#1042 pictures

[Tom]

I'm such a liar!  I made it into the garage yesterday and decided to terminate the battery cables and install the trunk pan.  NOW I'm done for a few weeks.

Tom

[66rdster]

Hi Tom,
LOL.......I see you couldn't stay away from it for a day, looks like 5 weeks is gonna be tough!!!
Have a good trip!!!


Mike

[Ryan Cassidy]

LOL  Nice Tom!!!  Soon enough we'll have you going to meetings over your Hurricane addition... lol :-)

Looks great as usual though!!

[Tom]

Well, I finally got back to work last week after a week or seven out of state.  I'm basically done with the mechanicals and have a running go-cart.  Now I need to get back ont the bodywork to get it LOOKING like a car.  Here's how it sits today.

Tom

[Tom]

Another view.

[Tom]

And lastly...

[Alfredo Canalizo]

Tom,
I am planing to do my FE motor and I know that you built yours, can you tell me what do you put in ?

Thanks and Regards

Alfredo

[Tom]

It's a 428.  It started life as an irrigation pump engine and I picked it up for, gulp, $500.00!  Of course, it saw a rebuild.  I know there's a guy in S-W Kansas that advertises having three or four of these engines for sale on the Club Cobra site every few months.  I think he asks $750.00 for his.

Tom

[Phil Berania]

SSWWEEEET!!!! Looking good

Phil

[HM1006]

Tom,

Make sure your shoulder harness bolts will come out with the body on.  I had to do mine a little different, so I'm not sure if yours will be a problem or not.  Just checking,....

Brad

[Tom]

Good call!

[Tom]

I need to note something here, as I've had a few off-line inquiries;

Hurricane HAS modified their molds since I got my body just a few months ago.  The side vents are now properly located as they come out of the mold so that's one step that will not have to be mady by the builder.  I also understand that they have modified the door opening so there is a sill, which bulders before me have modified on their own.

It seems that the bodies now will need even less work than they did just a few shrt months ago.

Tom

[Tom]

I had the body back on this morning for a quick trial fit.  I hadn't had it on with the sidepipes in place and wanted to make sure I had the proper clearances before starting the final bodywork.  But no worry.  All was fine.

[Tom]

Another angle.

Body is back off again and I've run out of excuses to not start the final bodywork and wrap this build up.

[Tom]

Just when I thought I was out of excuses to not get back on the bodywork.  the UPS guy shows up today with my tires!  So a quick mount and cleaning and I have the REAL wheels on the car!  These are the knockoff/pin drive  adapters that Hurricane sells with the Vintage Wheels.