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Hat's off to you HR46. Great looking car. Enjoy! Perley

Great job, it looks really nice. Need pics
Ken

As usual, I’m a little slow getting around to my updates. Here are the last of the build pics.



This is the remote fill cover for the master cylinder. It’s from Kugel Komponents. The remote reservoir is from a VW and mounts under the driver’s seat.





This is one of the last pics of the chassis before the body went on for the final time. As you can see in the background, my shop was starting to look like a small nuclear blast zone. It only got worse after this pic. I was using every minute I had to finish and wasn’t taking any time to clean the place up.



The body is going down for the final time in this shot. That’s my Dad looking things over.



The wiring turned out to be a longer job than I had planned. The automatic and manual controls for the air suspension added a lot of time. Keeping everything neat and hidden was a bear, too. The spiral wrap on the harness was a pain to put on, but it kept the wire bundles tight and compact. At times, I felt like I was trying to put 2 quarts in a 1 quart container, but eventually everything went in OK.





I used Molex plugs where I could to make service easier. The dash unplugs and comes out easily and that makes working under the cowl a lot better.



Here’s a shot of the finished cowl section.



Last thing was the muffler inserts. I used the ends of an old 3 ½” glass pack to make reducers. They fit perfectly into the expanded portion of the header extension right behind the header collector, so no hardware is needed to hold them in. The tubing is perforated stainless that I got off of EBAY. I wrapped the whole thing in fiberglass exhaust batting also off of EBAY.

They definitely mellowed the exhaust note down a bunch when cruising around, but sound off pretty good when you get down on it.

Here are some final shots of the car in the shop. I still need to put a coat of bedliner on the floor and install the shifter and brake boots, but I’ve been driving it every chance I get! I’m like a kid with a new toy.















Well that’s about it for this build. I may do an update later on to report on how the car is working long term. I don’t plan any major mods, but a top is definitely going on. That will probably mean a windshield change too.

Here’s a shot of just how far this project has come.



I want to thank everyone that took an interest in this project.

Mike

Wow Mike. If I said it's a nice car, it'd be the understatement of the year! It's GREAT Mike. And you SHOULD be proud, really really nice work. Enjoy. Perley

Mike that is spectacular! Nice work!

You know Mike, it's almost sad when one of these builds we have all been following comes to the end. Everyone has really enjoyed looking over your shoulder during these past two years, and you have created one spectacular, well built hot rod. You should be very very proud.

Now get out there and get some road rash on it!! and get that grin off of your face.


Don