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Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:07 pm

Lots of progress!

Been working on the wiring over the past weekend. Ordered the wrong fuse blocks so I'm waiting for the right ones to be delivered. I've got the main harness run to the back and built the main panel. I will have pics of that progress up shortly.

It's tax season, should have my refund within the week. All of those funds are being allocated to the car. Plus, the annual bonus is coming in February, that is being spent on interior!

Needless to say, very excited because a lot of things are going to start moving very quickly shortly. :D

I will post a pic update in a few days.

Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:47 pm

Quick update, in the middle of wiring the fuse panel. Still need to take it apart for finishing touches and paint, but you get the idea. It will be the distribution center for the car.

Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:59 pm

Excellent build!

Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:22 pm

Thank you Sub!

This week is like Christmas! Tax return came in, so the Amazon Prime account is in full effect!

Got all the LED bulbs for the car as well as the LED flasher yesterday. The MSD Digital 6AL with a blaster coil came as well!

The Holley Red fuel pump will be here today along with the Odyssey battery terminals. The battery should be in by Friday at the latest.

Looking to buy exhaust, and an oil cooler. Then I'll need to finish plumbing the fuel and oil lines. Hopefully within the next two weeks, she'll be running!! :shock:

Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:07 pm

Little bit of an update. Don't mind the firing order OR the shitty gauge wiring (it was temporary just to monitor what was going on during the break-in/heat cycle)

Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:22 pm

I really like the banjo wheel, car look stunning.

Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:45 pm

ovalshark wrote: I really like the banjo wheel, car look stunning.

Thanks Oval Shark! I wanted to go slightly different on the inside. Really dig the early style wheels.

She took her first maiden voyage this weekend! Boy does it feel good. Still lots of work to do, but I want to her her ready for show season this year.

Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:52 pm

How exciting man, it's really coming together nicely. I've been watching this build for some time. Keep up the good work :)

Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:02 pm

Very nice work! Any chance you have a pic of that custom fuse panel installed?

Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:38 am

I am still finishing up the wiring, I've got a few small things I'm waiting for like my gauge pod that fits inside the glove box. Once I have it all neat and tidy, I'll post a bunch of pics. However, I'm considering rebuilding the panel because I made some changes to wire routing, but that will likely be down the line a bit.

Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:53 am

great build.... this is really inspiring me do a full ground up restore.. and look for a gf that helps me like yours does.. great build.. if you get a chance keep the pics coming.

Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:15 am

juniorvick wrote: and look for a gf that helps me like yours does..

GOOD LUCK! :lol:

Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:16 am

Car is looking good man! Nice work.

Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:55 am

the-jerm wrote: juniorvick wrote: and look for a gf that helps me like yours does..

GOOD LUCK! :lol:

Yea, tell me about it. I'm not one to brag, but I honestly lucked out with her.

Listing out some of the next "mini" projects on the car...

- Drop the engine - Powdercoating the tins, adjusting valves and new valve covers

- Finish wiring - Mostly just dash lights and ignition kill switch

- Final fitting of tie rods/steering box as well as gas tank

- Restore recently purchased seats (Powdercoat and rebuild frames)

- Install hood, decklid and glass

- Pick-up running boards from WW

- Source US Spec bumpers

Once all that is done, it will be interior time. Anyone have a good person for interior? Looking to go with original styling, but high end materials (Leather & Tweed) and original style headliner. Looking to keep it under $2k for interior. There's got to be some good ones here in So Cal...

Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:06 pm

Ive heard nothing but good things about Octavio's work. Check him out.

Octavio Gutierrez
Kustom 1 Upholstery
1041 W Collins Ave # C
Orange, CA 92867-5567
(714) 516-9756

Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:42 pm

Hugo Stiglitz wrote:
She took her first maiden voyage this weekend! Boy does it feel good.

Looks and sounds awesome! I remember the maiden voyage feeling very well (just a few short months ago on my project).. It's all down hill from here...

Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:16 am

In addition to various updates, she got registered last Friday.

Also pulled the engine and had the tins powdercoated black:

The Raby sync-link linkage is hooked up, just have to do some fine tuning. In addition to that, going to try and wrap up most of the wiring today. Maybe put the headlights in! :D

Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:00 pm

Here's some current state shots from this morning.

Just ironing out some final details. One of the bolt holes in the hood was stripped (had no idea), so now I've gotta take it to my body guy to see if he can replace it without having to repaint the hood.

Then it's up to Steve Tims' to have him tune the car on the dyno. From there I'll start working on interior. Running out of parts and things to work on... :cry: :wink:

Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:40 pm

One of my favorites, great job!

Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:14 pm

lookin sweet Love the wheels!