Getting the last few pieces of sheet metal off according to the guidelines took a couple hours and some patience. Again, the combination of pictures an videos on the Smyth Performance blog and youtube channel proved very helpful. At least until the end of the month, when the build manual is expected to be final drafted, I recommend spending a good amount of time perusing these. Still, there's a little bit of questions that can come up even when your staring at your car and the pictures. A final review of the pertinent videos and a couple texts to Mark showing a picture of my question and getting some advice got me going.
At long last, I'm ready to start the rebuilding segment! I'll have to read up on the blog and look at the next album of pics on facebook, but I plan on starting this maybe Monday. Today was a short day on the build, but with a constancy of life/work, I need a little break. Going to go enjoy some worship tomorrow at my church, and probably crash the afternoon at a friend's place. More pics to come soon . . . and progress too!
Another FYI for you betas in waiting. If you're not using your donor constantly, go ahead and start gutting and cutting. I've got quite a bit of time invested already without ever having to touch the kit parts yet. You can be confident that there's plenty to do to get ahead if you have the time and space.
"Building in Style"
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Way to go guy! You're doing it! (Hook!) Nice blog on your project! And interesting concept. Spent the last hr or so of sleeplessness discovering more on the G3F, Smyth Performance Facebook world. Looks like quite a good forum for the project. Again, congrats Keith for launching into this project car build and blog. Proud of you guy!
ReplyDeleteGreat progress so far Keith! Any updates? Have you been making progress lately?
ReplyDeleteThanx, Bill! I have made about two evenings and some more hours of progress that I just haven't gotten to blog on yet. Unfortunately (for progress) I had some surgery that I'm down and out for quite some time for. It's good in the sense that I'll be in better shape than the last decade, but it's taking a long time to recover. I'm hoping I can really get back into the swing of things in the next month or so. Depends on what the doc says. For now, I'm pining away, just trying to keep up with life. Soon, my friend...soon!
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