Monday, June 29, 2009

At Last! No more decals.

I picked up the last of the decals I needed. With the rear wing completed, I'm finished with the decals.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Maybe later

The other issues are the roll bar support tubes. As you can see from the photo, they connect at the roll bar and then to the lower cross member. The fuel lines are very much in the way. Now that I have an idea of a few of the problems, I'm going to leave everything along, and wait till the engine is installed. I might find out, it's not as bad as I think.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

It sure fit better on the work bench.




I was going to wait for the engine, but I figured with all the past problems, I better check to see how the fit was. Estimated the position, and guess what, problems. The first is, the stacks on the carbs are about 2" to high, so the air scoop won't bolt up. Those I can return for shorter ones. The issue is the car had fuel injection, and now putting in carbs is just not the same thing. More problems to follow.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

What's in the box?


The carbs and intake arrived yesterday. Very nice. I'll take them up to CT. next week.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Webers this week

Jay, who's setting up the Webers and intake manifold called yesterday, and it looks like they should be completed and shipping this week. This setup is tuned to the engine specs. and should bolt on with little adjustment.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Slow week

Really haven't had much time to work on the car this week. Lots of other things going on. Should get back on it next week. It's also been to rainy to do any paint work on the helmet. Looking at next week to make some progress.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Body work


Needed to mount the new mirrors, so on went all the body work. Sat in the car so I could locate a good location for the mirrors. They where mounted on the windshield and that still looks like a good place.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Engine update


Jim(engine guy) called the other day. Engine is 70% completed. I've ordered the Webers and manifold(they should look like this) and Jay(Weber guy)says it should be ready for shipping in 2 weeks. So maybe in 3 weeks it will be running on the dyno.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Helmet and wing

The rear wing's paint and polish is done, now just waiting for the decals. Using a old helmet of mine to test paint colors, the red is close but the blue is a bit more difficult to match.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Helmet, next on the list.

The last of the painting. Having a picture of the helmet in 1973, that Ed Justice, Jr. sent. Gives good detail, plus for the color, I have some stickers of the car from 1973. Really hoped I could do the design with the decals I all ready have. But they just won't go on evenly, so back to the paint. Just need some red and blue paint(still have lots of yellow).