pics of fabbed trans tunnels?

[Ripper]

I realised that I will have to make a new trans tunnel since the rear end came so high up in the body that the drive shaft won't fit.

Tried to search the forums for a little inspiration, but the project threads are just too long to g through...

Anyone have any pics of modified sheet metal trans tunnels?

[parsonsj]

Here's some old stuff from II Much. All made from sheet metal, a $90 bead roller and lots of trial and error.

http://www.iimuchfabrication.com/Floor/

jp

[tom_a]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/1B6-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/06/1212-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/Roller003-1.jpg

[dhutton]

Tom, how low is the ride height of your A body that you had to make those modifications? What year is your car?

Edit: Never mind, found your build thread. Nice work!

Thanks,
Don

[PhillipM]

I had to do the same thing in our Olds. After I "C" notched the frame the driveline hit just about everywhere. Here are some pictures of it all.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/IMGP3892Small-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/IMGP3883Small-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/IMGP3965Small-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/P1000346-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/07/IMG_0931Small-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/05/DSC01301Small-1.jpg

Also, here is one that I did for a 70 El Camino..

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/05/IMG_0168Medium-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/05/IMG_0171Medium-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/05/IMG_0182Medium-1.jpg

I used a slip roll and bead roll from Woodward Fab.

[rjsjea]

The tunnel was fabbed all the way to the rear housing.

[Ripper]

thanks for all pictures and ideas!

It turned out that the roller which I could use didn't roll with small enough radius, so I had to bend the sheet metal instead.

And I also realised that it's probably a better idea to fab the tunnel when the drive train is installed (which means that the body must come down from the rotisserie first).

Here's some pics: https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67239&page=2