Introducing: Project 1/2-TRAK

[awr68]

Congrats on the ink! I noticed it this morning...but have yet to read it.

[Damn True]

So your saying you just looked at the pictures?


That's our Anthony.

[Damn True]

So....yeah.....more photos.....

I have the fill plates on the drivers side complete.



Still working on the passenger side. Nothing happened tonight. I decided to make a really nice lobster/scallop risotto for my wife tonight. BTW, Girgich Cellars Chardonnay.....get some.

So yeah....not all is grinding, wire-brushing and burning my junk with weld spatter.

We have some parts porn!

Front suspension coming together....



ATS spindle
Speed-Tech Upper/Lower Control Arms
LG Motorsports brake backing plate
$2.00 worth of angle iron from Lowes pretending to be a shock absorber



ATS/Lee Manufacturing Steering gear:



I know, I know...the nice cad plating.....CA EPA said Lee can't use the stuff anymore.....freakin hippies.

Something light and itchy and strangely similar to a decklid

[Damn True]

One of my favorites up there on the top shelf......The Twist-Machine / Jakes Rod Shop rear spoiler. That thing makes me tingle in my special place.



One of my next projects is to create a bulkhead out of all of these holes. Haven't decided if I want to weld a bit of metal into each of those openings, or just cover the whole thing up with a couple of sheets bent to fit. Suggestions?



Ok...totally unrelated..... my wifes father installed this sink in the house. Her parents have both long since passed and we've totally renovated the entire house. I still have some of her Dad's tools and they still get used quite a bit which I think is kinda cool.



.....and a couple months ago in Grassroots Motorsports Magazine they did this silly test of commercial hand cleaners. They found that something rather odd worked better. That's whats in the white tub. A couple of days worth of coffee grounds and a few tablespoons of dawn. Seriously, it works amazingly well and sure is cheaper than commercial hand cleaners.

Thats all for now.....

[cencal69]

I now have my wife saving her coffee grounds.

[Damn True]

Well the drivers side tub is all but finished. Just need to grind the welds down a bit, close over that flap on the lower forward bit and hit it with the seam sealer.

I have a quart of seam sealer from Eastwood, but I'm wondering if it might be better to use a different product that is more of a caulk type. Any thoughts?

[GHOSTDANCER]

Very nice

[ElkyZO6]

Awesome job so for, can't wait to see more.

[MarkM66]

A caulk type seam sealer might be easier to put in that inner to outer wheelhouse seam.

[MWCC]

Any good seam sealer would do, but the tube type that goes into your caulking gun would be easier to apply and force into the gap. Just be sure the degrease the bare steel and shoot it with some type of etch prime to avoid future rust before you apply the seam sealer.