Non-Touring Buggy project

[Camaro Zach]

hah your right thanks bill, but this one will get done soon i hope. I was on a road trip on saturday looking at a few colleges out in the country and kept an eye out for a 55 for ya but all i found were rust buckets.



This afternoon i got the motor mounts done and some bracing and the transmission mount which the owner requested be welded not bolted in. Oh well he'll see the right way to do it when the transmission goes out

Lemme know what you think

[zbugger]

Sounds like a mistake waiting to happen. But, if he's willing to learn the hard way..... Otherwise, I say it looks good.

[Camaro Zach]

yea he will learn i suppose lol

The boggers got here today along with the soft 8's. Their only 31's but we'll upgrade when these wear out.

[Camaro Zach]

got the 4 link tacked together last night

[Camaro Zach]

welded all the 4 link bars tonight as well as the bushing ends of the a-arms

[Camaro Zach]

got the square tubing framework done to support the floor today. as well as the seats and cleaned up the link brackets.

[JMarsa]

Zach,

What's that little open wheel thingy in the background of the outdoor pic?

--JMarsa

[Camaro Zach]

Zach,

What's that little open wheel thingy in the background of the outdoor pic?

--JMarsa

Its called "The Roadster" basically just a tube chassis car that my grandfather made back in the 80's and i restored/rebuilt 3/4 of the whole thing. its got a 4.3lv6 and a lil cam edelbrock carb/intake msd ignition on and on.. koni coilovers in the front IRS rear 5 spd t-5. Pretty fun little car gets alot of looks and can get up and go

[homerneedspeed]

can you post more pics or maybe a seprate post about the roadster?

[Camaro Zach]

can you post more pics or maybe a seprate post about the roadster?

send me an email @ [email protected] and ill be happy to send some pics. I dont have enough space on here to post them.

[Camaro Zach]

got the half of the *firewall* finished today and remembered i should have rolled some beads in the metal oh well when i do the middle section and the center console i will do some. Let me know what you think

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Looking good, Zach. How many hours do you have into that thing so far?

[Camaro Zach]

Thanks Ralph so far i think around 70-80 hours. Pretty much working by myself because the kid im building it for doesnt know how to do anything.

[Camaro Zach]

got a few more things done today

[Camaro Zach]

Rolled some beads in the sides of the console and tacked it all in place

[Camaro Zach]

steering done except for tie rods, gauges tacked into place, motor dropped off at the machine shop, and alot more work to do.

[Camaro Zach]

got the master cylinder mounted, built a brake pedal, extended the floors, built a batter bracket and almost finished the firewall today.
let me know what you think

[JHunter]

That thing is sweet, I would love to be able to do the same thing, I keep an old 327 around the shop thinking maybe one day I'll build something like that.
Very nice, keep the updates and pics coming.

[Camaro Zach]

Thanks a bunch JHunter
i wish i had the dart headed 327 from my camaro still, it would have been perfect for this too. oh well

got a lil bit more done today: Bottom of the console boxed in, battery mout finished, rear of the console boxed in, removable trans x-member finished, and everythign mocked into place.

[Camaro Zach]

14" travel coilovers arrived and got a few more things done