Page 2 The project begins Page 3 Front end and doors Page 4 Body framing Page 5 Wheel tubs and more framing Page 6 Door openings and more on the body Page 7 The frame Page 8 Steering, shocks and engine mounts Page 9 CAD, lasercut parts and intake. Page 10 Transmission and engine mounts. Page 11 Roof and floor. Page 12 Body and engine details. Page 13 Fuel tank. Page 14 Pedals and steering. Page 15 Odds and ends, the frame. Page 16 The body and more details. Page 17 Dash, exhaust and engine. Page 18 Bodywork and to do list stuff. Page 19 Toward the first drive. Karkmotuning

The wheels are back from the sand blaster's where they got sprayed with epoxy. Some sanding and painting coming up soon. There's been a lot of deliberating over the color choice, ideas ranging from "gold chrome" powder coating, though gold metallic and black gloss. For now, the favorite is black wheels with gold metallic holes.

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Black and gold it is. Sanding, painting, masking, more painting and finally a gloss clear finish, it took a surprising amount of time to get done.

The tires are back on the rims again. Another detail that make things look a tiny bit closer to done.

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The tank was taken out of storage, and mounted with its fuel line and all. The vent hose is seen snaking its way up towards the roof and back down behind the tank, out through the floor. The return line is just blocked off, as we're running a non return fuel system. Edit: Later the tank had to be removed again, to make a new metal fuel line, because the previous plastic one ran too close to one of the exhausts to look really safe. The new one is further away from any heat source now too.

The rotor style fuel pump is loud, and to get it a bit quieter, the pump was mounted to a bracket that stands on two soft rubber mounts.

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Two fuel lines come up along the firewall, held with P-clamps. A home made brass double P-clamp will look right at home were it mounts.

Brakelines done, but the brake proportioning valve leaked at this copper seal, even after changing it twice. A second one leaked at the same seal. Finally an upgrade to a Wilwood proportioning valve did the trick, no more leaking. (April 2025)

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Before filling fuel into the tank, the rest of the exhausts had to be done, to avoid welding right under a new home made tank full of gas. The project was started by welding a jig between the exhaust tips, to get them positioned nicely symmetrical and in line. Then piping was added until the project was done. The tubes are of different length, which theoretically will make for a fuller exhaust note.

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