Well I got back to work on Sunday with my brother in law. He completed the last of the welding needed for the relocation blocks. While he did that I drilled and tapped the XV Motorsports front brace for the hood latch. Then we moved onto the minitubs. While these are not really needed now...
I woke up very early today and made it out to the WPC swap meet in Mt. Clemens, MI. I scored some great finds. First up is a pair of 5.7L Hemi chrome valve covers. I then found a repro seller who was very reasonable. I scored a complete set of marker lights. and...
Large update for today. Jim came over and we tackled the sub frame connectors and the relocation boxes. We started with the sub frame connectors. The US Car Tool connectors were older ones and didn’t fit perfectly. We were required to massage them in and I still have some very large gaps, which I assume...
Well today my brother in law and best friend Jim came over to work on the car. I started work on the hood hinges with gas struts and he started on the Wilwood front brakes since I had the front AlterKtion assembled. Here’s the Wilwood Dynalite hub and rotor bolted together. Here’s the back of...
Well I found some time tonight while my wife went out shopping. I started to assemble the front AlterKtion. It’s so easy! I got the lower control arms on, the QA1 coilovers and the spindles. I’ve been stopped in my tracks as I don’t have the stock bolts for the upper control arms. I now...
Well time for a large update. I came home from work and my brother in law Jim came over. Jim takes welding and turns it into an art form. If I could weld and manipulate metal the way he does I’d be light years farther along. Here’s Jim welding the passenger side floor panel in. ...
Well I got to work a bit today with the help of my brother in law Jim. Jim’s great with metal and knows how to weld much better than me. The welding helmet had dead batteries so we only got tack welds done. Everything still needs to be welded in. We started with the RMS...
Well my rims (Boze Pro Touring) came in this week. The fronts are 17×8, 5.5" backspacing. The rears are 18×10 with a 4.5" backspacing. I was really hoping to have more of a front dish but due to the brakes and such I’m required to use this size. I purchased Falken FK452 tires, 245-45-17 for...
Well the rest of the floor has been removed. I’m thinking I’m going to use POR 15 down inside all the frame rails to go over that rust and such. Then when the new floors are welded in the insides of the frame rails would be coated. I’ve also been working on trying to get...
I told myself over the last week at work that I needed to start digging in and getting the Duster worked on. I decided if I could get a bunch of things ready for welding, maybe my welder (brother-in-law) will do some welding when he returns from a business trip. I started out and got...
