Engine Mounted!

Now it is time to get the front and rear suspension done.

Seat pics

New Seats.

I picked up some seats for the car yesterday. They just fit. They are from a 99 boxster. I'll add pictures tonight.

Engine mount

So I got a little time to work on the engine mounts this weekend before helping a friend install a car lift in his garage. Below is a shot of the mount I made from a Volvo engine mount mated to a couple pieces of 1.75 box and some flat steel. The motor is the Datsun 2000 unit Dean gave me. I think these will work.

The original mounts were shot and a new set was going to run 70 dollars unless I got lucky on ebay. The Volvo units were under 10$ a piece.




This is a shot of the engine roughly aligned in hte frame getting ready for mounts.

8-12 update

My Buddy came over yesterday and we hoisted the axle engine and transmission into the frame. Makes it look a lot more done than it did the day before. Now I need to build the engine mounts. I'll post a shot of all the stuff in it later.

I know you are wondering

What has gone on in the last few days. Well last time we checked in on out fearless adventurer he had been sidelined by a sore back. Well several days of rest and recuperation later he managed to go out to the garage and start playing with the front suspension. He tried welding nuts into small tubes to try and create the lower control arm heim mounts.

In addition he has succesfully purchased some taillights for the project for 5 dollars.

latest

I just got a big box of parts from Speedway. Ball joints and material to help me create upper and lower control arms. For the uppers, I am using this kit and for the lowers I both this sleeve to build the lowers with.

I also paid a visit to jack at Kinetic Vehicles and got my brackets. I hope to have front suspension done soon.

Update

I got most of the metal ground off of the old axle mounts for the rear end. I also made a huge puddle of Gear Oil on the build table. The rear end is really heavy. Tomorrow I visit Jack at Kinetic. I need to buy some brackets.