Just Got Carried Away with the Family Project

[BlackBirdDaddy]

Ok, now that the weekend shenanigans are over with, its time to get back to serious work!
The wiring is complete and the engine assembly went up with a breeze.









All bolted in and now for the suspension

[98blackbeauty]

That was kinda different, but neat way. I always lowered car onto engine sitting on dolly. Then did bolts on kframe, then picked it up and put on jack stands, etc. As long as it works, cool!

[SoulTerror]

Man that is looking good!

[OVRKILL]

Finally a build thread! Lol...my thread has gone to hell, so it's nice to see progress somewhere!

Looks great Jim...

[BlackBirdDaddy]

Thanks guys!

A little more progress today. It took longer to put the darn front suspension together the in did to install the engine!

We wanted to get this thing on the ground today and roll it out of the garage for a little "mind candy."







Finally, after 6 months of being couped-up in the garage, the project sees the "light-of-day" We put the front fender in place to see how the stance looks. The front is 1" higher than the rear. I cut about 1 1/2" of both front and rear springs. I like the rear look but the front needs to come down further. Although, with the new poly bushings, lack of doors and other weight, it may drop a little further than what it is now. I will wait until I install everything and drive it a bit to see if it will drop further. We definitely want to suck it down further.





So far, no clearance issues with the Kooks headers. We'll see what happens when it comes down another inch.













I tried to "tuck away" the proportioning valve.




Don't ask me why I installed this!

[98blackbeauty]

wow looking good, those doors weigh in at probably 150 lbs for the 2, rest of front is all plastic stuff though, I would be suprised if front comes down a 1 or 2 inches.

[BlackBirdDaddy]

wow looking good, those doors weigh in at probably 150 lbs for the 2, rest of front is all plastic stuff though, I would be suprised if front comes down a 1 or 2 inches.

Yea your right Larry, I thought I would load everything and then do my final ride height adjustments.

Today I wanted to prep the roof & rear quarters in case my painter buddy calls me and says he's ready. He should be getting close with the final door.

I knew it wasn't going to look pretty, but I long boarded it and definitely the quarters were repaired in its younger life. (Dirty job! ) I still need to do the shut faces (doors and hatch) tonite, maybe!

By the time the painter is done, it should be straight as a glass table.

[Curt_irocz]

awsome thread, car is looking great.

[my95z28]

Soooooo clean.

[alone_and_insane]

Soooooo clean.

[1BADAIR]

hey, thats where i have mounted the valve and lock for years

[BlackBirdDaddy]

hey, thats where i have mounted the valve and lock for years

That seems like the perfect spot, out of the way of everything.

[BlackBirdDaddy]

We FINALLY finished up on the brake/suspension detail and installation, front and rear! This took longer than planned. Still waiting on painter to finalize the door so then the body can go bye-bye.

[OVRKILL]

Looks ok I guess....I would have smoothed the casting grain on the spindle, but thats me

[Gregs_gsxr]

nice and clean