Moving right along. Great updates.

Thanks guys. Nothing exciting to show today. Getting rear suspension reset and that took WAY TOO LONG! Finally started getting the rear rails fitted up and should have that finished tomorrow. Ran into some problems with upper ball joints and hoping I can get that worked out with Howe tomorrow. Unfortunately life still gets in the way here with family stuff and dinners and blah, blah, blah. Just want a week of car stuff ALL DAY. Either way, hope to be ready for suspension brackets this time tomorrow and moving on getting the front end assembled.

More work finished yesterday, after an interruption by a planned doctor appointment. I sold the Hemi so I pulled it and began crating it up. Then it was on to finishing up the rear frame rails. What a long process that was; fit, grind, fit, grind, fit, grind, fit, grid, etc. Once I like the fit I braced the crap out of everything and welded the front of the rails solid. Then moved on to the rear, same process, cut, fit, grind, fit, grind, fit, grind... Still have a bit more grinding to do to get the fit so I'm 100% satisfied with it but that will be finished this morning after I finish crating the engine. Then weld them solid and move to the front. Here is a pic of the rear rails after I welded the front half and began fitting the rear half.

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-103.jpg

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-102.jpg

more to come today...

Great update Will. What are you using for an engine now that the Hemi is all crated up?

I like this question... I put it on the engine stand the other day and it is VERY front heavy. So much I put a jack stand under the pan to take some of the weight off.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-101.jpg

Rear rails are finished; less some grinding on a few welds (I'm still not the best welder, but I'm getting better). REAL happy with how these came out too!
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-104.jpg

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-106.jpg

Got the front cut off and hope to have the new ones welded on today.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-105.jpg

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-100.jpg

Also got the Hemi crated up and on it's way to PA.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...ces/file-2.jpg

Here's where I'm at as of the close of working time today, about 4:00 pm.

Front frame rails in and so stoked how they came out. Real glad I decided to redo them, costly, but glad I did it.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-110.jpg

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-112.jpg

Just a few bolts short of dropping this in so I can measure up the new back-brace and start bending tube. I will have it in tomorrow.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-113.jpg

The fun continues...

Awsome Build! :thumbsup:

I have a custom oil pan in my near future. Will be moving the engine around 12 inches back from this position. Right now the oil pan is not clearing the front cross member. May even have to notch it but I can get about 3-3.5" with the pan alone. That should be enough to get where I need to be.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-114.jpg

Also started on the 1/2 trans loop, lighting sucks.
http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/file-115.jpg

Will, good job.

I have one question: can you move the front crossmember? You'll bolt the rack to it but cmember can be a front or back of rack, right?

I see that you will come to same gross road as I did.

If you do some homework, you'll know that these engine are notorius about oiling problems and right way to go is drysump.

Your genII engine is not so bad as my III.

On Viper competition coupe engines dry sump oilpan is just over 1" high.

If you are going to go with wetsump, please make sure it is done right. Yhese are way different than old V8 systems.

Anyway, work hard, post more pics and enjoy!!!

Do I see tig machine there on the floor?