1969 Torino

[Flash68]

Lookin good Rusty.

[DFRESH]

Dude, that is insane. I just ran across your build. What did you decide on wheel/tire sizes? That pic of the 335/20 and the way the car sat over it is wicked. Of course I am biased, but I hope you choose that path as the stance of the rear in that pic is more than outstanding.

Are you deep in Malibu or further south? Love the bugs bunny cartoon--I forgot all about that one. Classic.

Wanda Dub

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Tom.A

Looking real good Rob Bet you can't wait to get it back home

Tom, thanks and yes saying I'm anxious to get to work on it is an understatement.

Originally Posted by DFRESH

Dude, that is insane. I just ran across your build. What did you decide on wheel/tire sizes? That pic of the 335/20 and the way the car sat over it is wicked. Of course I am biased, but I hope you choose that path as the stance of the rear in that pic is more than outstanding.

Are you deep in Malibu or further south? Love the bugs bunny cartoon--I forgot all about that one. Classic.

Wanda Dub

Thanks. I am doing a 18/19 or 19/20 combo. The chassis and stance is built around that size tire or close. I like the look of the 335 20 in the rear for sure. I just don't want the fronts to look to rollerskate in comparison. I'd like to get at lest a 285 width (preferably larger) tire up front and 26.5 tall. If I can get a tall enough front tire the 28" tall 20s will be in the rear. Otherwise I may go with the 27" tall 335 or 345 19.

One advantage to the 18/19 combo (besides unsprung weight) is the tire availability due to it being the Viper sizing.

I'm further south in Orange. Trestles not Malibu for me.

[jarhead]

Hmmmmm...

I see someone was thinking ahead and said "Rob may want to run some exhaust pipes through here"

Been studying these pictures, and thinking???

[Flash68]

Why don't you less time on here and weighing everything and being defensive about Betsy's weight situation and more time making progress?

You got your parts.
You got a shop to work in.
You have tools (Brett's).
And you have Brett when you get in trouble.

So what's your excuse Sally?

Oh, and I'll see ya tmrw...

[Wissing72]

Dig seeing the progress Rob!

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by gmtech921

Dig seeing the progress Rob!

Thanks Chris

How about some Parts pictures? are those good?

As I kept trimming the firewall further and further to give myself clearance to set the motor down and back it became apparent that the stock hanging pedals weren't going to cut it.

Here was the first test fit with a minimal cut. In this picture the motor was still .25" off center and you can see I have no clearance between the VC and remaining firewall. You can also see how close the 4 bolts that hold the stock pedal hanger are to the VC. I ended cutting the firewall to the other side of the mounting holes so no more stock pedal hanger.





Earlier in the week Brett had pointed out I had plenty of room for a floor pedal set up. I agreed with him but my concern was the header collectors need to go somewhere and that path would be down near the footwell. But after cutting the firewall to where I wanted it and measuring it was clear I have a lot more flexibility with fitting the floor pedals than a hanging set.

So I went shopping.




Although this is a 600 series Tilton Pedal set up it has the 900 series bracket to run the Series 77 master cylinders. The mounting of these is supposed to eliminate binding in pedal travel and the migrating of the bias due to some of the binding.



Having put the motor in the chassis where I want it to sit it is also clear that a front plate and midplate set up would make sense for mounting the motor.

The front plate will also give me a nice plane to use for the PS pump and alt mounting brackets that don't yet exist. Since I have a Peterson stackable mandrel drive I can use whatever existing PS or Alt brackets I like the look of and tailor the belt alignment via the position of the pulleys on the Peterson Mandrel. Those parts arrived long time ago so here is a reminder what they look like. This is better than digging through the wrecking yard this thread sorta is.



The Midplate will be a custom piece that Brett will fab. The front plate I got from Chris Alston Chassisworks. It has plenty of extra material I will trim off once all the final mounting positions of the motor and accessories are determined. As you can see in the photo my chief parts guy checked it all out and told me it was good to go.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Lookin good Rusty.

I'm glad you can still appreciate a project lacking travertine.

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Circa 2007:



Yo Rob. How are those 17s w leafs workin out for ya?..

About the same as your flywheels.

[Tom.A]

Looking real good Rob Bet you can't wait to get it back home