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11-09-2011 11:26 AM #10
I went and played with it this past weekend. I think I forked up more than I fixed...but I enjoyed the time with my folks and I figured out/rembered what I wanted to do a year ago......
I needed to figure out the transmission tunnel before I could figure out the transmission mount

I tried the jag tunnel again


I didn't fit as snug as I wanted it to, so I sliced and diced it...


I cut it a little more



There was too much air space between the sheetmetal and the bell housing...that space is needed for a gas pedal.
so I broke out the cop car kick panel sheet metal to build a beefy, close fitting tunnel




I realized I didn't want to run it all the way behind the seats as one piece, so I added a center bulkhead to give it something solid to tie into in the middle of the cockpit.

I really didn't like that, so I cut it out

It needed to be straight across, so that it could be the start of the front of the seat. I had to add verticals to weld to.

I ran out of time, but I figured out/remembered that I needed to have a bulkhead that doubled as a seat front and that the spring boxes need to extend to that bulkhead.
I don't like the new tunnel either.... I think I like the trans out in the open better.
There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.





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A belated Happy 78th Birthday Roger Spears
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