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01/03/2007: Add about another 12 hours onto this project for the past couple of days. It's
been spent prepping the tub - tedious and slow going work that seems to make a mess out
of your hands, your shop, and your clothes! The guys are still removing things - like the
sound-deadeners that are glued to the roof and floor with some sort of adhesive that is a
real stinker to get off. It just takes time. We try to pick things up as we go along so we
won't have a huge mess in our small shop, especially since we already have another
racecar (the modified) sitting beside what we are working on so there really isn't a whole
lot of room to move around. Our junk barrel has gotten a little heavier each day; Joey has
been figuring out how many pounds equals 1 horsepower ;o) The body is starting to
resemble something that is suitable for a rollcage finally. Since school has started back
up, the time spent in the shop has cut down quite a bit, although they did get a lot done
last week and that's a good thing!
Next will be finishing up this part of the project - detailing it, so to speak - so it will be
ready to set back onto the frame when the time comes. We'll keep ya posted when there's
more to tell about!
been spent prepping the tub - tedious and slow going work that seems to make a mess out
of your hands, your shop, and your clothes! The guys are still removing things - like the
sound-deadeners that are glued to the roof and floor with some sort of adhesive that is a
real stinker to get off. It just takes time. We try to pick things up as we go along so we
won't have a huge mess in our small shop, especially since we already have another
racecar (the modified) sitting beside what we are working on so there really isn't a whole
lot of room to move around. Our junk barrel has gotten a little heavier each day; Joey has
been figuring out how many pounds equals 1 horsepower ;o) The body is starting to
resemble something that is suitable for a rollcage finally. Since school has started back
up, the time spent in the shop has cut down quite a bit, although they did get a lot done
last week and that's a good thing!
Next will be finishing up this part of the project - detailing it, so to speak - so it will be
ready to set back onto the frame when the time comes. We'll keep ya posted when there's
more to tell about!
| 01/07/2007: It's been a couple of days now finishing up the boring details. The tub is pretty much finished, and today was a really nice day, so we decided to work on the frame. First, the suspension came off. . .then all the brackets & lines were taken off too so that all the loose dirt and grease could be knocked off with a wire brush or putty knife. Once that was done, four of us lifted the frame onto the trailer, and headed for the sandblaster. In a matter of about an hour, the frame looked like new, as did some of the suspension pieces. Messy job, but great results! Yes, it is a lot of work - more trouble than a lot of people would go through (we didn't do all this on the one we built last year either) - but this way we know for sure that we did it right and didn't overlook anything. The intent is to have a clean, competitive strictly stock in the end. As of today, there are about 43 hours into this project in just teardown and preparation alone. Thank you Brian Riendeau - aka "Homer", also thank you Dwight Jarvis for your help! The end result looks great to us! :o) Till next time - this car is almost on it's way back together! We will keep updating as we go. . . |
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