Dave how many times are you going to build a custom 69 Camaro? Once right. So you might as well make it the best you can... :yes:

I'm sure you can get a crashed lambo, bmw, porsche for a good deal....right? ;)

Nice work once again. To add to Greg's comment...I wish I had 1/2 the tools and 1/2 the talent you have Roger. I learn something each time I open a thread of yours. :yes:

Thanks so much, but it is a total team effort around here. Everyone has there own set of skills and we constantly sharpen those skills to improve on each and every project.

Thanks again

Great looking stuff. Post LOTS of pictures :)

It shows. You guys do great work. Keep it up.:thumbsup:

love the build so far, keep up the good work and keep the hot rod dream alive.what intake runners are you running?

Good monday morning, I have few pics of the floor mocked up in the car. You can see the beginning of the tubing getting slid through the holes and bent and fit into poistion. We hope to finalize the front suspension pick up points this week to get to cutting the front cradle and really start with the tubing lay out. In the pics you can see the openings in the floor for the billet floor panels that will go in the car. I plan to incorporate things like the mounting bosses for the seat and pedals into the top side of the billet plates.



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Thanks

I want to go back to sleep and wake up with some skills!

Killer Roger... just killer.
:hail: :hail:

LOL!!!!!!:rofl:
Only if it were that easy!! lol I agree Greg. Great work Roger & crew!:cheers:

Beautiful work

Edit. The door mod is that an idea or are you guys going to do it?

I was going to try that. Oh well:cheers:

There are a ton of body mods on this car, not too much will be left undone. Wait till you see the front and rear fenders.....

Ok, I'll wonder out loud - how you gonna get the shifter rod to the transaxle ? Those support hoops are tight down onto the torque tube. Master Shift actuator, notch the hoop or some other trick up your sleeve.

Looks great and love the idea of the billet floor panels !

The plan is to locate the crossmembers as you see and then go to a shift cable. The steel rod that comes out of the trans moves around a lot and if I use a 1/2 or 3/4" cable I can accomplish the same thing. But we will run a long piece of tubing forward to the shifter ( We have to locate the notch in each one since it changes rotational position as it goes forward ). The trans does not know if it is being shifted by a long rod or a stout cable, as long as it will roll and move back and forth. We are doing alot of cars with the cable after fighting the bent rod that swings wildly in a trans tunnel and has to have a bigger trans tunnel.

The crossmembers will come out of the car a few more times to get everything like we want. As we work on the shifter we will also be fitting the air jacks.... OH did I say that out loud?

Incredible craftsmanship.

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Great idea ! (one that I will certainly steal for my build ! )

I'll be watching.

If I ever run into loads of cash I know where I'll be sending my car:thumbsup:

Keep it American and still go exotic..a Falconer V-12. :cool:

The floor is looking really good. We have been fine tuning the suspension Geometry in the Optimum G with Bobby Alley. We located the Front bar and have begun to design the Lower control arm pick Up points in Solidworks. We are going to have to modify the Trans axle mount on the Rear diff to clear the Lower control arms with the instant center angle the lower control arm create.

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Looking good Rodger! It should handle like a dream with the better wieght distribution and IRS. Keep the updates coming please.

WOW!!
Looking good Roger.:thumbsup:

Thats sweet.

I'm really blown away by this floor/frame design! i think the only way it could be sicker is if it were removable. The chassis would be in more mags then "Black Gold"

I love your work man :thumbsup:

Incredible work! Keep the pics coming.

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now that's what I call Radical! :thumbsup:

This is the Solidworks modeled floor section coming togther, getting ready to pull the trigger to get the car caught up with this. The Front cradle is kicking my ass and we will have to machine the rear transaxle mounts off the diff for the desired track width, But all is well.

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Rodger is getting good with his etch a sketch..Not bad at all










junk...lol

Wow you guys do killer work I cant get enough of it. I want to see more!

How about this, just trying to get thing landed to design everything like we have.

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Thanks

man that thing is amazing. i cant wait to see more pictures and solid works renderings. :thumbsup:

Now I know why you were at the shop at 5:45 this morning!!!! LOL
The check has left for the synister setup!!! jim :hail: :hail:

Thanks Jim, Eric is the brains behind this. Eric has taught me alot about Solidworks and I can tell you there is more coming.

Thanks

Rodger

I built that lower crossmember(C5) for one of my projects and ran into a couple of problems that I could not use the cross member 1. I couldn't get the engine low enough in the chassis to clear the hood. 2.the engine was moved so far back that the balancer would hit on the front of the cross member and the engine location would upset the balance of the car.

This pic is no where near the final design. Just a brain storming session. I have some idea for the firewall and cradle we will incorporate here soon. Just thought I would show you what we have going on.

Cool Just some food for the mine,More pics.:hail: :hail:

We took some Inspiration from The war project and make some recess pockets into the trans tunnel. The front and rear crossmembers have been tack and landed and the plates have been fit to the main tubes. Plus in the back of the dark pictures you will see the start of the tubes for the Airjack.

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You will also see the modified rear transaxle mounts.

OMG !! It just doesn't get any better than that!!
:woot: :woot:

Greg,

If you like what you see so far, stay tuned. There is so much more to come!


--Eric

Eric --

I've been trying to talk the wife into letting me move to Bakersfield... so I can sweep the floor and go'fer parts etc (for FREE) for a year or so... just so I could hang out with you guys!!

LOL

Since I want to upgrade my current trailer to that 44' ATC gooseneck with the 14' living quarters... marble floors and granite counters - Plasma screen tv and A/C "anyway".... so my living costs (after I pizz away 90K for the upgrade) would be "food" it wouldn't hardly cost her a thing. After all... you have to eat no matter where you are... and I wouldn't have any travel expenses with living right there out back! :unibrow: :woot: