Getting closer........

[Jim Nilsen]

I have been working on the car a lot and thought I would post a couple of pics.

Trying to be running by June to go to the Motorstate Challenge, it will be be very close to possible if things go right.

[Motown 454]

Your car's looking good I hope you make your dead line. Good luck.

[Martin71RS]

Damn that's looking clean Jim!!! I guess you are doing a bit better now?? Good to see you are getting close....well, you should after 10years

just kidding Jim, good progress!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

very nice Jim.. coming along!!

[Rick Dorion]

Nice. Love the fuel cell setup.

[Jim Nilsen]

Hi Martin, I feel a lot better these days and am clear of any cancer. I can taste things now fairly well and my energy level is getting more everyday and is about 80% of normal. I have slow days hear and there but don't we all ? LOL

Here is a bit of what is going on today. I have a blue high beam light that has to be added and an ECM warning light too. I keep thinking about putting the green turn lights above in each corner and putting the blue high beam light in the center on the bottom with the parking brake light to the left and the red ECM light to the right. OR leave the green turn lights where they are and put the blue high beam light in the center and the amber and red lights up in the corners ?

I can move them easily so if I don't like it where they are I can move them around. Decisions decisions. I even have thought about putting the amber light to the left and the red to the right of the other thee keeping them all on the bottom?

The bezel will be painted the same as the rest of the dash when it is all completely finished.

What do you think?

[dropit69]

WOW Jim great to hear your health is alot better..thats awesome and the car looks outstanding !!!

[Tony_SS]

Lookin good Jim!

[WS6]

Definitely glad to hear you're doing well enough to work on the car Jim.

As for the LEDs. I think they look good the way they are. However, and I'm doing this right now myself, make sure you can see them when in the driving position and the steering wheel where you like it. SES light is most important. On my 79, my seating position and wheel position block to the top half of the speedo and tach. I'll be rectifying that since I have to use new gauges anyway. All my LED indicators will be relocated as well.

[Jim Nilsen]

Another piece of the car emerges out of the scrap aluminum pile.

Power steering reseviour bracket just needs a mounting place and it's in.

[Damn True]

Great to see some progress there Jim and man am I glad to hear you are feeling better!!!

[Jim Nilsen]

It was a bit to make it easy to clean the filter and have it be easy to do but I won after a few more fittings and a few fits of why don't they ???? LOL.

To do this seemed to take too long to do but I didn't make any mistakes which means not doing it twice, so did I do it faster,lol.

I couldn't imagine paying someone to do this and be billed for the time it took even if it was half the time I spent. Total of all of the labor to do the complete stainless fuel lines from front to back including the lines in the trunk for the fuel cell and vent took at least 16 to 20 hours and that doesn't include some of the time spent figuring out where to run it.

here are some pics

[Jim Nilsen]

Here is a pic from today.

I didn't have enough room for a breather on the valve cover to make it easy so I added the Allstar breather.

It's nice to know that I am supporting a sponsor too.

Some radiator hoses connecting it together and a coolant overflow tank and I think I have it all connected.

i'm getting more excited everyday about starting it up.

[BMF Machine]

That is really taking shape. Love the detail and clean look. I am also very glad to see that your back on your feet and kicking ass!

WickeD car JiM, very WickeD!

I can't wait to see it all finished, I am sure your first cruze in it will be a great time and well deserved!

[Jim Nilsen]

Worked on the radiator tubing today and found an interesting thing to help hold the connections together.

A plastic caulking tube was just the right size to fit the lower connections and made it a lot easier to mock up.

Here is the lower tube.

[Motown 454]

You did a beautiful job on the fuel lines. nice fab work.

[NOT A TA]

Thats looking really nice Jim! Good to see you're feeling well.

[Jim Nilsen]

It's been over a week and here are a few more pics.

It seems that you just can't get things done th eday you think you can and other days you get done what you hadn't planned on. I find myself going from one detail to another until it is right or until I get the right parts to finish.

the rubber terminal covers came from www.genuinedealz.com and are inexpensive with free shipping, no excuses to not have them at 2 bucks apiece. They have a bunch of good things there cheap. check them out.

Details ,details ,details

[Jim Nilsen]

Here is the tranny with the shifter moved forward. it sure makes the rods a lot shorter.

I had to r&r the hydraulic throwout bearing from Howe that leaked after 6 mo. of just sitting after it bled and only pushing it a few times. They replaced it at half price after the 5 yrs I had had it.

Hope the new one and it being the 3rd design that it will work flawlessly.

Also got the windsheild in today.

[camaro2nv]

Got to be a good feeling getting that close.