65 Barracuda daily driver
Didn't take a lot of photos, but got a lot done. Replacement exhaust manifold is in and I really don't want to have to move the engine again. I shimmed the motor mount on the driver side 3/16" and now the exhaust has about 1/16" clearance to the torsion bars and some other spots. I wish it was a bit more, but the rest will clear itself over time haha. Gonna add some heat wrap in those tight spaces just in case. The 1.03" PST torsion bars are probably a bit too big for the tti exhaust.
Did lots of soldering and re-using those plastic housings that I cut off years ago.
Was bolting the exhaust down under the car and my neighbor walked by and captured the moment haha:
Good thing is that the exhaust is finally fully bolted into place. Took forever...
Somehow couldn't live with the way the radiator core support looked. When I bought the car almost 14 years ago I painted it flat black with a brush and it always bothered me. I was also pretty mangled by some collision before I bought it, so I straightened it as good as I could.
Got a few runs, but that just makes it look more like it was done in the factory haha. Better than brush marks. Hood and fenders will be replaced, so not paint on those.
Wire harness is pretty much done, so that can go in soon, then radiator, fluids, carb, distributor and fire it up?! So close!
Didn't take a lot of photos, but got a lot done. Replacement exhaust manifold is in and I really don't want to have to move the engine again. I shimmed the motor mount on the driver side 3/16" and now the exhaust has about 1/16" clearance to the torsion bars and some other spots. I wish it was a bit more, but the rest will clear itself over time haha. Gonna add some heat wrap in those tight spaces just in case. The 1.03" PST torsion bars are probably a bit too big for the tti exhaust.
Did lots of soldering and re-using those plastic housings that I cut off years ago.
Was bolting the exhaust down under the car and my neighbor walked by and captured the moment haha:
Good thing is that the exhaust is finally fully bolted into place. Took forever...
Somehow couldn't live with the way the radiator core support looked. When I bought the car almost 14 years ago I painted it flat black with a brush and it always bothered me. I was also pretty mangled by some collision before I bought it, so I straightened it as good as I could.
Got a few runs, but that just makes it look more like it was done in the factory haha. Better than brush marks. Hood and fenders will be replaced, so not paint on those.
Wire harness is pretty much done, so that can go in soon, then radiator, fluids, carb, distributor and fire it up?! So close!