Rebuilding the coupe!

[bottlefed93]

the driveway?....hell, the streets concrete...:lol:...i'll apply some serious peer pressure tonight when i get up there......

Hell.. i thought we were going to have some video of some holeshots in the road :lol:

 

[orangejuiced86]

Will this car be making some passes today?

 

[JoeP.]

Will this car be making some passes today?

Damn, I wish... It is ready though, besides the front end alignment. I'll drag it into work this week and get that done, but other than that I'm going to call it complete (again!!). I was actually just outside warming it up a bit, and took a few pictures in the sunlight.

Again, a HUGE thanks to all that helped. I'm sure I'll forget someone, but you know who you are! Mike at Dick's Body Shop, you are the man. Dave at Team Z, Hangemhigh, Pwraddr, Jeff at JR Racecraft, Mark Motsinger, Jeff Aseltine, John Slagle, and my extremely tolerant wife Sheri, thank you all!

 

[bigg]

wow......damn nice work joe!

 

[91trunk]

:drool: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[orangejuiced86]

I just had a moment!

Thank you!

 

[Pwraddr]

Looks great joep! Didn't you have it a little lower in the rear prior?

Awesome job!

 

[JoeP.]

Looks great joep! Didn't you have it a little lower in the rear prior?

Awesome job!

When I first finished it last year I had it lower, but raised it slightly to move the instant center point further forward in the chassis. I have it set around 40 inches out right now, but may lower it a tad more to shorten the IC to the mid 30's(Dave said it will work best somewhere around there). The tires have a bunch of air in them right now too, so it may look higher.

Thanks, I can't wait to get testing!

 

[82hatch]

Looks great Joe.

 

[bottlefed93]

wow... looks great Joe!!

 

[SVTSINR]

It looks awesome again...Does the hood pivot on the support of the cowl? Very trick...

 

[black88coupe]

AWESOME! And +1 to your wife.

 

[JoeP.]

It looks awesome again...Does the hood pivot on the support of the cowl? Very trick...

Thanks! Yes, the hood has "hooks" underneath that allow it to pivot on the support hoop when opened so I don't have to lift it off every time. Here's a better picture from when I built it originally. The brackets are tapped for thumbscrews that lock the hood onto the hoop.

 

[FAST93]

That's just plain bad ass! Great idea!

 

[Birdie2000]

Wow, that car is sick! Love how nice interior is!

 

[badazzwindsor]

Thats just pure sexyness !!!!!

Goodjob

 

[JoeP.]

Thanks!!

 

[QuickLX]

Joe, the car looks awesome!! Really cannot believe you got it back together so quickly. Great work buddy!

 

[JoeP.]

Thanks Steve! Gimmie a call later when you get a chance.

 

[cjmatt]

Every time I read this thread it makes me want to just give up and buy a boat instead...Came out absolutely awesome Joe