Geoff Works His Magic

Originally from Tuesday, July 5, 2010

We had the car at Geoff's last weekend for some light fab work. We got a lot done.

• Installed the front air dam (courtesy of OGTS and UPS), which now makes the car look even more Corvette-like.
• Patched holes in the cabin, such as where the e-brake was
• Patched a hole in the fender where the radio antenna was
• Did more work on the damaged R/F fender. Geoff got to try out his new metal shrinking tool on the car.
• Installed the tach using tabs welded to the roll cage
• Stiffened the fuel bulkhead so it would be quieter
• Fab'ed up a battery holder that mounts in the rear, just above the shocks, behind the fuel bulkhead.
• Installed one of the headlight pods, holding off on the other while Geoff worked the fender.
• Hooked up the fuel line, to the gas tank
• Fab'ed up a bracket to hold the fuel and vacuum lines running from the carburetor to where ever they come from.
• Installed the hood and secured it using hood pins. Removed the original hinges and latch.
• Did a lot of sanding. Much sanding still left to do.

Geoff loves playing with his fire-breathing toys.

Our current immediate, before Friday’s track day, to-do list:

• Find a cheap long battery cable. Rumor has it that a certain model of BMW has them.
• Finish the electrical
• Install the gauge panel. The panel itself should arrive tomorrow. After assembly, it gets installed.
• Make a splitter, to complete the ALMS Corvette look.
• Repair the driver's side floor. Too much rust.
• Figure out what to do about the tranny. Swap in the tranny from the parts car???

Don't worry, it gets prettier, eventually.

The sanding has just began. There was a skin of bondo covering the whole car.

The car goes back to EGR for some work and tuning tomorrow.