My new project!

SMOKEDYA

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Cobra912 said:

wow you guys don't waste time! what started this all??

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john texted me to see if my 4 banger coupe was for sale and i liked his saleen so thats what got it rollin. peace




john

 

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Went out today and spent another 3 hours grinding,preping,and welded in what i think is the rest of the holes to be welded,also took off the master cylinder and cleaned and painted it. I will also remove and paint the booster as well,but that will be when i install the new clutch cabler and quadrant and firewall adjuster.I'm hoping to have it bondoed monday and primed and hopefully a coat of paint wednesday! Heres today progress






This thing has gotta go also!








I cut out and will cover where the A/C was


All this being done i na dam 1 car garage

peace






john

 

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ahhh one car garages suckkk. I did my suspension, heads and cam in a small one car garage. it sucked

 

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I like the license plate, never noticed that before

 

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please don't bitch about a 1 car garage haha, i have a no car garage


you guys are kicking those two car's asses! nice work guys!

 

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very impressive.

 

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1991notchbackLX said:

please don't bitch about a 1 car garage haha, i have a no car garage

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+1! Both cars are coming along very nicely! I do have to ask though....what color are you doing the bay?

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thannks for all the compliments guys! oh and of course red for the engine bay! someone sprayed it black before me and thats not how it should be! Now maybe on a 70's eara car but not a 80's fox stang. peace












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not much progress on the bay been to lazy but did make this today at my work.It's the hyme links for the rear anti sway bar i made.
I turned this:



Into these:


I'll be putting in about 8-10 hours tomorrow on the bay and hopefully get a coat of primer on it! If not tomorrow i plan to prime monday and paint the following day,if things go as planned i'll have the motor and trans in by the end of next week.Then i need to finish the 1 positve cable running from the battery box and get a deck and alls good!peace





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Machinists and their perks at work. lol

Those look great.

 

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god damn you work fast... slow down dude you have the whole winter to do the project what's the story on the cowl damage?? are you guys fixing that too?

 

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looks good john. i guess were two of a kind, i hate leaving stuff alone when i have a vision for it.

i just need to move some of that opal grey interior to help jumpstart my funds.

 

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i have had my t top on jack stands for month havn't even touched it, you almost reinvented the wheel in 3 weeks

 

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wow, why did you give up your coupe jon? Get bored with drag racing already???

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Well i'm not a machinest i'm a welder/fabricator but i can run the lath mill and all other tools,plus i can paint. I can do a number of things.I'm not in a rush but while i'm laid off for these few weeks i'm bored sitting in the house and when i set my mind to doing something i dont f around, Our winters here arent snowy just rainy,so i can still drive the car if the streets are dry.I'm tackling the bay and relocating the battery to the hatch first.Then i'll tackle the cowl and slight roof damange and paint the hood,then i'll be welding in my sub frame connecters i made,the adjustible anti roll bar for the rear,welding the TQ boxes up installing my tubular front member and arms coil overs and so forth.After that i'll move onto the rear end installing better axles c clip eliminaters tighter possi and 4.10's,also will be pieceing together my turbo kit as well.Has it been 3 weeks already ?Dam i'm behind schdule! Theres no real reason i traded the coupe,i just wanted something diffrent,i still have my 4 banger coupe so no biggie.I'm not out of drag racing this will still be a drag raced car,just not a 100%street/drag car. I want a nice drag/street/show car.I'm about to leave the GF's place and need to get some sand paper i'll post more pics from today's progress later and also the ones i have still from earlier this week that i havent posted yet.Like i said i'm hoping to prime today or monday and spray color on it this mid/end of the week! My boss said i should be back to work in 2 weeks so i need to focus and stop being lazy this next week.As of this point in progress it's turning out 100% better then the coupe did and i'm so excitted about it.Stay tuned...................................peace










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Looks like its going to be nice. Not sure I would have traded an SSP car for a clone but hey to each his own. Although if I were working on an Saleen clone at would be for the twisties not a drag car. Good luck with it

 

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i hear ya,but the only thing SSP was the body and interior and the dog tags,so i dont think it's that big of a deal.Thanks for the compliment tho! peace


john

 

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Well i sanded from 11 to 4:45 today and did some other tinkering and heres where i'm at now sanding is alot of work!.....unless i'm just being to anal about this project?:

























man what a **** ton of dust!


and this is the final of my adjustble rear sway bar besides the plates that weld to the ends and to the frame i have them there just not pictured,i'm also gonna run a big FAT rear sway bar on the street just keep this one disconnected while street driving,then when i hit the 1320 i'll connect it and take off the FATTY:


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john

 

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put in another 5 hours today:



















peace






john

 

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i left this pic out along the way somehow? not finished just a proto fit:



peace






john