Rick Thompson (225)

Gas Tank, Pedals, and Other Stuff Installed

Today was mainly bolting on parts. The First thing was put the good front struts on with the '97 model springs. They are the stiffest ones I have. I didn't put the brake calipers on yet. I need to take the calipers off one more…

Final Test Fit of the Body and Mounting Brackets.

Got the body on the car and have it sitting square. All the brackets are made up and adjusted to hold the bumper and fenders on in the right position. The rear bumper was pretty easy to mount it only needed two brackets to get…

Test Fitting the Body

  The car looks pretty good there but it is just temporary. I will have to make up a few more brackets for the front and back bumper. After everything is properly fit and working right I will then be able to start final paint…

Engine Mounts Installed

Since the weather was nice I got the engine pulled out and cleaned up over the week after work. It was pretty fast to pull it out since I have done about 5 of these cars before. I took it over to the convertible and…

Start of Stripping the XFi Down

The convertible is close to being ready to start assembling. The only thing left is a bit of paint and making rear inner fenders out of some plastic garbage cans. I moved the convertible out of my work area and put the XFi in its…