My 72 Comet Build.....

I don't think the bare metal look is gonna work for me..... It will be black textured in the engine compartment.....

 

Got the last of the hot side done this morning...... Tomorrow I am going to get back to work on the air intake area.....

Todays progress.....

 

Today I got the air intake tube and filter location figured out..... Made the tube and got it tacked in place.....

Here I straightened the stone guard I picked up last weekend and bolted it and a grill in place(you can see how much room I will have for a filter after some more modifications).....




Here I got the intake tube made and tacked in the car(I am going to move the trans cooler a little more to the driver side to get it away from the air filter - the air filter I used is jut one I have, I am going to get a larger one to use).....

 

so that's what the comet nose was intended for all the time

 

Apparently, I sure couldn't make it work with the maverick nose.....

 

Is your car going to have AC? If so, looks like a vry tight fit -- to say the least!

 

I would assume he is building this car to race primarily.

 

It will not have AC.....

The car will be a street/strip car..... I do like to drag race and make test passes, but I also like to drive my car quite often.....

 

That will be one bad street car!!!!!!

 

I'm curious, are the ribbed (for lack of a better term) portions of the tubing for heat dissipation or to allow them to move a little without breaking or something more interesting that I can't think of right now?

I love seeing this beast being built, thanks for letting the rest of us watch.

 

They are flex joints..... Thanks.....

 

The new fiberglass hood came today.....

 

Nice. Is it designed to use the original hinges?

 

No, it is a lift off.....

 

Welded the air intake tube in this morning and moved the tans cooler more to the driver side of the radiator opening..... The I trimmed the stone guard to clear the tube and bolted it back in place..... I had to clearance to bottom of the grill a little to clear the tube and I got the grill attached..... I set the hood in place and it's looking amazingly like a Comet again.....

I also got my trans shield yesterday.....




Here is the progress from today.....