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Old 04-11-2023, 11:38 PM
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today's fun, make sure the top doesn't blow off at 150.... like it started to...

inserts

and glue

and the hardest part is drilling in the acrylic
ultimately success came from a slightly smaller hole, heating the insert so it'd thread in, then backing it out a bit and stuffing epoxy in the outside threads

that ain't goin' nowhere.

in other news, new toy


I also finished up the rack install - I took pictures of the parts needed to reduce the pressure (rack needs 800 psi max, hydroboost can handle 1100 and the pump puts out 1350 - now 800)
of course the camera failed... I'll report back after driving it... I also lowered the front and aligned it. will drop the rear down as well... pictures of that part later
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Old 04-14-2023, 09:49 AM
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the problem - out of date seat belts

the solution

the "that escaladed quickly"




so why... I left the center open for better view - the problem was getting the battery out (under the floor) was a right PITA. Add to this issue that had I run the bar all the way across, horizontally, then I could simply tie the seat belts to the rear bar.... so that's what I'm going to do.
Problem 2 is the cross bar is really in the way... so I'm going to make the roll bar into a seat bar. I will still function to aid roof support, but give me a bit more room for activities. With that said, the targa bar on the C3 is pretty stout from the factory - so is a cage necessary for what I'm doing? I say no.
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Old 04-15-2023, 11:42 PM
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time to work on the seat belt bar/roll bar
the problem is simple - it's an utter PITA to get to the battery and getting to the top of the tank is nearly impossible while leaving the bar in..

so time to take the drop part out

and welded.... a few more things to do tomorrow then reinstall
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Old 04-17-2023, 01:04 AM
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now with paint

the white isn't an issue unless the carpet moves - since I have spare black paint

better

almost there... I don't know what I did with the grommet for the passenger seat - so I ordered another...

ah well, I can bolt it all down ...
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Old 04-20-2023, 01:52 PM
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Very Nice work!
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Old 05-25-2023, 12:13 AM
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it's here, well, it's been here for a week - but last week was busy - so finally got around to pictures...
1968 Corvette it's rougher then I thought it'd be.... but I bought it for the manual innards and the rear window surround (74 up don't have removeable rear windows, this lets me adapt that to my 76)... I'm still considering what I said before - PF4 - but whether this is the car that I start with... it may become a couch
so here we go

this is a clue about why this car is like this... that rod is normally straight - it has other signs it hit something in the front pretty hard


weirdness is the windshield frame looks okay


yet if you look at the roof bar - it rusted apart at the targa


don't care, I got the manual insides I wanted and I have 4 door shells.... and a billion other parts like manual pedals

anyway, next up is get it out and stored (thinking above the bathroom) but for now I need it out because racing
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Old 06-22-2023, 12:01 AM
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Optima spoiler stands installed

this weekend go play in Spokane and see if I can get a final tune in on it... wish I could have found someone to do the tune (who has a dyno) but whatever, it's not like it's hard
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Old 07-17-2023, 09:12 AM
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clean it up, load it up for Optima this next weekend




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Old 07-17-2023, 09:47 AM
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Old 07-22-2023, 10:19 PM
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yeah, fun.... day one, event 2


spent a couple hours trying to get it to go back on.... wouldn't go on in a way that I was willing to risk other people's lives... I think what happened was I had fuel problems and the car bucked - that decoupled the pipe and it sheared off the holder then went under the wheel... took a nice gouge out of the fender too.....

and yes, that's racing, I'm disappointed but before that all happened... I was running quite competitively (like leading for a moment competitively)...
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