Drill baby drill… Aluminum Panels.

Well I have most of the aluminum panels drilled along with installation of the upper and lower control arms. The shocks are on back order, so I have as much completed for now until the rest of my aluminum panels are shipped to me along with the remaining back order parts.

Now that I have seen the actual color of the powder coated chassis, I have decided to powder coat the aluminum panels the same color. Well, at least the panels that are in the engine bay. These are the only panels that visible and I since I like the silver color of the chassis, I think that matching panels will look nice. I will find a place to get them powder coated in the next couple of weeks.

Front LCA/UCA’s

I spent a few hours trying to get the dust boots to cover the upper ball joints. They seemed to be a little to small. After reading several possible fixes on ffcars.com, I was able to finally get the dust boots installed using 2" PVC pipe. You just press on the boot dust cover with the 2" pipe and wallah it slips right on.

First Build Milestone Achieved!!!

Today Chris, Aimee and Ruth-Ann came by to take a look and we completed the first project milestone. The body is off the chassis and on the body buck! Chris and I talked about different options and color schemes along with the overall build process. It is nice to be able to not only talk about the build but actually start the work that I have been planning for.

Here is a picture of Ruth-Ann sitting in the drivers seat.

The body is off the chassis and onto the body buck!

FFR 7469 has arrived!!!

Well it was worth the wait, yesterday we unloaded the body/chassis along with 24 boxes.

Jacob came home to help unpack while we grinned and stared in awe. We had to take the first pictures behind the wheel and make the vroom sound...

What a great day and everything is inventoried with only a few items on backorder. Now it is time to start the build...