I’ll try my hardest to get everything sorted by the first of next year. I’m not rebuilding the car with worn out or half gone parts. It can sit while I buy the new suspension pieces.
I’ll try my hardest to get everything sorted by the first of next year. I’m not rebuilding the car with worn out or half gone parts. It can sit while I buy the new suspension pieces.
Alrighty, today I got four hours in on the car.
First off, finishing up some more rocker work.
What low spots?
I decided that all this body work was driving me nuts, so I went up to remove some brake lines.
I found this weird little “black goop” pile on the fender. After I pulled it off, I found this little hole the previous owner covered up. Interesting, they left holes the size of footballs on the outside, but this little hole needed attention? Grinded smooth.
I figured since some of the inter-panel sealer/glue was missing, I’d weld up the panel.
More rocker panel work!
Looks way better than at the start.
Putting a re-inforcement along the subframe carrier rail.
More lines ripped out.
Now here’s an odd problem. The original Nissan motor ran the exhaust down the driver side in that big “dent” area. The Ford motor runs the exhaust down the passenger side. I’m going to run all the fuel and brake lines down the driver side and hopefully be able to hide a 3" exhaust on the the passenger side.
Closed up for the night.
Overall, I think I’m making some pretty good progress. I’ve never done body work before, so I think I did a fairly good job on that rocker panel. I’ve got lots more work to do - and that’s an understatement.
Alrighty, today I got four hours in on the car.
First off, finishing up some more rocker work.
What low spots?
I decided that all this body work was driving me nuts, so I went up to remove some brake lines.
I found this weird little “black goop” pile on the fender. After I pulled it off, I found this little hole the previous owner covered up. Interesting, they left holes the size of footballs on the outside, but this little hole needed attention? Grinded smooth.
I figured since some of the inter-panel sealer/glue was missing, I’d weld up the panel.
More rocker panel work!
Looks way better than at the start.
Putting a re-inforcement along the subframe carrier rail.
More lines ripped out.
Now here’s an odd problem. The original Nissan motor ran the exhaust down the driver side in that big “dent” area. The Ford motor runs the exhaust down the passenger side. I’m going to run all the fuel and brake lines down the driver side and hopefully be able to hide a 3" exhaust on the the passenger side.
Closed up for the night.
Overall, I think I’m making some pretty good progress. I’ve never done body work before, so I think I did a fairly good job on that rocker panel. I’ve got lots more work to do - and that’s an understatement.
you’ve definitely still got your work cut out for you but keep it up!
Like I already said, get this done for June 10th! 
Also, you might have some issues with ground clearance if you run the exhaust down the passenger side, I’d suggest either maybe cutting a hole and rebuilding it similar to the drivers side or just using the some fancy angles in your piping and bringing it over to the drivers side like its supposed to be… ground clearance issues are the worst and you’ll probably regret it later.
The V8 guys bring both of their headers down over to the drivers side, i dont see why you couldn’t do it.
you’ve definitely still got your work cut out for you but keep it up!
Like I already said, get this done for June 10th!
Also, you might have some issues with ground clearance if you run the exhaust down the passenger side, I’d suggest either maybe cutting a hole and rebuilding it similar to the drivers side or just using the some fancy angles in your piping and bringing it over to the drivers side like its supposed to be… ground clearance issues are the worst and you’ll probably regret it later.
The V8 guys bring both of their headers down over to the drivers side, i dont see why you couldn’t do it.
Alrighty, today I got four hours in on the car.
First off, finishing up some more rocker work.
What low spots?
I decided that all this body work was driving me nuts, so I went up to remove some brake lines.
I found this weird little “black goop” pile on the fender. After I pulled it off, I found this little hole the previous owner covered up. Interesting, they left holes the size of footballs on the outside, but this little hole needed attention? Grinded smooth.
I figured since some of the inter-panel sealer/glue was missing, I’d weld up the panel.
More rocker panel work!
Looks way better than at the start.
Putting a re-inforcement along the subframe carrier rail.
More lines ripped out.
Now here’s an odd problem. The original Nissan motor ran the exhaust down the driver side in that big “dent” area. The Ford motor runs the exhaust down the passenger side. I’m going to run all the fuel and brake lines down the driver side and hopefully be able to hide a 3" exhaust on the the passenger side.
Closed up for the night.
Overall, I think I’m making some pretty good progress. I’ve never done body work before, so I think I did a fairly good job on that rocker panel. I’ve got lots more work to do - and that’s an understatement.
im pretty sure he cant get this done by june 10th, maybe the body work yea, but probably not all the engine assembly and plumbing customization, if you can do that wow i’ll be really impressed, although I highly doubt it, work looks decent so far
i dont think so either, i just need to keep bugging him about it just in case ;] ;]
im pretty sure he cant get this done by june 10th, maybe the body work yea, but probably not all the engine assembly and plumbing customization, if you can do that wow i’ll be really impressed, although I highly doubt it, work looks decent so far
i dont think so either, i just need to keep bugging him about it just in case ;] ;]
you’ve definitely still got your work cut out for you but keep it up!
Like I already said, get this done for June 10th!
Also, you might have some issues with ground clearance if you run the exhaust down the passenger side, I’d suggest either maybe cutting a hole and rebuilding it similar to the drivers side or just using the some fancy angles in your piping and bringing it over to the drivers side like its supposed to be… ground clearance issues are the worst and you’ll probably regret it later.
The V8 guys bring both of their headers down over to the drivers side, i dont see why you couldn’t do it.
I’ll try my hardest to get everything sorted by the first of next year. I’m not rebuilding the car with worn out or half gone parts. It can sit while I buy the new suspension pieces.
I’ll try my hardest to get everything sorted by the first of next year. I’m not rebuilding the car with worn out or half gone parts. It can sit while I buy the new suspension pieces.
im pretty sure he cant get this done by june 10th, maybe the body work yea, but probably not all the engine assembly and plumbing customization, if you can do that wow i’ll be really impressed, although I highly doubt it, work looks decent so far
i dont think so either, i just need to keep bugging him about it just in case ;] ;]
I’ll try my hardest to get everything sorted by the first of next year. I’m not rebuilding the car with worn out or half gone parts. It can sit while I buy the new suspension pieces.
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