Wow. I almost forgot about this site. Been building a house and just finished it, so we're trying to get settled in. The car hasn't been touched in almost 18 months. I have managed to buy a few parts here and there. I have everything to finish it except the wiring harness and computer which I hope to order within the next few weeks. Once I put it together, I'd like to get it dyno tuned and ready to go before I pull it apart for paint.

My wife and 6 yr. old are on me to get it finished, so I hope to get back on it pretty soon. I'll do a better job of updates now that my life is back to normal and have my own place again.

Hey Chris thats great news and nice to see your back :cheers:

It's been 13 months since I last posted but the car is moving along. FINALLY heading to the shop this weekend to start body work/paint. I basically have all the parts necessary to reassemble except for seat covers, headliner, etc., so once it's back from paint, it'll be a mad rush to get it assembled for May 2015. Our church has a car show every year during that month and I have a lot of people expecting to see it there.

Chris that's great news!! Looks like we will be on the road around the same time. Nice to see your back at it! Did you get your new house built?

It is great to have a goal/deadline with friends urging you on.

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Chris its good to see you back at work on that thing. Post us a few pics.

Glad to see you back at it. Who is doing your paint/body work?

I remember being inspired by your work on the subframe. My local parts guys looked at me like I asked for methamphetamine when I asked for Allmetal filler. Is there any chance you could give me a manufacturer and product number? The only one I find online is USC, is that the stuff?

Are you concerned about it cracking from chassis flex or has this been proven durable for frames? All help appreciated. Thanks

I will once he gets moving on it. He picked it up Sunday and called me today to let me know he had the subframe aligned and the front sheet metal close to aligned. I'll post a few in the upcoming weeks.

Carl Cobb. He lives in Central and does amazing work. He specializes in building custom street rods. I used to work with him years ago at Dow and learned of his skills back then. He just retired in August and started doing it full time so I timed it just right. He's doing 1 car at a time, so it won't be in paint prison like some.

Yeah, that's it. It's made by USC. Has a silver wrapped can with red and blue graphics. As for the cracking, I'm not sure if it's been proven against creaking or not. I fully welded my seams on the frame so I would expect it not to. If it does, well.....not sure what I'll do at that point. I personally don't think it will. I didn't build it up thick at all, just enough to hide some of the welding.

Sure did Steve! Been in it since August 2013. We even added on to the family. Had our second son on August 27th!

I just realized that not all of my pictures are showing up. Cardomain updated their site and I guess some of the links got messed up.

Ride Tech Gas Cap

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Bed Lined Floor Pan

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Custom built 4L65E

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Off to paint

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The floor looks nice, which bed liner did you use?

Raptor Liner

Thank you. I am trying to keep my welds nice but 40+ year old steel with oily gunk hiding in the seams has thrown me a curve just when I think I am doing alright. I may just try following your path.

Everyone else's Ridetech cap looks more flush than mine did when I mocked it up last Christmas. It looks like it fills the factory recess nicely and ends up pretty flush. Perhaps I just need to bite the bullet, drill and cinch it down to get the full effect?

I put a torch on my seams after i blasted it to try and cook some of the 40 year old gunk that had accumulated. Know anyone with a powder coating oven? You could cook it several times.

I found that gas cap a pain to install because of the filler neck o-ring. Makes for a tight fit but as intended to do.

It came out great!

Thanks. Real easy to apply. Just mix the catalyst, set the pressure at 60psi and spray.

Bodywork has started. All panels have been aligned, metal added/removed, etc. Filler work and blocking now in progress.

Photos to follow if I can figure out how to post them from Flickr!

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Coming along nice!!

Looks great!

Chris its looking great!!!!! Must feel great to get back at it!!

Steve,
I'm so ready to get behind the seat of this thing. The Power Tour ends in Baton Rouge next year, so I'm trying to get it finished to make the Hoover, AL to Baton Rouge portion of the tour. Supposed to have it back from paint around mid February.

New glove box to house the ECM and TCM.

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Paint next week!!!:excited:

Lucky dog!
Give us a refresh on the color choice... Unless you want to surprise the masses.
I scrolled back a couple pages and didn't see a clue.

Chris thats great news that its going for paint. What colour is it going?

Same color as before. It's called Electric Currant Red

I'm going by the shop tomorrow and will try to snap a few photos.

Did you get any pictures???

I did but need to upload them. He was in the process of disassembling the car and cleaning the paint booth so not much on progress photos. The dash will be painted and cleared tomorrow and the firewall Wednesday. After that, the jambs and body can proceed.

Needs to be blocked one more time and then it's ready.

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Started spraying color today.

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Now you're cooking!!! Yeeeeeehhhhhhaaaaawwwwwww



Looks good!!