• Stripped down the front of the engine and that tire is finally off 🙂
• Trying to get one of the back tires off.
• Cleaned up the lifter valley and stripped the heads down.
• Tearing down the engine to do some work to it.
• Pedals mounted and brakes working again.
• Firewall mounted and mounting pedals for the absolutely last time.
• aluminum firewall cut out.
• Cleaned out the foot area and made a cardboard template for a firewall.
• Got the pedals figured out and ready to build a firewall now.
• Moved pedal mounting
• Sort of a front firewall and some other random interior stuff.
• Rear firewall and seatbelts mounted.
• started cleaning up the wiring and hooking everything up.
• Vent cut behind license plate and fans mounted in the trunk.
• Heat shields made up and trying to figure out where to put some fans in the back.
• Car is back from muffler shop.
• Few random pics of the car ready to go get aligned and exhaust pipes.
• Muffler position figured out and ready for pipes.
• Figured out where and how to stick a muffler on it finally.
• Gas pedal finally fixed and working brake lights.
• New computer in, minor repairs on engine and now it runs smooth.
• Hydraulic throttle installed.
• Started sorting out the mess of wiring in the car.
• Few engine details, brakes fixed, and other little things.
• Running good now with fuel injection and computer controlled ignition.
• fuel lines ran and converting distributor to 7 wire computer control.
• Installing Fuel Injection.
• Trunk mounted, new roll bar and some other details.
• Pics from the town of Man car show.
• It started!!!!!!! no pics though it looks the same as before it just smokes a lot now 🙂
• Pulled the car out from under carport and cleaned it up for the show, Still no starter so it doesn’t run.
• Bunch of random parts bolted back on, and the dashboard is in.
• Radiator and battery tray mounted in the front.
• Gas tank, trans cooler, and body back on.
• Gas tank put together and test fitted in place.
• Rear suspension finally put together and working right.
• Brake lines and radiator pipe installed.
• Gas tank cut out and ready to weld.
• Throttle cable and shifter cable installed and working.
• gas tank designed and test fitting new back wheels and brakes.
• front brakes installed, pedals installed, rear springs sort of installed.
• New Floorpan installed and test fitting body again.
• Rear suspension is assembled and some paint on the frame rails to protect it.
• The car is finally home.
• A few pictures of the new transmission mount and other things.
• The frame is now complete and only needing a few details to finish it.
• All the main frame rails are now done.
• The rotors are mounted and wheels put on.
• Pictures of the roll bar and more frame braces.
• The body is temporarily placed on the frame to see how it is coming.
• Here is the bottom of the frame finished and located properly.
• I have my camera fixed and here are a few pictures of the frame that show some more detail. next week it should start coming together a lot faster.
• I have to fix my camera it is starting to mess up, but here are 2 pictures of my frame I took as we started on putting the lower rails together.
• I got the last things out of the Pinto I might need so now it is time to have fun with the car before it goes to the junkyard.
• Pictures of a 75 pinto that I cut up and got the front end out.
• after cutting the caddy in half and pressure washing the drivetrain.