69 FASTBACK (project 57)

[kenneth]

Awesome project! Where did you buy the rocker panels? Do they fit nicely?

[aussiebj]

The rocker panels came from Mustangs Unlimited and if i had to do it again i would just buy the complete rocker replacement section instead of putting it together in three pieces...and they fit good....

[aussiebj]

Spent most of this weekend refitting the new power rack ..then onto the mock up of the steering and exhaust ..not alot of room for 2 1/8 inch pipes



Here are some pics ...


mocking up the slip fit headers

[RodZ]

Nice Work

[aussiebj]

well i gave up on the headders as i need more tubing.... so i started on the mini tubs and working on the floor pans ..i remade the crossmember as it was tow low to the ground.......here are some pics ..
not alot of room here

wheel tub widened and installed

New crossmember like my drive shaft

Right Hand rear floorpan made

[byndbad914]

Barry - here is a link to a website where I documented the tube chassis build. It is a free geocities site so after you look at a few pages it wants to shut down, so you may have to go to it a few times with a break in between.

It is a full tube chassis car, stock section of car as the center chunk, 353 cube de-stroked 400 Chevy 525HP/438ft-lbs on the engine dyno, and I just installed a sequential shift full race 4spd transaxle. My friend is on his way to weld in some brackets for me as I type. 2587lbs with the dry sump, two monster oil coolers, etc etc so she is heavy for a 914 but light for a typical V8 race car.

http://www.geocities.com/byndbad914

[aussiebj]

Tim that car is seriously sweet i love it.....thanks for the site i love the documentation of the build ...i would love to see a vid of the car driving...Nice..

[aussiebj]

PS youre right that site is o pos but it will keep me entertained..

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by aussiebj

Tim that car is seriously sweet i love it.....thanks for the site i love the documentation of the build ...i would love to see a vid of the car driving...Nice..

thanks! here is a link to my YouTube channel. One of my vids was pulled yesterday actually due to copyright issues (I was using snippets of music and apparently somebody figured out I was using a 10 second segment of their song and shut it down). I will try to get that one back up since it shows me rolling hard on a few cars to give you an idea of relative acceleration v. other cars.

In the meantime my channel has a couple vids still up of the car on the track and one drag racing which is futile in a road race car but makes for a fun time with friends.

https://www.youtube.com/user/byndbad914

yeah, that site is junk. I need to just get in gear and get my own .com and make a site from scratch that works all the time.

[andrewmp6]

Your moving along good so far.I always hated making headers.Got and idea what color its going to be?