Headlight mockup

I got started on a custom headlight, using the Guide 682-C as inspiration. The headlight is the old one that was on there and I incorporated the motorcycle turn signals that used to be mounted on the stalk, just cut to fit, welded and blended in.

Brake assembly mounted

Everything has been cleaned, painted and the final assembly has taken place. The car officially has a brake pedal. This project took alot longer than I had planned but I am very happy with the results.

Steering column complete!

I set out this past week to order a steering column for my car and when I couldn't find what I wanted i decided to make one. I took some tips form here and set to work.

1.5" tubing, 3/4" steel rod, a plate cut for the wheel and the bearings.


Here are the bearings I used, from a local tractor supply.


plate welded to the rod, mounting tab mounted to the column and the bearings have been greased and tacked in.


Mounted up


Removed and painted


I didnt like seeing the bearing and rod when it was installed os I added a sleeve to the wheel plate


Painted and installed




Attached at the steering box with a 3/4" DD x 3/4" DD


Attached at the steering box with a 3/4" DD x 3/4" DD

Brake pedal assembly complete!

I finished up this assembly tonight, just finisjhed painting and it's drying now.

The pedal arm bent up


The major parts in the assembly, I redid the clevis a bit from earlier pictures, the 2 blact rings are some spacers cut out of Delrin.


The assembly in and hanging

Brake pedal, paint, floor, steering...

It is nearing the point of areas converging which means little things are getting wrapped into each other. This weekend I mounted the new brake assembly, painted the frame, welded in the drivers floor and most of the tunnel.

The steering column is just mocked up at the moment but it will have to get assembled in the next few days, I will post that build when it comes time.

Holy visor plasma man!

The visor has been bugging me, more so since some of the paint work has been done. I set out to reshape the visor and drop a few holes in it. I still need to relocate the upper bar that appears in the middle of the holes which I will do this week.

Sometimes the best way forward, is backwards.

Or so it may seem. I was not 100% satisfied with the brake setup, and when I started working on the steering column layout I became even more concerned. The cramped pedal/floor situation became obviously worse and even during mockup I knew it would be uncomfortable to drive at best. So it's time to get designing and re-working a few things.

The sketch below is of the new brake pedal arm, which will be firewall mounted with a reverse master cylinder (under the dash) instead of under the floor. This solves countless problems and gives me a nice clean floor. After I got the pedal swingarm designed and the rough blank cut I got to patching the drivers side floor - I knew there was a reason I didn't weld it all down before....

Getting some final ideas figured out.

So I think I have finally come to the point where I have to figure out what the car needs to look like. The floor is almost complete but I cannot finish until I get the pedals and steering column sorted out. I have the parts to build the column arriving today and then I can move on that. Once the column and pedals are sorted I will be moving on to the front end to figure out shocks and lights then it gets disassembled a bit so I can paint the frame to match the cowl.

I am happy with the color now and have taken a bit of time to see how it would look - this is not a photoshop I actually painted a bit so I can actually see the goal while I am working my way there. The pics are a bit dark but you should be able to get the general idea.

Onto the passenger side...

With the drivers side pretty much complete it's time to move on to the passenger floor. The first few pics are of the completed drivers side then it moves onto the current project of the passenger side. There is still quite a bit more to do so I didn't get it all done this weekend as I planned but I am happy with out the outcome so far.

More floor & transmission tunnel

I started on the drivers side of the floor this past Friday night. I started with a cardboard template of the floor, transferred that over to steel then plasma cut out the shape(s) I needed.