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streetbird · #81 11-20-2020, 02:10 PM

look super nice. can't wait to see the exhaust setup for that single turbo setup

**Stielow** · #82 12-10-2020, 01:19 PM

Jody - Looks great!

**camcojb** · #83 12-13-2020, 07:58 PM

I'm not a sheet metal guy so I was looking to have somebody do the minitub for me. I bought the ABC Performance tubs. When I couldn't get the local shops to even contact me back after several tries I gave up and decided to do it myself.

Most shops claim 30-40 hours labor for this, so just for fun I'm going to keep track of my hours. Never done one before so we'll see how it goes. I cut out the hole for my T56, but the patch panel I had is not big enough, so I ordered a Tinman Fab unit made specifically for this car, but it was also not tall enough, and the hole I cut is pretty much minimal for clearance. So now I have a Bowler universal tunnel that looks like it'll work. I'll be doing that after the minitub.

So this is where I am after 5 hours; got the spot welds drilled out and the old tub removed.

**Ricochet** · #84 12-13-2020, 08:45 PM

You got this easily. Just takes patience and you have that. Look forward to seeing them in. Keep up the great work!!

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**Ketzer** · #85 12-14-2020, 08:13 AM

I did DSE minis on my Nova. At the time, the thing that really seemed to take forever was creeping up on the fit. Taking the tubs in and out a million times. DSE had templates and I used them, but it still only got me close. Each side was completely different and had fit issues in totally different places....
Having said all that... I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!!

Jeff-

**camcojb** · #86 12-14-2020, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ketzer

Having said all that... I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!!

Jeff-

I think you're a weirdo lol. Building an engine, chassis assembly, fabbing parts, wiring, tuning... Those are fun things to me. This is work.

**camcojb** · #87 12-17-2020, 07:28 PM

12 hours in and one side is in place. Still need to do some small patch panels, but the hard part is done.

64G-lark · #88 12-17-2020, 07:35 PM

Looks good Jody. That car is really clean on the bottom. I used that same style trans tunnel on the Skylark I built a few years back. Worked good and saved a lot of fabrication time.

**syborg tt** · #89 12-17-2020, 07:55 PM

Looks very nice.

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**Goosesdad** · #90 12-18-2020, 09:12 AM

Looks great