Rear suspension positioned
I didn’t have much time to work on the car today but I managed to get the second strut tower located and spot welded in place. This at least let me move the furring...
Rick's Manta Montage
More rear suspension work.
Today I got one strut tower located and some framing welded up to hold it in place. The passenger side is now located where it is supposed to be but it is not fully...
Building rear suspension
The last two days have been getting the car squared up. Since the concrete was flat and the lift arms were square it made getting it lined up much easier. I started by squaring...
Round Headlight Conversion Completed
Got the fiberglass work done on the round headlight frames. They are now solidly attached and look good. I will probably sand them down to close to the finished level and put a bit...
Round headlight conversion started
So getting rid of the square headlights is the first thing I need to do and while the car is basically ripped apart it is the best time to get started on it. I...
Cut the back half off the car
So to start the new project I need to clean up the mess of the current projects. The Manta was a really fun car with the 500 in it. It was just absolutely terrifying...
Stripped down the front of the engine and that tire is finally off :)
I finally got my welder dug out and welded the back side of the stud on that wheel. now that it can’t turn it didnt take much to finish getting the wheel off and...
Trying to get one of the back tires off.
Well now that the engine is apart and waiting for the new parts to put in it I figure it is a good time to start finishing up everything else. first thing was to...
Cleaned up the lifter valley and stripped the heads down.
Well a flat screwdriver, shop vac and drill with a wire brush works pretty good to get the crud off. I plugged all the oil drain holes with rags and scraped all the hard...
Tearing down the engine to do some work to it.
Well after building a garage now I finally have a place to work on stuff, It takes a long time to build a large building by yourself 🙂 here is a picture of my...
Pedals mounted and brakes working again.
I mounted the pedals and they seem to be about perfect in where they are mounted and the travel on them. If I move the seats a bit closer together in the car and...
Firewall mounted and mounting pedals for the absolutely last time.
Here is the firewall mounted and bolted in place. The hole for the master cylinder has been cut and the pedal mount is put in place. The gas pedal is just sitting there to...
aluminum firewall cut out.
The main firewall was cut out using the cardboard template that was cut to fit the opening. I used aluminum for the lower section of the firewall, I figured the footwell area needed to...
Cleaned out the foot area and made a cardboard template for a firewall.
Well Today went pretty good. I managed to rip most of the stuff that was still remaining in the interior out and get enough room to get under there and work on stuff. I...
Got the pedals figured out and ready to build a firewall now.
Well after a long cold winter and not getting a garage built I finally got a break in the weather and started back on the car where I left off. I finished fitting the...
Moved pedal mounting
Well that front firewall might have looked real bad but it did it’s job and I have about 250 miles on the car now. The only real major problem I had was the alignment...
Sort of a front firewall and some other random interior stuff.
What a firewall 🙂 at least it keeps the air and dirt out for now. I just needed something to let me drive it over 45 without having to have googles on. a bit...
Rear firewall and seatbelts mounted.
Well I bolted down the rear firewall but it doesn’t quite fit right anymore, it had a opening in it for the old tunnel from the VW pan. instead of trying to fiberglass it...
started cleaning up the wiring and hooking everything up.
The mess of wiring in the engine compartment is finally gone 🙂 I shortened and soldered everything together now and started putting the dashboard wiring together. I have all the lights hooked up now...
Vent cut behind license plate and fans mounted in the trunk.
The first picture in the series is an idea other people have given me on getting some of the hot air out of the trunk, basically I just cut the fiberglass out from behind...
Heat shields made up and trying to figure out where to put some fans in the back.
Well putting the heat wrap on the muffler made it a lot cooler but the trunk was still getting to much heat on it so I put some aluminum over the muffler and it...
Car is back from muffler shop.
I need to make a new sound clip now of the car actually sounding halfway normal. I put some of the heat wrap on the pipes to try and keep the heat down some...
Few random pics of the car ready to go get aligned and exhaust pipes.
The inside of the car is cleaned up more or less with just enough stuff to get to the shop with, Duct tape, rope, 4 coat hangers and a pair of vice grips. I...
Muffler position figured out and ready for pipes.
Well after mounting the trunk in place it was a bit close to the body behind the license plate. I ‘adjusted’ the brackets so the muffler is closer to the trans mount and is...
Figured out where and how to stick a muffler on it finally.
Well after talking about different ways of doing things and trying a few different mufflers, I finally went with a crossflow stuck right behind the trans. The brackets are not quite what I plan...
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