That is news to me, well the part about painting the car blue at least. I have to agree, about that B(r)ad Penny guy though. I pay him the sort of, maybe, but not really, big bucks so that, I, can brush the car's intake manifold and polish mirror posts :rolleyes:

Those rear tires/rims fit perfect!

Thanks, the Best of Show guys spent a lot of time making the front drivable at that height, or close to it.

The guys have been busy as hell so far this week. The car got blocked out and received another coat of primer,

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So I got news today that Recaro won't be shipping out our seats until, 9/1 which kinda sucks since I ordered them back in mid/late June. Anyone have any ideas on how to finish up the cage without the seats, so it can get powdercoated. The car is supposed to go off for its interior in September, and I doubt anyone would want to do any welding on it with its finished interior. Would a removable clamp type crossbar work? Steve, don't you have one in Penny now?

What seat do you need? Campbell auto has quite a few Recaro display seats. I might see them this weekend and could borrow or rent it from them if you need. I'm closer to you then they are. I will have room to haul the seat to Bakertucky....

If you TIG weld the cross bar in it should not be a BIG DEAL, to do later. The TIG only sparks when your doing it wrong

Just putting that out there.

Rodger

its not welding in the harness bar that is the problem, its welding the cage to the floor plates with the carpet in haha. and yes it will be tig welded this isnt amateur hour :lol:

it looks like matt is going to get to hear me say my favorite words..."why wasnt this done before the car was painted"

bro it up bro it out,
brotourer

Hey Rodger,

Thanks for offering to lend us a hand, but I think we'll be ok. We pretty much came to an agreement that the Air Ride Tiger cage clamps for the cross bar would allow us to powder coat the cage, and get everything welded in without having do to too much touch up or anything later. The Brotourer would have to make sure that the clamps and everything would fit, but that shouldn't be much of a problem, seeing as a certain someone has a plethora of parts tucked into every corner of the shop. In fact I know there's a Tiger Cage somewhere...

We've also decided to change the color of the car to something not grey.

Matt

Matt its looking good!! Love the ride hieght its perfect.. Can't wait to see color...:lateral:

purple purple purple!

ps. purple purple purple!

i may be on to something here.

It's not purple, really, I swear. If you weren't color blind you'd be able to tell it was more of a blueish red :lol: or maybe a reddish blue. You can call it whatever you want, and claim that you were right since day one, when you said, "paint it purple like a 'Cuda," but it's just a compromise I wanted red, you wanted blue, throw 'em together its a win win. :thumbsup:

The color is actually even called Amethyst RED, (for everyone in internet land, who hasn't seen it, it is the left half of the sample hood, if you're facing the hood from the front).
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Matt

I am not trying to stir anything up here,but it looks purple to me.