. I'll get some more pics up when I get another camera tomorrow.

Jody

..........Ribs...............Ribs................: yes:

Ken

Jody, A couple months back I bought a Cannon "S5" by far my most favorite camera ever. It has all kinds of accessorys and it can even convert your images that you took to black & white which my wife loves when she takes pics of the kids.

It also has a super steady shoot feature that allows you to zoom 3/4 the length of a soccer field and still get a perfect shot of my daughters smile.

Trust me you won't be unhappy with this camera.

x2 I have one of these also and it takes great pictures.

If you're looking for a small point a click I can't say enough about the:
CANON PowerShot I currently have a SD630.
I've had 6 of these now between work and home (me, wife, employees, etc.) I like 'em.

someone get over to jodys house and get us a video:willy: I wanna hear that thing run.

Not to stay off topic, but I also have the cannon powershot s5 (4 yrs old). There are better camaras on the market now, but it takes great 5MP pics and even takes crappy video...

BTW... Mali2ude is wicked!! :hail: Good luck on the 'tour-

Jody, when are we going to see these wheels !!!!:cheers: :cheers:

when they show up, which should be next week.

Jody

well, changed the iso setting and the camera is fine for me now. Took a couple of pics of the Recaro drivers seat; still waiting on the passenger bracket. This was the first thing in a long while that bolted on without mods, amazing. :faint:

I had Shawn Katt with Gearhead Garage recover them to match the rear seat. At the time we were doing an old-school look so I had him remove the headrests, but after Power Tour I'm going to have them put back on.

Thanks again to Terry at Griffin Motorwerke for the brackets (also where I bought the seats). Something fit............... :thumbsup:

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 680.jpg

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 681.jpg

Jody,what car are your seats out of ?? Also did they have headrest?? Sorry to keep bugging you! Im just blown away by this car!!:wow:
Mario

you're just looking at the pics, huh??!!! :) They are Recaros, aftermarket seats. They had headrests which we removed for the theme of the car at the time; that of course changed and the headrests are going back on.

Thanks!

Jody

Coming together nicely! Do you have a removable harness bar?

why yes I do................. and it even clears the seat!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

Jody

well, finished up the a/c lines the other day, and replaced my Hotchkis uca's with some from Mark at SC&C. Needed Marks as I had no room for camber adjustment with the downtubes from the turbos. Nice stuff, did a quick alignment and will finalize when the wheels and tires arrive Wednesday.


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Is there a crossbrace on that upper control arm that hits the bumper at full drop? Just asking because I had a similar set on a 1st gen F and I had to relocate bumpers to work.

Car looks sharp. Put small front and rear headrests it will look stock and save your neck in rearended.

Could not be coming together any better, well done, i look forward to viewing your updates.
Joe

no interference on this one, but I think Mark had modded the frame area for clearance before I got it.

The headrests are going back on after Power Tour.

Jody

I think he's referring to the bump stop for the uca at full suspension droop.
I believe that the SPC's don't have any provisions for the bump stops.

Btw the build is simply bad@$$. Can't wait for the wheels to get there so we all can see it completed. I know alot of us are following this build closely and are just as anxious as you LOL.

I used the bumpstops off the Hotchkis arms; they bolt under the ball joint, worked great.

Thanks for the nice words!
Jody

Congrats on getting her done in time big guy!! We were all pulling for ya!! :cheers:

Did you crimp all the a/c line ends yourself? This is something I have to do and my local parts store doesn't do it anymore.

yes, I was able to borrow a tool to crimp them, so I cut them to length and crimped them myself.

Jody

tires and wheels showed up today. Let me just publicly thank Frank from GP Superstore and Scott from Forgeline; both went out of their way to take care of me, excellent communication throughout. It was a pleasure.

Here's a couple pics. I will take some nicer outside pics probably tomorrow, I need to re-do the alignment before taking it for a spin.

Here's the first wheel/tire mounted with the original wheel/tire combo up front.

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 690.jpg

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 691.jpg

Here's all four new wheels:

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 688.jpg
http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 689.jpg

Majority of you wanted a more modern wheel, what do you think?

Jody

very slick jody. I do like the new ones but the oldies wore into me

Jody, those wheels have Badass written all over them. Excellent choice:thumbsup:

WOW Jody, those wheels are badass! Nice score :thumbsup:

Jody,
For a guy thats been thrashing putting a car together thats one clean garage!
The wheels look killer by the way. Hey, and good luck on the Tour. Hope that all is smooth.:thumbsup:

Chris

I just sharted. That is beyond Bad Ass.:thumbsup:

I think the more modern version makes the car mor badass.
I don't like that they are black. I think a more gunmetal color would look much better.
Time was an issue and you got a set of wheels in record time.
After power tour you should play with photoshop and try a gunmetal color on them.