1969 Torino

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by FETorino

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Dracula's finger could kill any brand of car, even a Ford.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by billetman

Oh Yeah!! There's the right stuff to kill a large quantity of Chevrolets!!

Yes sir that is the plan. Stay tuned

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I'll concede an Impala SS or a Caprice Classic.

Is THAT what your driving these days I should have known

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Dracula's finger could kill any brand of car, even a Ford.

Why are you making fun of my dainty little hand model fingers. You know how sensitive I am about that.

I've been trying to get some stuff done at the night job. You know all the glamorous stuff everyone who builds one of these cars suffers through.

Puling out the old 390 mock up motor on Thurs. It took me a couple hours mainly because the cherry picker won't fit under the crossmember for some reason. It's like the car sits only 5", or less, off the ground or something crazy like that. Just for the heck of it I weighed the car without the motor and trans to get an idea where I was starting. It will be cool to catalogue how the weight keeps adding up as the build progresses.



That left uncovered a bunch of extra metal that needed to be cut our tonight.



I got all of it but the top of the shock towers with a grinder but luckily I was saved by a skilled guy with a plasma cutter who finished the top of the shock towers off for me or I'd still be there.



I got some help from a couple of young eager aspiring car builders to start stripping and cleaning the interior out. Man I'm glad they were around. It had gotten a little crusty from me letting it sit.



Another couple of crappy days of cutting and cleaning and then it's on to the fun stuff.

[fleet]

Congrats on the progress Rob, that's got to feel good. Nice to have some help with that stuff as well.

[jarhead]

That's a nice tunnel hump Rob, did RS make that?

I had to make my own for my TKO, Torino swap, it isn't as pretty...

Joe

[Sieg]

Looking good T-Rob!

[214Chevy]

Yeah Rob, that hump is sweet. I love the factory looking bead roll.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by compos mentis

Congrats on the progress Rob, that's got to feel good. Nice to have some help with that stuff as well.

Originally Posted by Sieg

Looking good T-Rob!

Feels good to actually get some hands on work done and shed some weight.

Originally Posted by wanman

That's a nice tunnel hump Rob, did RS make that?

I had to make my own for my TKO, Torino swap, it isn't as pretty...

Joe

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Yeah Rob, that hump is sweet. I love the factory looking bead roll.

Yes RS made the hump.

Joe quit holding out let's see some pictures of that Torino

Marcus

The floors up to the bead roll portion are aftermarket replacement pieces then RS formed the hump and driveshaft tunnel. Let's see some updates on your Chevelle thread.

[GregWeld]

Is that a PINK cherry picker??

Can I buy that from you for Baby Georgia Anne?


Now that you've taken something apart..... it'll be quite awhile before you'll have a need for it to put anything back together.

Originally Posted by FETorino

[TAC]

Looking good Rob, what's the plans for the dash. Are you going to use that stock dashpad frame to build something custom?

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Greg from Aus

Looking good Rob, wait did I just say that.

Yes you did

Originally Posted by Rick D

Nice Rob!! Now get it running!!!

Maybe before yours.

Originally Posted by Ripped

Looks great Rob... just remember the longer you take, the more time I get to tweak the car, and hone my less-than-stellar driving skills

I'm here for you

Originally Posted by Sieg

Every once and a While even a Ford get thrown a bone on this site.

Originally Posted by wanman

It doesnt appear it comes in "Men's" size, only goes up to L

Is there a need to sell it in a mans size I don't think so.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Is that a PINK cherry picker??

Can I buy that from you for Baby Georgia Anne?

Now that you've taken something apart..... it'll be quite awhile before you'll have a need for it to put anything back together.

Sure looks pink to me. It's not mine but as they say Anything is for sale for the right price.

If by quite a while you mean I won't need the engine hoist before SEMA you may be wrong.

Originally Posted by TAC

Looking good Rob, what's the plans for the dash. Are you going to use that stock dashpad frame to build something custom?

Gary you are correct. Brett pointed out to me that the metal shell from the stock dash should save some fab time.