Project Fool's Gold

[ParkerRS]

After getting the interior mocked-up and built ready to cover the car went back to the body shop.

After reading about James Shipka's One Lap Camaro and Steve Rupp's Bad penny which both use the same three link rear suspension, it was evident that a rear sway bar would be needed to tune it in. I'm not sure what rate bar will actually be neccesary, but fitting one before paint is easier. I sourced a bar from Helwig which was designed by David Pozzi for the OLC car. The clearance for the end links was the problem. We cut the rear floor pan and built two pockets which will both mount the end-links and provide clearance for the bar ends.







Hopefully this will give a good start, as the rear bar is adjustable. If it doesn't work out then helwig can make a different rate bar by this pattern, which would make it a simple swap out with no fab work to be done.

Friday the bottom of the car was painted.







The filling and smoothing of the firewall with one of the new weld-in DSE close outs was finished today and will be sprayed tomorrow.

Once that is done the car will get back on it's suspension for the final time. Painting of the top side will begin then as it has already been blocked 7 times while assembled and mocked-up.

It's starting to feel like Christmas. The ceramic and powder coating came back today. The tank and annodized parts will ship in next week. I used the previous tank when switching my grey 73 to fuel injection. This allowed me to order a new one for this project with the all new Vaporworx fuel system including the Pressureworx PWM controller.

[ma73z]

Almost forgot about this one, good to see it going again Please keep us updated with lots of pics

[70rs]

Originally Posted by ma73z

Almost forgot about this one, good to see it going again Please keep us updated with lots of pics

Yeah, what he said. ^^^^

[WSSix]

Freakin awesome Tommy! Glad the car is still being built even if it was moving slowly. Thanks for bringing us up to speed.

[Bow Tie 67]

Tommy,

There is something to be said about builds taking longer to compete. Vaporworks, plain and simple works!!! Adding the rear sway-bar.. Thumbs-up !! I love the undercarriage colors.

Hope you can make RTTH this year just to hang out!! I'll be there socializing, without the hobby in tow.

Matt

[protour73]

OMG!!!!! Say it isn't so, update pics from Tommy???? (Insert --> sound of a body hitting the floor from fainting)

Thankfully I keep up with your car's progress behind the scenes!!

[ParkerRS]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm heading out to the body shop Friday. The firewall was finished yesterday and will be getting sprayed today.

The exhaust is back from being ceramic coated along with the sub-frame and rear housing which had to be re-powdercoated. After welding the down bars to the front along with tie down brackets the front needed to be re-done. The rear housing was also modified for the sway bar so it also needed re-coating.

I'll have some fresh update pics by the weekend. This will be something new compared with the last year, fast progress!

P.S. You can get up off of the floor now Scottie!! LOL

[dropit69]

Hot damn Tommy...looking good....its about damn time..lol..

[waynieZ]

Very Nice !

[Andrew]

Great looking work you're doing. Even better project name!