It has begun - G-Pete's 289FIA Scratch Build

[G-Pete]

Just like here - that is close to 0.5 inch



Cutting the shaft tube by 0.25 inch on one side. That is 0.75 inch more room, so I can get space between the foot box and exhaust headers.



Steeda clutch bracket attached to lever.



Fitting the assembly into the food box.



Clutch and brake pedal preparation. They come not drilled - good thing.



The fork for the clutch pedal.

[G-Pete]

The brake lever needed a little more work to get the spacing right. Also the fork sits in the center.



Without the pedals.



Gravity pulls the AC Pedals down to the 5 degree stop.



The movement forward.



That's it for today...

[G-Pete]

Front floor, 0.102 steel four brakes for stiffness.



Front and rear section of the floor. The tubular rail frame has the tendency to twist under load. The welded floors prevent the twist between the motor mount and rear axle.



Detail of the rear section.



The rear floor is 1 inch below the main rail top. The front floor is 2 inches below the main rail. The seat adjusters raise the seat bottom even with the top of the main rails.

[G-Pete]

Throttle pedal - used in the 60' 70' on race cars.



Fuel Cell pedestal, over the rear axle.



This is a 15 gal. unit.



Front view of the cell, one side on the top is the vent (roll over locked) other side is the return line.

[G-Pete]

Lower steering column mount.



Upper mount.



With a quick disconnect steering wheel the in and out of the Cobra will be much easier.



The outside of the foot box.

[G-Pete]

Slowly it starts looking like a car.




This is how the rear end of the car looks like from the bottom.



During the working hours the 289 is stored on top of the pallet rack - it actually occupies only one space.
I'm very fortunate to have a work place like that. Hard work and dedication will be rewarded, I can testify to that.

Thank you Bob (Boss).

[PDUB]

Amazing work! Very nice.

Did you make the tank?