Still here.The baby sure takes a tremendous amount of your free time away but she is totally worth it.Another thing the addition to our family has made very obvious is the fact that we need a bigger house. With that said, All of my free time has been dedicated to fixing up our current house...

Sorry for the late reply. The car is still here safe and sound in the garage.Everyone was right. The kid takes up ALOT of time and energy but she is completely worth it. Watching her grow is the most fun thing I have ever done!However, that has not been the sole reason for the lack of...

haha. Yes, especially when they are missing body panels and have mis-matched hoods.

HahaBoth parts cars are still here. I moved them to the back yard behind the fence to get rid of the eye sores in the driveway.

Still here but things have been slow.I had alot of trouble trying to get a shop to put an 8.50 certified cage in the car. By "trouble" I mean that over a period of 4 months I sent emails to at least 15 different fab shops about a 10 point cage, parachute mount, and potentially have tubing the...

Awesome. That is exactly what i needed. Thanks!

Does anyone have pictures of a 2G 10 point Rhodes Race Cars prebent roll cage installed? Some 1G pics would also probably be helpful.I'm having some main hoop/halo fitment issues and and would like to see how some other people's turned out. I'm going to talk to Rhodes this week but some...

Surface rust is a very large pet peeve of mine so its time to put a light coat of primer on all the bare metal areas.Another thing I was really hoping I would be able to do was keep all the lock cylinders the same. (OCD) After literally 6 hours of searching through every single box of...

Things have gotten kind of busy but I have managed to get some work done on the car. The next step is getting the roll cage, parachute mount, and (if I fall and hit my head) tubing the front from the strut towers forward installed so I have been trying to do as much of the leg work as possible...

Thanks guys!More coming soon!

I got my diff mounts in so I pulled the rear subframe back out to install the diff mounts, billet mains and install the diff cover. I did see a few people with a gusset to help support the 4th mount on the subframe so I decided it wouldn't hurt to add one here as well. My welding is getting...

Its been a while but good progress has been made. My laptop died and making posts like this on my phone are a pain in the butt.I finished up the last of the wiring and got the power distribution box mounted like I wanted too. I also got the bulkhead connectors and circuit breakers installed...

Thanks guys! The cars been down for 10 years so doing it correctly and taking a little longer is worth it for me.

A big update is coming soon. Pictures are on the laptop which is "in the shop" currently. I've made some pretty good progress.

Thanks! It's certainly tedious but it seems to pay off in small increments. I've got the interior just about done so I should have another update with pictures soon.

Almost forgot the horn!Gotta have a radio of some sort. Ill probably go with a smaller head unit in the future but this one happened to be just laying around.Here is what the jungle looked like prior to installing loom and cleaning up a few things.Annnnd after. (this part took a good...

Apologies for the long delay in posting. Got tied up with some household projects that bound me up a bit.Shes come a good ways since the last update. I spent the mind numbing time figuring out how to get the flashers, turn signals, and lights to all work properly with the factory switches...

Does anyone happen to have a set they can post up? I've got diagrams but my laptop took the big nap and the new one won't be here until late next week. I'm specifically after the turn signals and lighting.Thanks! -K

Started on the doors. Got the actuators installed and working for the lock, handle, and window.I should have installed this stupid thing months ago. I was getting tired of the door winging closed hitting me in the head.More to come soon. Next up is finish the drivers door and start...

Had to put a seat in it. I got tired of laying on the floor.Got the dash in. Its a whole lot easier without the windshield in the way. HahaSpeakers installed.

Dug out the pedal assemblies and some brakets to get cleabed up in the blasting cabinet and then painted.

Holidays put a hold on progress but I'm back at it now.First of all Santa came with some more partsI got the console mocked up for the switch panel. This works pretty good as long as the SRS unit and bracket are removed. There isn't enough clearance underneath for the underside of the...

Getting started on the wiring. I'm a visual person and needed the big board for building the main box. It's going to be a slow process doing it this way but the systems will be so simple that it will be easier and lighter than hacking a factory harness.I also gutted the dash for mock up...

Was looking for something to weld with the new welder. Just kinda came to me. haha

Sorry, took the pics and forgot to send them to you. they are kind of fuzzy, the shop lights were messing with the camera on my phone. I'm not sure if this is what you were after but hopefully it will help some. Clearance in the ball joint on the factor arm appears to be pretty good. With the...

