Rick's Manta Montage

Well I finally got a good working gas pedal in the car. The old caddy one was bad to come off its mounts and didn’t have much range of movement. The new pedal with...

I finally got the computer back from Jegs. It was backordered so the car has been sitting for about 2 weeks with no major work being done. I put it in and did some...

The hydraulic cable wasn pretty easy to install. I ended up putting it on backwards so the master cylinder is on the carb but since the pistons are the same size on each end...

Well the wiring in the car is an absolute mess. I only have brake lights and the gauges hooked up right now. the rest of the wiring is either cut up lost or stuffed...

The front suspension has been starting to sit to low to the ground with all the new stuff being added to the car. With me sitting in it and trying to drive it the...

Here it is finally running more or less smooth. The only bad thing about it is there is no exhaust on it to speak of and it is very loud. The sound file if...

Well I decided if I am going to hook up this thing to a computer I am not going to bother with mechanical advance on the distributor. The first pic is after ripping everything...

Well I gave up on getting the quadrajet working the thing was warped to bad and after spending a week trying to get it to run halfway decent and not wanting to spend $300...

After the car show I hauled the car back to the vocational school and we made up a new roll bar. The old one didn’t fit right after the body was on but the...

I didn’t trust it to actually drive the 4 miles to the show seeing how it has only been running about 20 minutes total. It was a good thing I put it on my...

Well I tried to get it to start but it doesn’t seem to want to start. The main problem I am having right now is the starter is shot and will barely turn the...

Things are starting to come together. I kind of figured I would start at the front and work my way back putting things together that it needs to be able to start and drive...

Well the gas tank was easy to put on once I got it back. I just cut out some straps and put it together. I will have to pick up some rubber and put...

I got all the fittings on the gas tank and stuck it in place to see how well it fits. There is plenty of room around it so mounting all the rest of the...

The first pic just shows what the car looks like as of now, it is kind of a mess. The easiest thing to do with all the tools when working on it is just...

Well it was a tight squeeze getting those copper lines ran in the side of the car but I think they will work out just fine like they are, I just need to attach...

well I finally decided on the size of the tank. I made it hold 14 gallons of gas. Instead of making it thinner and keeping it at the same height as the cardboard one...

I had a hard time finding a cable for the throttle, I called around bike shops and nobody had 15ft cables. I found a few places that sold a 50ft roll of cable housing...

I tried to make a cardboard gas tank and see how well it fits. with a tank this size I will have plenty of gas but I haven’t added up its size yet to...

On the first two pictures you can see where I planned on mounting the brake and throttle pedals. I ended up cutting part of the tube to allow the master cylinder to mount. I...

The top row pictures show the new floorpan. I cut it out of 16 ga. steel. instead of welding it on the car I bolted it by drilling and threading holes in the lower...

The frame has some paint on it now at least so it is protected and won’t rust to bad I hope. I used some paint I had laying around and decided that it looked...

well the car is finally home now. I got the radiator yesterday so after gettting the body off the car and on its side I can try and figure out the best way to...