HM2008 Build

[Bob Worley]

Slowly making progress....

[s_reynolds]

Looking good Bob. I'm still amazed at how good the fiberglas looks.

Sam

[Dusty]

Holy crap Bobby! Not only are you doing a great job but now finally also started your build thread! It looks great!!! Keep up the good work and before you know it you'll be driving your dream

[Bob Worley]

That was the latest pictures I've taken last weekend.  I just sat the cockpit and trunk tubs down on the frame to check the clearance for routing fuel and brake lines.   I'll go back and start adding pictures from the beginning.

[Russ Rittimann]

Nice going Bobby.  Don't it feel real good to be making progress!!!!

[Fuzzy]

Slow down Bob, you're going to get done before me....

Great start, keep us up to date
ken

[Bob Worley]

Nothing new to see here, move along....

[Dusty]

I think its great just to say you own one! That itself was a huge hurdle

[Bob Worley]

I think its great just to say you own one! That itself was a huge hurdle

well i own parts of one.  it isn't all complete yet.

Actually I did make some progress this weekend - Got the fuel hard line, filter mounted, and made some good progress on the brake hard lines. 

[Bob Worley]

I guess I should go back and start at the beginning:

Our scheduled pick up day was Friday November 23, 2012 - the day after Thanksgiving.  My son Nick and I drove from Dallas, Texas to Lake City, Iowa - and back - all in one trip, no sleep.   28 hours round-trip.

We left Dallas on Thanksgiving night, Nov 22nd around 7:30pm, with an empty car trailer.  We drove through the night - through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, into Iowa.    When we left Dallas it was 71 degrees.  850 miles and 11 hours later, we pulled into Carroll, Iowa at 6:30am where it was 23 degrees and a 40 mph north wind.   Brrr!

We stopped at a cafe for breakfast before heading the last 28 miles to Hurricane Motorsports in Lake City.   I didn't take long to find it, since its about the only business in town! 

Since it was a holiday everything was shut down and there were no employees there.   Dusty met us and opened up the shop.  He gave us a grand tour of the manufacturing facilities for Bowie International and Porta-Vet - subsidiaries of Scranton Manufacturing of which Hurricane Motorsports is included.  Very impressive!

We then loaded up our trailer with the body and frame, and several boxes of parts stuffed into the cockpit and trunk of the cobra body, and the bed of the truck.    We were then on our way back home around 10:30am.

We had to make few stops to adjust and tighten the straps.  Other than that, no problems.   We got back home around 11pm Friday night, totally exhausted but grinning ear to ear       1,650 miles in 28.5 hours.

We are buying the kit in two stages.  This is the first trip.   So we get to do it all over again... !   

[mandmGuys]

Your going the wrong way - want to see "new" build photos! what have you been up to?

Mark

[Bob Worley]

Your going the wrong way - want to see "new" build photos! what have you been up to?

Mark

HAHA - well I decided its time to update this thread chronologically. So each day or so I will add a bit more, until I get caught up to where I am now... (which wont take long)

[mandmGuys]

I remember when we went to get 2006 it was not quite that cold but when we went in the building it was not doing anything out by time we got loaded there was 2" of snow on the ground and wind was blowing. Made it fun pulling the trailer (enclosed) in the wind and slick roads.

Mark

[BIGDADDYFROG]

Sweet ride Bob, you doing a great job. I remember you driving my car a couple of years ago, since then I knew you were going to get one. All is left is to get the girls from Bikini's sports bar to put some butt prints on it and it's official!
Take care BDF.

[Bob Worley]

  i haven't updated in almost 3 YEARS!   For shame.... well, i'll have a big update to come shortly, yes I have been working on this project..   

btw, I dont have a picture like Mark, but my odometer shows "000000.0"