Thread: Project Sebring GT Spyder

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I’m still trying to get everybody caught up on this project (seems the work goes much faster than the posting). We’re almost there, but I’m still finding stuff that I haven’t posted. Some of these things will be short and may be random, with old and new pictures, but I’m checking things off my ever shortening to do list.

First a quick health update. I am just about fully recovered from the last procedure on my heart and have really started to feel the benefits of the work. I guess I really didn’t realize how bad I was until things got fixed, since these health issues happened slowly and I got used to them over time. I am feeling like 10 years have been rolled off my clock and I actually seem to getting things done now. I’m spending 10-12 hour days in the shop now, sometimes stopping only to eat. Before, if I got 4 or 5 done, it was a good day. I’m seeing now that my heart issue was some of the reason that this project has dragged out for so long. Oh well, enough of that. Let’s talk about the car!
I’ll kick this round of updates off with something quick.

I got the driveshaft and driveshaft hoop installed. I also had to replace the new transmission seal. Somehow the one that was installed by the rebuilder managed to get torn.





FWIW – I ordered a new aluminum third member for the 9”. Even though I built the one that is in the car now and have built others, they only charged $150 to assemble it. No brainer for me. I can keep working on the car. Delivery is expected in about 6 weeks. It will be set up with a 31 spline TruTrac Diff and 3.70 gears. Took me a while to decide what ratio I wanted, but I knew the gears in the current diff were not in the best condition and would have to replaced soon after I started driving the car. I figured I might as well take care of that now and break everything in at the same time. The current chunk will eventually find a home in my 46 coupe, so no money wasted, just a little time to swap it out.