Transcona, the Dirty Old Cougar

[egoman]

While you have heard me go on and on about the garage not being an excuse for the project, well!
My dad and I built this garage when I was 17. It was built from the lumber that we salvaged from a 100+ year old barn that was at my auntie’s place.
The fact that it was built almost 45 years ago from 100 year old lumber isn’t even the real issue. We also didn’t have a clue what we were doing. It is amazing it has been upright this long.
The south wall is bulged out about a foot at the top. The ends are rotted out and let in more daylight than the windows. They also let the wind and cold in and that stops a project when the overnight low in Rosser Manitoba was -50F. Frequently it is warmer outside if the sun is shining.
Americans already think we live in igloos and ride moose to work. An igloo would be significantly warmer. And a moose wouldn’t have a frozen battery!
The steel beams are probably the only reason the roof hasn’t dropped and combined with the chassis jig is probably why I feel the car is safe in there.
The insulated side has a hole that extends from the roof right through to the ceiling. It also is so rotted that the door spring isn’t attached to anything. The entire door is lifted only because I am quite strong. There is no mechanical advantage to take care of me.
There is also an Easter egg here for those that read the text and carefully look at the pics.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1613322936

[egoman]

Just a few more pics, LOL
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1613323151

[egoman]

SOOOO somewhere along the line it was suggested that you couldn’t use the Corvette parking brakes on a 9 inch floater. Well, maybe you can’t? Undeterred I forged forward with my Schreiner spindles and the brakes and stuff that I received from the Corvette supplier.
Naturally you missed me putting the spindle ends in the 3” .188 DOM tubing. HMMM I thought I had pics of that? This portion of the build had me running to my friend Doug’s place about 14 times a day to use his lathe and have him plasma stuff for me. I can actually be kind of a pain in the arse apparently.
The measurements are not for your use and I recommend that you don’t do what I do. That people, is a “DISCLAIMER”.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Do...!4d-97.0844968
You got a big truck project or something that need to be straightened after a BOO BOO! This is the guy to do that for you. I actually worked for him for a few years and we went to school together.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1613615311

[egoman]

More pics more ideas more work...............
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1613615417

[Ketzer]

Enjoyed the shop tour! At least you got roof and walls! Gives me vivid memories of a cold rainy driveway and swapping dead starters 10 minutes before I was supposed to be at work....I forget how many "lifetime" starters I went through. But at least my bone stock 305 had headers!!

Jeff-

[egoman]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

Enjoyed the shop tour! At least you got roof and walls! Gives me vivid memories of a cold rainy driveway and swapping dead starters 10 minutes before I was supposed to be at work....I forget how many "lifetime" starters I went through. But at least my bone stock 305 had headers!!

Jeff-

I built a greyhound bus into a motorhome using that shop. I like the guys that talk a bout a brisk 50F day in the south, LOL

[egoman]

Corvette independent rear end brakes fitting on a 9 inch floater rear with working parking brakes! I was told it couldn’t be done, but I get told that a lot. My plans and measurements say that THEY are wrong! More lathe work come Monday. There is a guy who charges about $4000 to do what I am going to (hopefully) accomplish for several hundred. It actually turns out to be just a few dollars more than the parts.
By the way soap and water doesn’t touch brake grime at all!
Also if you can’t figure out what I am doing with the old spindle, they are going to become spacers and the brackets for mounting the brakes on the rear end. Nifty, huh?

https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1613925046

[egoman]

Just some more pics.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1613925627

[egoman]

These should be the last brackets that will allow me to use the Corvette C6 ZO6 brakes and E-Brakes on the 9 inch floater for the Cougar! Going to get them cut probably next week with all the other brackets for the rear suspension.
I cheated and made it so one drawing allows for the cutting of two different brackets. You can see what I did in the cutting instructions in the lower left corner. The double shaded drawing is the revision...... kind of. Both will need hand trimming.

So just minutes after posting that I had it all figured out I double checked the measurements.
Yesterday this stuff was so hot that it burnt my hands just to carry it in the building. (That was just from sitting in my truck not even in direct sunlight!)
Now that the calipers and the bracket have cooled down. My measurements didn’t remain the same. Double and triple checking still won’t prevent all mistakes but should help reduce the overall number a bit!
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[Kmelander]

Nice work and tuned in, but I want to know where that thing is right now. Dammit I’m not a patient man and something about knowing this car is further along than what you are showing is just eating at me!

Anyone from that area see this thing on the streets? Probably looks something like this:




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