Wayne ... that's good to hear! I have a lot of catching up to do after the back surgery, I did lose 24lbs since Labor Day, I haven't weighed 186 since ........last time, lol!

Let's see some car pixs soon, OK?

Michael

As always, great posts. Your entire thread inspired me to get me where my car is today. The incredible amount of detailed work you have done is mind blowing.

Thank you for the compliment .... I get a lot of inspiration from the other builds also, that's what makes this forum so GREAT! Can you imagine doing this 20 years ago w/o sharing pixs and insights?



Speaking of inspiration .... Stielow is #1 and I borrowed this off his cars, JACKING POINTS! This one needs a little finish work and three more to go ..... take a look!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/Z5w5L1.jpg
Almost ready to go .... three more to weld up!


Thanks for looking ....get out in the garage, I had to use the heater today, OMG!

Yep that's a great idea. I have all the parts bought already just not welded in yet. Make sure to post plenty of photos and also how you mod your floor stands. Good stuff !

Kept warm
 

Thanks ... Mark has used it on quite a few Camaros, thought I'd borrow the idea!

with the heat of the welder! I told myself I was gonna stay out in the garage until I finished the jacking points .... I finished, and made a big mess along the way. The welder kept me warm thou!

That's the cap I used, the guy at the metal place said it was for schedule 40 pipe caps, seems to work for my purpose too!

Some pixs to look at:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/GLz8Gt.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/yaQRze.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/FeKV8S.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/85OaBK.jpg


Thanks for looking ... I need to get this back under the car tomorrow and get the template for the connectors and start welding them into the car, wish me luck!

Looks Good !
 

Funny you are using your welder to stay warm and in my part of country it just got cool enough to enjoy the garage. I like how that looks, even simpler than I imagined and the same caps I bought as well. I was even thinking of putting one in the center of the subframe up front so I could jack up the whole front end at one time. That area on the stock frame is already dented from jacking over the years and needs to be beefed-up anyway. Keep going !

Frame connectors
 

are ready to weld in! I had the local Metal Dist. cut out some brackets outa 0.125" and got them mocked in tonight, still need to trim the inside cuz the tranny crossmember is right there. I am going into my old work place and borrow their welder to get these attached to the connectors, needed some heat for .125".

Anyway, not very artistic plates .... but practical. Then I'll weld tubes in the frame to stiffen up the bolt holes.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...904/XieCtP.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/NWTzsY.jpg

I need to adjust the floor opening to allow the connector to mate to the frame in the same plane .... they are off about a 1/8" to line up, then I can weld em in finally!

Oh, I have that brown truck coming hopefully Wednesday, bringing my ....... :rolleyes:

Thanks for looking ....

Looking good Sonar. I heard you need to have the full weight of the car on the suspension with motor, seats etc. before completely welding the subframe connectors in or trying to align the holes to bolt them up. You might want to look into that. I'd hate for you to do all that work and have to redo it.

This project keeps getting better. Nice adaptation of Mark's jacking idea. By the time you finish I think that we'll be looking at your cars for ideas to adapt to our own.

Keep warm.

Rod in HB

I just called and talked to DSE and they recommend to wait til I have the suspension and rear end in and measure the wheelbase before I weld them in .... didn't say anything about the build weight. Just said make sure its square :rolleyes: .


Thanks for the compliment ... I'm still plugging away, only want to do this once, the right way!!!