Thread: Followed Me Home II

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This past week I've spent some time with the roadster project, trying to figure out what's been done, what needs to be done, what "stuff" I've got, and what "stuff" I need to buy/source/make to push this thing to being done. Looking back at this thread, I'm not sure that updating it is the right thing to do, but friend Jim Robinson says that his build thread helps keep him pushing to finish, and that's the only reason I'm posting today. We'll see how it goes.

This morning I turned a critical eye to my steering column mount, and decided that the column location on the firewall was just plain bad, creating a potential impediment to my #13 foot moving from throttle to brake, and not allowing the column to penetrate the firewall enough (too close to the engine) which was creating a pinch point with the steering wheel and entry/exit, so I cut a new hole in the firewall. Jim shared some details on his column mount, and I've abandoned my 5" column drop and ordered a Borgeson 7" drop to get the wheel down in a more comfortable location. Increasing the firewall penetration will move the steering wheel forward at least 3" which will be a big improvement on getting in & out. Before I'd approached it saying that the column tilt made things OK, but the right way is to ignore the tilt, find the right location with the column straight, and then use the tilt for fine tuning comfort. At least that's what I'm doing now, anyway. Summit Racing and Speedway Motors are happy that I'm back, and the Big Brown Trucks will be familiar with my driveway for a while.

Cheers.