Slick 60's

A lot of you may be waiting for me to address the firewall issue. That is, I "butchered" the firewall to move the column & box up/forward.

Well, here you go. This is where we left off, and here is the piece that was removed:



And here's the exhaust section (from Kragen) that I used for the round top piece that will make the reveal over the column tube.


Old section relieved and clamped in place for fitment:


Here you can see the section of exhaust laid in for test fit.


Tacked in place:



And welded in...

looking good man.
i love your signature. i always hear "yeah, i know it says most cars and trucks for 19.95, but yours calls for the 49.95 one". lol

That looks like a potential upgrade for the stock piece even with the normal column position.
Looks like I have a bit of welding to do.

Looks great!! Now why didn't Ford do it like that? Gives me an idea for mine. Thanks for posting.

Looks great guys, I cant wait to see it out there on the dry lake bed. I will bring a special beverage to celebrate what I am sure will be the first of many records .

Mctim64 wrote:Nice work Todd! I've got the axles all back together and ready to install, I think I'll do a little engine work now. Too bad I haven't figured out how to post pix yet. lol

Let me see if I can help with that...here's what Tim took back home, and process pic's, and the goods all shiny







Some new stuff:



And some fresh paint...






And the assemblies...all looking like they should be on display rather than reinstalled. Beautifyl work Tim!

Man that looks sweet. Nothing like a fresh coat of paint.

Nice triumph work bench too.
Turquise gone wild.........great color

No Triumphs were harmed in the filming of these pictures! I didn't want to pull the cars all the way out to work, it's very wet in sunny California right now. Good thing it let up on new years eve so I could get some painting done.

I must be having a problem. I can't see Todd's photos in this forum or the one at y-blocksforever. Please help?

Got a little bit more done today...
Everything that needs to be filled on the firewall is filled, and has been wire wheeled & wiped down...ready for paint.

Painted the firewall with bed liner paint (textured) as it should be more forgiving that conventional paint over all of the welded holes, and more durable against the salt at Bonneville


Next up is a healthy dose of POR-15 on the frame rails. Gotta get this area ready to party, or else it will look like a junkyard against the rebuilt & pretty axle assembly that Tim just got done with.

Also, the dash is now almost competely gutted, save for the wipers, the hack job radio, and a coupe final lingering items

While gutting the dash, I pulled the pedal ass'y out and removed the manual clutch arm, thus turning the pedal into a '57-61 version which will facilitate the hydraulic clutch.

My long weekend is now coming to a close, so a pizza & movie bight with the wifey is an appropriate way to puctuate the day

great idea for the firewall, might just have to swipe that one when I re-do mine this winter and BTW, killer thread, I had just been talking to a couple of buddies about wanting to build a LSR slick!

Tim is coming up again tomorrow, so I figured I'd better get this this ready for a nice-looking engine to be stabbed in, as well as the new axle assemblies shown above. It will be really nice to get this back to a roller.

Here's the engine that's arriving tomorow for the truck's first trip to the lake for a shake down, a stout 301" Y-Block by Tim. (I know that's a sweet looking FE in the back ground)...


And finally, the engine compartment looks like a worthy host...after a lot of wire wheel action and some fresh primer & paint it looks much better in my humble opinion

Looking great! can't wait to see it running!

unibody madness wrote:Looking great! can't wait to see it running!

Trust me...your sentiments are shared!

Hey Todd, could you talk a little more about how you're converting to a hydraulic clutch? Will you have a slave cylinder mounted on the firewall next to the master cylinder?

Waiting for updates..I am having withdrawals...


I was running the whole shackle extention thing around in terms of lowering the rear a little more, when you posted your solution, kudos to you for that and here is my attempt to duplicate it...Thanks again




Waiting for updates
John

Just dropped in to say this is outstanding work! I first saw it on the HAMB and have been watching closely. Keep it up!