Great build, keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

2x I can't waite to see what you have done.

Well I've made it to the end of the aluminum pieces for a while. this is what you haven't already seen in previous posts. this concludes the foot boxes and firewall parts. now I have to trim and clean them all up before coating them with a bed liner type substance.
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Now I'm going to clean this mess up. there is an amazing amount of drill, saw, and file shavings everywhere.
Patrick

That is just an amazing amount of work! Keep at it! :thumbsup:

I couldn't have said it better myself

Love it keep up the good work ...

Hey, got the shop picked up a bit so I took this pic. This is all the pieces to the puzzel minus the floor, which I will take out of the car after I get the tunnel aluminum cleaned up.
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Patrick

thanx for the update... hope to see more soon

but explain why the tunnel-cage needs to be removeable??? it looks like it should slide in and out without removing it....?

The frame is modeled after an original shelby 427 with main rails at 20" on center. Now with the tremec 3650 the bell housing is not removable thus it will not fit between the frame rails the only way to remove the trany with out taking the engine out with it is to come out thru the cockpit thus the whole center section of the car will have ease of removal built in. Thank god for electric gauges.
Patrick

first class job.:lateral: :cheers: :woot: .
rick k:thumbsup:

amazing keep up the good work :thumbsup:

any progress:willy:

Sorry not much to update, been busy triming and roughing up the aluminum pannels prior to coating with bedliner type stuff. A snag here and there has slowed me down a bit. More updates soon hang in there.

Patrick

Wow just an amazing build. I love all the custom fabrication. :hail:

Someone likes to weld Wowwwww:thumbsup:
Great work love the hood latch!

wow, just read through the whole thread. Awesome work!! You have had some great ideas here. I look forward to more progress!

nice work, diggin' the chassis and all the trick details. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

One of these days I want to build a Grand Sport Kit,. Your frame is amazing.

I just wanna make out with that frame.
:bow:

:faint: :bow: That is so Amazing!! I just loove all the fabbing!! The frame raly looks riggid!! What is the estimated weight of this awesome ride?
Your skills is amazing! And what a shoop you must have! KEEP US POSTED!!! :willy: :lateral: :cheers:

cant wait to see it come together... and posts about issues with undercoating are just as interesting, especially if you have come up with somthing that works or discovered what doesnt...

This is by far the coolest build I've seen to date.

Question. You mentioned having kids. Is one of them a boy and how old is he? B/c if my dad was doing something like this and he didn't let me help or teach me, I'd tell him I was gay to even the score.

Yes, I have one of each daughter age twelve, into friends, books, and school(all honors classes at least three grade levels above norm). currently getting ready for her amateur robotics State meet. Son age nine likes sports, video games and generally avoids the shop at any cost. I guess it's gods way of paying me back for being such a difficult child. I have asked him to help but he just does not get into it. I have told them that if they want I would show them how to do anything they need. I have a better chance with the girl she shows a lot more talent and spirit it takes to do this. I just hope it changes soon.
Patrick

Did a little laundry this weekend
 

Hey, I coated the aluminum for the car this weekend. What a messy operation. I used a water based truck bed liner, It seems to have worked quite well, we'll see how it holds up. It dried hard not rubbery like some of the others I've used before.
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I've a huge mess to clean up so, gotta go.
Patrick

On my way to carpul tunnel
 

Well picked up after the coating thing. I couldn't wait to get started riveting the panels in place just thought I would share this with you because these are the first permanent things I have assembled to the car.
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I will post more pics when they're all on.
Patrick

:hail: I just finished reading up on all 11 pages so far. All I can say is HOLY SH!T! I wish I had the jewels to fab up a Cobra from scratch in the garage!

did you ever mention what this thing is gonna weigh?

Very interesting build but I'm interested to see how much it weighs also.

I don't have a f-n clue what it will weigh, but 300hp should move it around just fine.
Patrick

im still wonderstruck with this build...

when you mount the aluminum panels, do you set them in a PU sealer as well as rivet them??

We don't recommend panel sealer for this but, we do use a good bead of rtv sealer to stop vibration. They say something about the different expansion rates of the steel versus aluminum.
Patrick

Hey, I have applied all the aluminum work for the chassis and my hands and forearms are numb. but here take a look at what I have now. I put every one of those rivets in by hand.
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"contined"
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Now when the RTV hardens I will clean up the oozing goo. I hate to tell you all, I don't think the tunnel is going to come out quietly. This ought to be interesting, Later.
Patrick

absolutely awesome... its starting to look really nice.. i would have bought a cheap pneumatic pop-riveter.... but respect for doing it by hand!!

I just found this. read through the whole thread in one sitting. Very ice work. I look foreward to seeing the finished product.
Kory

very nice.
thanks rick k:thumbsup:

This is inspiring me to get my butt back in the garage. Great work!!!

What about some of the panel glues that are meant to bond steel to aluminum?

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

I am inspired...and suddenly feel very lazy and inadequate! LOL!


AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

She's almost a Roller
 

Well, life is dealing me the same cards as always fair to crappy, we all know how much fun the center section was to deal with well I put that all behind me went to put it in the car and bam the damn thing hit the frame seems that interchangeable parts don't always interchange. that meant I had to surgically alter the frame after powder coat yuck! Well a day and more cutting grinding and welding later finally can say she's almost a roller.
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Now I suppose I should go around and tighten all the bolts but I'll wait till I can get someone over here to hold the other end of the tape measure so I can square her up.
Patrick