'72 tii Build Project (Commissioned)...or.... FNG fouls up

[Dugan27]

21 hours ago, Dugan27 said:

 

This is my understanding; he said he is having the local police come to verify the VIN this week and then it will get titled. 

Car is now registered and title should arrive in 2-3 weeks. 

 

 

[Dugan27]

Cleaned intakes. Car goes for paint tomorrow.

[wkohler]

I hope they paint under the hood the color of the car and don't leave it black.  That would be a waste of time and effort.

[Dugan27]

Been a couple of weeks so I wanted to check in, but also have my first question for the hive mind. 

 

Build is going along smoothly though some limited options on parts in stock have required some chasing down, and one item I'm stuck on. I was going to go with the racetep rear brace and battery kit, but they are out of stock. Any good alternatives for front/rear kit with battery relo? 

 

Drums

 

Here are the wheels I am going with. 

[wkohler]

Kooglewerks has a beautiful kit. 

 

How's the body coming?

[Dugan27]

1 hour ago, wkohler said:

Kooglewerks has a beautiful kit. 

 

How's the body coming?

Pricey, but nice. Not sure they are the right kit for me, but "in-stock" is becoming a more critical variable.

 

Body is ready for paint; it didn't need much from what I can see and hear. I expect I'll have paint pictures in the next week or two. 

[Son of Marty]

There are plenty of options to relocate the battery in the trunk or under the rear seat with out the brace whos only purpose is to hold the battery.  

[2002iii]

Supposedly Top End Performance has 2 available Here on Ebay.

[Dugan27]

40 minutes ago, 2002iii said:

Supposedly Top End Performance has 2 available Here on Ebay.

 

Yeah, hoped I'd get lucky there but no dice.

 

 

[Dugan27]

54 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

There are plenty of options to relocate the battery in the trunk or under the rear seat with out the brace whos only purpose is to hold the battery.  

 

This is true

[irdave]

The hold down is pretty straight forward, can do that with about anything.  Lots of marine applications.

 

My car came with the big e30 wiring for the battery from back to front.  It's nice.

 

And it's repeatedly suggested that the chassis isn't flexing much back there, so the stress bar is a little superfluous.  In theory, according to the hive mind.  I've never seen any numbers, but with that big piece of seat back sheet metal right there, I'm inclined to believe it's ok to start.

[Dugan27]

Have decided to skip the rear brace for a number of factors, and go (I think) with a lithium Ion battery 

Some more pics as we near paint

 

 

[Dugan27]

been a bit, but still moving onward. Hope you all had a nice holiday season. 

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[Dugan27]

It only took about 16 months.....but it's finally done. I had intended to keep up this thread along with the build, but I also thought the build would only take 4 months. Life goes on. More photos, videos over the weekend hopefully. Still a lot of things I want to clean up or tweak, but driving it mostly. 

 

 

[wkohler]

Amazing it only took 16 months.  Congrats!