Mav1970's Insane 69.5 Street Project

[mav1970]

Originally Posted by actionrpm

Wow...nice job!Bob!You can tell youv'e bent tubing before,very close to the body and a great idea for the seat,the hoop looks like it mounts directly over the front spring "box"which is real strong right there,your'e building a great chassis(I've seen the pics of the front chasiss!)Git r done! Jack

Thanks much Jack. I bent many a stock car cage up and, I know that you know personally what I'm talking about when I say, this car will not be slammed into the Armco on the first lap.

[mav1970]

Originally Posted by 302-72-mav

yah that's part of the bragging is to help other people and give them idea's

Well if my can do what is in todsrods avatar, that will be another reason to put my cage in

[actionrpm]

Originally Posted by mav1970

Thanks much Jack. I bent many a stock car cage up and, I know that you know personally what I'm talking about when I say, this car will not be slammed into the Armco on the first lap.

Man you've come a long way scince this time last year!! Isn't it so cool to be thrashin,that's all that's on your mind, how do I do this or what next???....keep it goin!!!

[mav1970]

Originally Posted by actionrpm

Man you've come a long way scince this time last year!! Isn't it so cool to be thrashin,that's all that's on your mind, how do I do this or what next???....keep it goin!!!

I have to thrash to stay warm since I only have a kero space heater with 2 gallons of fuel left.

And I'm thankful for all the help you gave me with my measurement questions on the Mustang II stuff plus any other "crazy" questions that I asked you in the last year or so

Thanks for sharing.

[CaptainComet]

With everything you are doing to that car, I would have to take it to the track. What about fabbing a crossbar for belts that would be removeable?

Very slick lower bar for the back seat.

[mav1970]

Originally Posted by CaptainComet

With everything you are doing to that car, I would have to take it to the track. What about fabbing a crossbar for belts that would be removeable?

That might be a thought before I paint the bars

[mav1970]

Originally Posted by todsrods

Just a ?? will you be able to get the rear seat out if need be? It looks real close in the pics.

Well, I went out in the garage today and pushed the bottom of the back seat towards the rear of the car. It unlatched from it's 2 floor hooks and came up and out without hitting the bar.

So it's now tacked in and it's a keeper.

[todsrods]

That's very cool I'm happy that works it's a cool idea.

[comrick317]

Looks good so far.

[mav1970]

Made some more progress on the Maverick today. Finished up most of the welding on the Full Tilt Street Rod front crossmember and got the right side coil spring hat tacked into place. I want to mock up the entire Mustang II suspension before I weld it in solid.

I also removed the stock front crossmember that accepts the lower strut rods. That was a real bear to take out. Double plates and extra spot welds everywhere. I was concerned about removing this crossmember because of all the heat from the welding done in the front frame area plus removing the entire spring towers but, once I cut through the middle of it, the frame rails only sprung the width of the sawzall blade.

I replaced the crossmember with a length of 1 1/2 inch tubing that runs through both frame rails. There is a second piece of tubing that goes with it but I’ll see if I can get to that tomorrow.