Chassis Update

The weather this weekend was great. I got to spend a bunch of time on sunday messing around with the brakes, fuel and transmission lines. All this little stuff takes so much time, especially when there isn't anything to reference.

I got the brakes all run..until I get the body back on the frame can I plumb it to the master cylinder.


I am running a stock TH350 automatic trans and the next hurdle is to run the cooler lines. So I fabbed them out of wire I had. Cheap and ease to do. Now I just have to get the pieces, bend them up.



Also, the next issue I am having is how to run the electric fuel pump. It is a red holley high flow pump and the directions state to mount it lower than the gas tank and use gravity to feed it, as it is designed to push, not pull. WELL...my car isn't designed to allow for that, unless I mount it three feet ahead of the tank.


Any ideas are welcome.

Also here is the current picture as it sits
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Front Suspension - Done

Well, as with most things so far in this project..I have taken too long to do the little things.

So this past weekend, the weather was great and I got the front shock mounts relocated, squared up and welded in. Not an extremely huge ordeal, but still a good exercise in measuring, planning and execution.

Though not "pretty" they will be plenty functional. The kicker is that the shocks are are the stock pieces just moved.

Newest Acquisition - Gotha Intake

Not many people really know why I like "old cars", sometimes I don't, but then something comes along and it lights a fire. A guy I had done some business with gives me a call out of the blue about his health and how he is looking to get rid of some of his parts because he is going, "under the knife".

Of course not great news, but there really isn't much of an alternative.

Long story short, he shows me this intake and when I saw what was on it, I darned near fell over. He said the magical words..."gotha" and my blood jumped...

You see, gotha is an old speed company who is no longer in business and their stuff is pretty rare..



Check it out. It is a Mercury flathead intake with two adapters brazed on. Pretty sweet...