Steno,
You are right, it has been terribly cold which has limited the amount of time I have been out in the garage especially without a heater. But, I have made some progress.
Dave Walk was kind enough to stop by and help me lift the body onto the bodybuck last Sunday. Thanks Dave.
Next I began getting better acquainted with my drill and the aluminum panels. My first step in creating fraken cobra. I have the "F" panels mocked up and I made a dent in the driver's side footbox.
Here is a head-on shot of the engine bay. I love cleco's. The firewall turned out okay. I don't plan on adding a second row of rivets.
The inside of the driver's footbox.
Finally, a closeup of the driver's side front coil over. My rear bolts that secure the front tubular lower control arms are too long. Also, I did not add the washer spacers between the frame ears as this is for mockup purposes only. (Read I needed to spend some time away from the drill.) Another matter that appeared is that my lower shock mount spacers did not fit. There was not enough space between the LCA ears to include both spacers and the heim joint of the shock. Again, for mockup purposes I pushed the bolt through the shock and finger tightened the nut.
I stopped for the night as I ran out of cleco's on my franken cobra. Both batteries for my drill are without charge also.
Time to rest and hopefully put some more time into the car this weekend as the temps are projected to be slightly higher than what I have been working in.
Take care,
progress report
Karl
LQQKing good though. Keep it up
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