Transcona, the Dirty Old XR7

[egoman]

I love doing roll cages as I have stated before. I also stated that I prefer tube chassied cars as they are easier to work on. This is kind of a hybrid so we will have to see?

[Vimes]

Can't help but wonder why you left the headliner in place for this. I think I would have removed it to get the hoop that much further from my skull, then paint the bars and install a custom headliner around the hoop.

[egoman]

I want the car to have a mostly stock interior. I gained my headroom by moving the seat down. The car will have 5 inches of ground clearance and my butt will have 5-1/2! No off-roading with this car.

[egoman]

Just a couple of diagonals stretching from the cage down to the side intrusion bars. We also ran the diagonal from the driver’s side cage node to the passenger side rear rail.

[egoman]

There are welders and there are welders. 30 years is a long time for a welder to sit in a damp garage with no heat and 100 percent humidity in the spring. I said once that the welder would have been better off under a tarp in my driveway. Borrowing the welder from the union hall for the weekend made me appreciate how good new equipment is.

[egoman]

I honestly wasn’t even supposed to work on the car today. This was all accomplished because the wife wasn’t ready to go when she said we were going. I can honestly rock and roll when working and the progress sometimes even surprises me. By the way we still made it into town to do whatever she wanted to do. Time passed made me forget what the mission was, but I am sure we accomplished it.

[qnitro]

Ohhh man I had one of these.. this is a super cool project

[egoman]

Ohhh man I had one of these.. this is a super cool project

The funny thing about all this is, I was doing a Supercoupe and "THAT WAS THAT"! Then the Facebook thing showed this beauty for cheap and I went. "Well you wont see one of these on every street corner"?

[qnitro]

Whats funny I was thinking just that too.. a supercoupe would be awesome too

The funny thing about all this is, I was doing a Supercoupe and "THAT WAS THAT"! Then the Facebook thing showed this beauty for cheap and I went. "Well you wont see one of these on every street corner"?

[egoman]

Whats funny I was thinking just that too.. a supercoupe would be awesome too

Well all my measurements and specs would work on a Super Coupe also. So what you thinkin................... Hmmmmm?

[egoman]

This post has a lot in it. I bought a truck for the powertrain and to use as a dummy. I also finally pulled the trigger on a Harbor Freight welder just to see if you could build a car with one.
I got a roller motor 351 with an OD transmission and assorted parts to use for mockup. I have the thank my buddy Sheldon Finkel for this find and the sprint car races for getting me close to the Harbor Freight.
Lots of pictures of the first welding project, which for everyone is the cart for the machine. It’s been a good machine so far. As much as I think they are hacks, the guys from B is for Build are who sold me on this machine.

[egoman]

Just doing the front bars shouldn’t be that hard but I am kind of picky about straight so it always takes longer than it should. I am also trimming the fender wells, and because of what I am doing going forward that has to be done quite accurately.

[egoman]

In a previous post I talked about how precisely that the inner fenders had to be cut. The reason for that should be obvious right now. They are remaining and will be tied to the inner panel being built. This would have been a great time for a laser to guide me along.
Oh and I did some, body surgery while I was in there today. If it looks painful you can rest assured it bloody well was! OUCH. Remember kids keep both hands on the grinder.
Used that as a lesson for the kids the Monday after I did it. They thought it looked painful too!

[ryeguy2006a]

You're doing so much fab work here, nicely done. Keep the progress coming.

[egoman]

You're doing so much fab work here, nicely done. Keep the progress coming.

Thanks for the encouragement. It gets lonely in the shop, LOL.

[egoman]

If you have been following along you may have caught on that this build is behind the calendar.
We are about 1-1/2 years back as of right now. My idea is that there is always material even as the winter months basically shut me down. I would work in the cold no problem but my garage has more holes in it than Harrys barn.
Just to give you an idea of what to expect I have only posted material for you in the spring summer and fall months when I have actually added to the "bank" of stories. What that means is every post you see now has another coming down the road.
Another thing is these posts are 1 days work. That is why sometimes you will see a project that looks like it should go with the prior one but I didn't finish it in one day.
The extended winters here in Canada allow me to play catchup for those following.
I hope to be able to turn the key with you guys watching in real time!

[galaxie460]

I just read through your post, very nice work, get to posting so a guy has something to read

[egoman]

Some days you just need to help a friend out. It also helps to work on something other than the car.
My riding buddy and good friend Chris Ryan needed some help and that’s what I do.
Just a mounting system for a wet kit tank for his truck. No splainin for these pics!

[egoman]

I don’t like doing body work ever! The idea of stitching panels together is why I always raced cars with a sheet metal body where I could just flop on a new panel. But the inner panels have to attach to the fender-wells so here we go.

[egoman]

Just some more welding on the fender inners and fender wells. Apparently optima looks for inner fenders.