02 Jan 2010 A Pillars Bent
Dad and I set out to make the A pillars for the FIAT. 25 degress on the lower side and 65 at the top.
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05 Jan 2010 Door Bar
Removed the driver side skin and now I am testing too see if I want to cut the door and do a Nascar style bar.
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07 Jan 2010 Sawzall Time
Found myself home alone today. Got buzzzy and made some noise with the Sawzall
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11 Jan 2010 Drv A Pillar
Cut and notched the driver side A pillar as well the upper and lower front braces.
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17 Jan 2010 Lower Door Bar
Dad and I attacked the lower door bar today. Ran out of time. Upper next week.
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20 Jan 2010 AN Fittings
Off ebay x2 -6AN 45 degree fittings and x1 -10 straight. Less then $22 CND!
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20 Jan 2010 Dash Issues
I sort of knew when I did the cross bar I'd be creating dash issues.
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21 Jan 2010 Upper Door Bar
Well unless we've missed something. Bending is done. Its all straight tubes and notching from now on.
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24 Jan 2010 Main Loop Brace
So manged to get a few minus to work this weekend. Everyone is sick. Did the main loops brace.
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26 Jan 2010 Harness Bar
Dad and I put together the harness bar this evening. 60" piece with 2 45 degree bends.
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27 Jan 2010 New Stuff
I came home to a lot of good stuff in the mail box. Bonehead eBay order, B.S. Levy books from Chapters and race tires and wheels from Andrew.
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30 Jan 2010 Tough Session
The FIAT was not playing nice today and I did not get much work done.
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02 Feb 2010 Door Bars
Another less then great night. Must be the weather. Just not going fast enough.
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06 Feb 2010 Cold Working
So what it the #1 problem when building a cage. The car gets heavier. It took me 2 hours to drag her back into the garage.
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07 Feb 2010 Super Winch
After killing myself the other day trying to get the car back in the garage I bought a winch.
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08 Feb 2010 Seat Brace
We're on the home leg of the cage fab. Front gussets, harness bar and seat brace all tacked in.
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09 Feb 2010 Fuel Tank Out
Was trying to do the forward bars, but I think my chop saw's blade is done and I'm not getting nice cuts. So I removed the tank.
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10 Feb 2010 Cleaned
I cleaned out the cockpit. Garage is a mess now :) I will fix that this weekend.
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13-14 Feb 2010 Tig My Cage
13 Feb was a total of 12 hours of hard work for Jeff and and I. Cage is in the car. I learned so much.
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16 Feb 2010 Red Cage
Cut to size the lighter black dash and then did a Rust Check Red test on the cage.
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21 Feb 2010 Tow Stuff
I'm prepping for ownership of a used trailer. Went to PrincessAuto this weekend.
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05 Mar 2010 Fuel Cell Cage
Made my spider. Well insect fuel cell cage. Made a few errors, but recovered.
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06 Mar 2010 Fuel Cell Weld
Setting up the fuel cell cage in the trunk. A little tight, but I'll address that on Sunday.
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09 Mar 2010 Fuel Cell
At it again. I had it, but I need to do just a touch more grinding to make the drop in smooth.
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10 Mar 2010 Cage Fitted
So the cell now fits much better after a little more grinding. Straps added, bolts and fuel pump.
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15 Mar 2010 Work Night
Dad and I attacked a few projects. Trunk floor, driverside plates and front tow hooks.
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18 Mar 2010 Fuel Lines
Removed the two old lines and started plumbing in the new ss braided hose under the car.
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20 Mar 2010 Fuel System
Tonight was awesome. Fuel line done, rear tow hook, exhaust and tire test.
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24 Apr 2010 New Dash
I was ordered into the garage to relax. So Dad and I worked on the garage.
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29 Apr 2010 Dash Tach
Just a quick work session before my race school weekend. Notched the dash out for the tach.
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16 May 2010 Starts
Over the weekend I got the FIAT to start. Fuel pump crapped out and I have put off the upgrades.
Just running an oil gauge with no pressure sensor for now.25 images
28 May 2010 Doors Trimmed
Took on the doors tonight. They are empty now. Dad made a nice cover over the tach and I reset the seat.
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31 May 2010 Us & The Car
James and I hanging out in the car. Would have gone for a drive, but no belts in there yet.
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01 June 2010 Brake Shield
The brake shield sorta knocked the weights off the wheels. So I err removed it.
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04 June 2010 Progress
Good night. Mike and my Dad were on hand and we all managed to do a bunch of little jobs.
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