In Summary: Fall 2007Spring 2009Fall 2010Winter 2012Summer 2016Sunday Evening: :DFor the first time in over 7 years shes back on all 4's. This is probably going to be my favorite milestone aside from when I drive it out of the driveway for the first time. 9 years ago when I...

This a Big Update.More work done. Subframes both painted. Front subframe was installed.... Then 10 minutes later it came back out. I somehow forgot about some buggered up threads that I noticed 10 years ago. Not too bad to fix. Decided to stud it rather than try and repair the threads to keep...

I'll have more Monday. Hopefully will have a subframe or 2 installed.

Still alive here. Sorry for the delay on an update. I've been back at work for almost 2 months now and the hand is finally starting to act right again. I've gotten a few good days in of work on the car over the last few weeks. Is been pretty slow because it's still tough to swing a hammer but...

Will do. I'm on the road for work until Friday but I'll get you a pic as soon as I get home.

Still need the pictures? I have nothing but the uppers installed front and rear at the moment. Let me know what measurements you need as well.Hope you get well soon!

Just finally getting back to work a week ago. The break healed pretty nice but rehab for my right hand took forever. Pretty bad boxer fracture that got all the joints in 2 fingers down through my wrist. I'm finally getting enough strength to be able to potentially work on the car again.The...

Got the garage straightened back out and the car back to its natural habitat... on jackstands.Finally got back to turning wrenches. Started work on de-powering the steering rack. Ignore the orange paint... its going away.Next I got started on subframe bushings. I plan on adding...

Its been a while since an update. I got busy with the car and then work got in the way, and then... my hand got in the way. More to come on that later.I finally got the paint finished up. I could not wait to get that paint booth down. It was such a pain to get around and i always forgot to...

I call the red car my interactive parts manual

Exactly. I've been at DSM's for a while something's I'll have to look up but for the most part common sense applies for most of it.

Decided to figure out the "good" spray gun.Its a Devilbiss Finishline 4. It cost just under $200 dollars and is well worth the money. The harbor freight guns are pretty darn good for 15 bux a piece, however they waste alot of paint and create alot of over spray. Anyways... I got the new gun...

This corner gave me fits from day one of the project. It was one of the first things I worked on and it was literally the last piece of body work I finished. Its not perfect, but it passes the guide coat, hand, and eyeball test so good enough.Rear bumper primed up and ready to go. I got both...

Quick teaser. I'll post an update soon!

Yep. I spent 2 hours going over every inch of the car and made a list of 10 things I want to fix. I allowed myself to add 3 more things and at the end the list had around 25 items. We are down to 4 items left at the moment and I used the last "add in" item for the dent so she should be ready for...

Still rolling along. I'm getting after all the small things that no one will see/notice but me. I should just leave them be but I know I will loose sleep over it.I missed a little glue from the front windshield on this corner. I know it would be hidden by the new one but it was bugging me...

I was always curious as to what the shell weighed but never had the motivation to load it on a trailer and goto a weigh station and then unload and do it again empty and subtract. For those that haven't followed the entire build thread the car is down to the shell. (Completely) the only factory...

Fans pulling out and I am. It's just the jig I built to block off the garage door is a pain to use so I leave it off when I'm just doing little primer stuff and wet the driveway down before spraying.

Yea, luckily it was just some small parts. Easy enough to fix. Lesson learned. Its worth the extra 10% in cost to get product worth a darn.

Sure thing and good idea.-Etching primer for bare metal on the exterior of the car and engine bay: Transtar 6184 -Etching primer on the Under body and interior (Bare metal) FP301 -90% High Build 2K Primer (First 2 coats of everything minus the interior): Transtar 6164 -10% High Build 2K...

Got the paint booth all sorted out finally. I had to do some trial and error based testing to get the fans in the right spot. I was having issues with "dead air" in places. I also got the water separator built.Home made... cost about $80.00 as apposed to several hundred bux.Also...

Nope. She's a keeper. That's half of why I'm going through the headache of doing all these little things. I want the car to be around 20 years from now.Thanks for the compliments guys! The hard part is going to be finally pulling the trigger and spraying color. Haha

Well, Now that shes back level I can start after some of the small things that need to be straightened out before color. The main thing I have been after is the engine bay. I had alot of little blemishes that were driving me crazy so one day I just sat down on the stool and worked 95% of them...

I only had a short week to work on the car but I really wanted to get her down off the jig. I measured in various places across the windshield, hatch and door and saw no movement but it still has to put some stress on the frame sitting at 90 degrees.I got home after a long day at work around...