Mav1970's Insane 69.5 Street Project

Looking good Bob!!!!

 

Thanks Dennis

 

All I Can Say Is..........AWSOME JOB!!!!!!! Well U Get the Point......... Keep it coming

 

Great job Bob! That's what i'm doing right now as well. I think i'm goona need some of those rust free Texas parts!

 

Send Rick Brooks an email or a PM, at the link I provided, and explain what part or piece of a part you need and he will get his sawzall out. He is in New Jersey right now working insurance claims, due to the Sandy disaster, but will be back home sometime in December

http://mmb.maverick.to/member.php?u=5289

 

More progress

When I installed the Cleveland in the Maverick, with the Mustang II type suspension, I chose a set of Hooker 4V Cleveland headers made for a 71 Mustang and a couple of the tubes on passenger side come up and back so they aren't near the starter - one of those tubes just broke the plane of the passenger footboard so, to keep the install moving along, I simply cut the floor out at the time and moved on - today it was time to modify it for good and get it all welded up solid - I used a piece of 3/4 inch square tubing and blended it in to meet the firewall and the lower floor near the tunnel - then I took a piece of 20 gauge steel, welded it to the top of the square tubing and let it blend into the tunnel - the new space gives the header tube plenty of room without hitting any floorboards - I'll finish trimming the floor under the panel once the car goes back over on the rotisserie - I think once the dynamat and carpet are in place, you will hardly notice the raised section

 

Nice work, Bob! I think a slight bump in the floor will be certainly overlooked as your passengers hold on for dear life.

 

I'll dump the clutch on the 393 and they'll forget all about the lump under their left foot

 

What size are the header tubes?

 

I thought I wrote their size down on my master parts list but I didn't - I think they're 2 inch

 

Got ambicious today

Had one more rot through area on the passenger floor foor board that needed attention - I took a 1 1/2 inch hole saw to the area which cleaned all of the rot out - then I made a new steel slug using a 1 5/8 inch hole saw, sanded it down to fit the hole and welded it in place - then finished up welding the 1/4 inch pilot hole shut from the hole saw - one more area up on the firewall to fix and the passenger side will be finished

 

One more thing started today

The last area on the passenger side firewall is also part of the passenger side torque box damage so it all gets fixed together - just cutting out what is needed to get rid of all the rot through then cut new steel pieces for torque box and floor - next will be to weld the little access piece back to the torque box inside of the rocker and then weld in the new front rocker piece I made

 

Lookin good!

 

Nice idea with the hole saws. For next time I have a suggestion though. If you have a drill press, clamp your patch metal down on top of a piece of wood and remove the pilot drill from the hole saw. One less hole to weld in on your patch. Keep up the good work!

 

Nice progress.