looks like fun cant wait to see more.
keep us updated, looks like a fun project.
i have been wanting to build one of these. im looking forward to seeing the whole process and the end product. :tup:
:tup: to building your own car! Kinda reminds me of the Cobra kit car builds.
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Tranny tunnel is tacked in, rear axle test fit, looks good. Once I have the tranny (should be here this week) I can test fit it with the engine and fully weld the tunnel, or just use this frame as a template for welding it out of sheet steel, that way I can gain an extra 1.5" of interior room by eliminating the tubes. I can also fit the triangulation tubes into the rear now, and complete the rollbar/shock mounting platform. I’m kinda stuck after that though, I don’t have the sheet steel for the floor yet (waiting for a quote from Hybrid Connection, they got the tubes for me really cheap) or the 1/8" plate for the shock/rollbar mount, OR the 3/4" DOM for the control arms. I have the rest od the DOM tubing for the suspension but the place I ordered it from screwed up and didn’t sent the 3/4" tube. So once I finish with all the square tubing I have to wait until I can continue. I can finish stripping the axle and start tearing down the engine.
:tup: x 11tybillion
wow! that’s dead sexy!
Wow, this is going to be good :tup:
cant wait to see this thing done… its looking great
true statement
i also look forward to the completion of this project.
…yea so this may be my first project when i get out of wyotech and need a good ato-x car…GLman :tup: its looking quite good thus far.
The frame is almost done, I just need to get the sheet steel and make the floor, firewall, and cover the tranny tunnel.
I started the rear suspension, these are the brackets that the 4 links, panhard bar, and shocks will bolt to, they will be welded to the axle. I got tired of being pelted with hot metal from cutting so I called it a day. I think I want to go with threaded rods for the links, I think that actually makes more sense as it makes aligning the car easier, the book calls for just making tubes with bushings on each end, that’s fine if eveything is perfectly straight…But I’m sure there will be some ahhh…unplanned asymmetry in the frame. Threaded links would make much more sense in getting everything perfectly straight. I found these…
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/aspx/paging.yes/dept_id.107/display_id.1534/qx/Product.htm
Along with these…
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/aspx/paging.yes/dept_id.108/display_id.2092/qx/Product.htm
And that would complete the rear at a reasonable cost.
Here are the big ass brackets, they are 160mm long and it’s a major PITA to cut 1/8" thick steel with my miter saw…noisy and lots of sparks.
looks good. I have a plasma cutter you can rent if you wish. Will make some cuts a lot easier for ya for the rest of the project. let me know.
Really? How much? Does it run on 110? Do you also have a tubing bender? 
220 single phase… same thing your laundry dryer likely runs on. It can cut up to 3/4" steel.
$100 and you can use it as long as you need. I have about 50’ of extension chord for it as well.
No 220 in my house, dryer is gas.
:tup: Awesome project!
Test fit of pedals, the Swift/Metro pedal box is perfect, sits right on top of the tube in the perfect spot…
Modified rear axle and links, the axle is 56.75" at the drums, or about 3.75" wider than the book Escort axle so I’m making the front 4" wider…
First upper control arm, it looks ugly but it’s still coated with flux and splatter, the finished product will look nicer…
wow, im impressed, ur making a ton of progress really fast. :tup:
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