Heater & Windshield Wipers

Today we installed the heater, ran the coolant lines, vacuum lines, wiring and heater ducting. We cut a hole in the dash for the heater core/blower motor to pass through..



Now we need to mount the ECU somewhere else. It will probably end up at the top of the passenger foot well.

Next we installed the wiper assembly. The motor is mounted below..

And the wipers are ready to go on. Once we wire it up and test it Ill put the wipers on and it will be set.

Mirrors

Today Adam even helped out, by sitting in the car while I installed the mirrors. They're pretty small so you cant see much, but at least its legal to drive this way.

I started the car and ran it for several minutes just to get it warmed up and run some of the new gas through. It sounds great with the side pipes and runs very smooth. I also took measurements to confirm the heater will be able to still fit in the car. It should be pretty straight forward, I'll just need to move the ecu and a few wiring harnesses. Once that's in, we can do the windshield wipers, gauges and dash. Im waiting to install the carpet until some of these things are done so I dont get shavings from drilling various places all over. Aside from those projects Ill just need to retorque everything at the end.

Passenger Seat, Inner Fenders, Visors, Wind Wings & Side Pipes

Today I started by installing the passenger seat. Also, I filled the car with gas the other day to find a leak at the filler neck. I figured out a rubber seal on the gas tank was torn and replaced that part today. Next was the inner fenders which go behind the front and rear wheels.

In this picture you can see a plate I installed which covered a hole for a different setup.

While putting the wheels back on I reinstalled the tri-star centers.

Scott assembled the visors and wind wings and installed them.

Lastly, we put the side pipes back on the car. Polish to Chrome did an excellent job chroming them and the install kit we purchased from Breeze made them actually fit on the car properly.

Radiator Shrouding

As is the way with these things, not all the parts FFR included worked very well so I made one of the pieces.

Driver Seat Mounted, Buffing Complete

After spending several hours again on the driver seat yesterday I finally managed to modify the mounting plate and brackets to work. The only problem was I couldn't get bolts on the seat once in the car. So today I got some studs from the hardware store and completed the driver seat install.


Unfortunately it still wasn't complete because the seat was against the door.

After more modificiation its now positioned correctly. These seats are very wide and just barely fit in the car.

It can now be adjusted back and forth for the driver. And it doesnt look like much room, but I think someone just over 6 ft tall would still be comfortable in the car.



Next I set up more lighting so Brad could buff the car.

Now it has a mirror shine..

Windshield

Scott trimmed the windshield bracket which mounts to the frame. It went on without any real issues other that.

License Plate Light, Hood/Latches/Hinges, Fuel Cap & Seat

Last weekend Scott wired up the license plate light and mounted the bracket so the car can be street legal (I didn't have a camera last week).


Today, I went to Brad's and picked up the hood. It looks great on the car and everything lines up very well. In addition to mounting it with the hood hinges I installed the lockable hood latches.




Next I installed the fuel cap. It took some modification of the part FFR supplied but after grinding the bottom and changing some of the hardware it works and looks good.

I also made some more progress with the adjustable driver seat. After reading the forums and finding people had basically given up; purchased other aftermarket seat kits, and generally been unhappy with the complexity of the FFR unit and instructions (or lack there of) I decided to figure things out on my own. I took a lot of measurements, cut out a chunk of the seat plate and mounted the seat tracks. As you can see I drilled the outer holes larger to mount the seat straight onto it.

I took measurements of the steel underneath the floor and made a sketch on top to basically figure out where the seat could actually be mounted. Of course rivets make it obvious where certain tubes are as well.
Next time Ill finish mounting the seat. For reference of others building the car I used the 3/4 horizontal bar (thickest line in pic) to mount the rear of the studs. The inner track will be on the round tubing, and the outer track will be about 7 3/4 inches away from that with the rear on the 3/4 bar and front in that bigger triangular area. I'm mounting the seat on that large plate, and the tracks are mounted to it on the bottom. I have spacers on the front so the seat is tilted slightly, otherwise its too vertical and a bit awkward. Lastly I'm going to use the studs which are on the inner track through the round tube. Ill get the nut on by then drilling 2 holes on the bottom of the round tube (from underneath the car) so I can get a socket inside. Of course this will be much more meaningful when its all said and done..

Brake Duct Mesh & Dynamat

Today I installed the mesh on the brake cooling ducts.




Then some more dynamat on the rear corners to prevent the sound of rocks hitting the aluminum as well as the transmission tunnel which gets pretty hot without it.




Happy Thanksgiving!

Fuse Panel, Transmission Cover, Fuel Cap

Today we started by mounting the fuse box with a bracket Scott made from aluminum. I need to get a new fuse box cover because the old cover was cracked from the Mach 1. With this mounted, the hood can go on. If Brad's available this weekend, Scott and I should be able to pick it up and mount it.



I mounted the aluminum inner side panels and top panel which make up the transmission tunnel.

We got the doors to operate smoothly as well. We worked the latches in with white lithium and adjusted the door strikers a bit.

Finally we spent some time working on the fuel filler neck and cap. The filler neck had to be modified to reach the body hole. Then we had to figure out a way to make the stock cap fit in place under the chrome cover.

Scott trimmed the cap, took it apart and made a few changes.

Obviously its not yet complete as the chrome cover must be mounted. We still have to trim part of the cover on the inside to fit properly.