Ok, I've been a little lax at posting updates so I'll give it a shot. Been busy but most of my work has been fine tuning items that weren't quite there. Man everything on this car is tight. I'm not going to go over everything but I'll hit the highlights. I changed from coilovers to airbags because I wanted the car to sit low when parked, man what a challenge to get fitted with comfortable clearances. I removed everything, made new clearances on the rear end, manufactured new rear/front air bag brackets and purchase new front airbags. After airbag installation there was interference w/my pan hard bar and rear fuel lines on the bracket I built so I built new fuel lines w/a little different twist on the bracket. The floorboards got a little warm for my liking so I removed the exhaust and wrapped the entire exhaust system and blanketed the mufflers. I also purchased some thermazite insulation and added it to the roof on top of my fatmat sound deadener (big difference) and also will be adding it to the floor prior to installing carpet. So for a little catch up, on the entire exhaust system, I had it all thermal coated, added heat wrap and blankets in areas where I thought there would be heat issues, keep in mind, I sprayed U-Pol Raptor on the underside of the car, in the trunk and on the inside floor boards and firewall. Also added Fatmat sound deadner and now thermazite, whew. I've installed rear bumpstops, moved a lot of wiring from the tunnel to under the dash to make room for the center console design I think I'm going to build, checked front seat fitment, made cardboard templates for the door panels , built the armrest and think I now have a design I'm going with. I've framed in the rear seat area and added an overflow bottle for my radiator. I don't know if I've mentioned it but I bought a Marquez headliner from another member on the board, although in hindsight if I had it to do over I think I would stick w/a stock headliner. What a pain. You don't know how many times I lost it and almost threw it in the garbage. In the end I'm going to really like it more than stock but not being an upholsterer and doing this all myself it was almost overwhelming. Don't get me wrong, it's a very good product but as you know, no two cars are identical and it required a lot of fitting, trimming, fiberglassing, fitting, fitting, fitting and more fitting and because I modified the interior of my doors I had to figure another way to mount the twe side pieces. I've been at the headliner for about two weeks now but getting very close to finishing, Thanks Tracy for taking my call and giving me some good advice, really appreciate it. The urethane dash pad I ordered from MCB looks nice and fit very well, I was going to upholster it but now think I'm going to leave it as is. With Brett's help, I've removed the front swaybar that Wayne Due originally installed w/his front clip and am installing a splined swaybar to give me more turning clearance. Brett came up w/the idea/design, took measurements ordered the pieces for me and then cut and bent them to fit, I really like the idea/design. I then drilled and tapped them and added a few holes for weight and design, only have to powder coat them and install, then I can put the car back on the ground. There's more but that's enough for now, things are starting to really come together. I'm really hoping to finish by April, but doing it pretty much myself ya never know. Here's a few rough picks. When it's all said and done, I'm going to have to do a little paint touch up, wet sand and buff.
My good buddy Jim Ness over giving me a hand.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
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