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That Trans Am sounds pretty spiffy, MR Wizard. Lets see some pics!

Thought I'd dust off the "Z" and work on it a little this weekend.
I didn't get it dusted off, I didn't get any work done on the "Z" either , bit I did get these stands built.
I haven't had a free weekend for months, but this weekend I had some time so I started to assemble the car stands I've been cutting out a little here & a little there.
I welded til noon, then cut down some trees & hung a door for Jenni & J.D. then came back and worked on the stands some more.
This afternoon I finished them up & jacked up the "Z". Made some adjusters out of 3/4'' bolts, so I can level them. I wanted to mark them so I could set the stand back on the floor in the same spot each time & have them be level, so I made some decals to keep them in the right locations. Also, the stand decks are 15''x15'' , just the right size for the scales, so I can weigh it on the stands if I get the urge. It's no hoist, but it should make working on the "Z" a little more convenient.

Nice set of stands, going to make working on the car a whole lot better. Never have scaled on a set of stands, but as long as they're nice and level sure no reason it won't work!

Wow it sure is looking good.
What is the weight that you are shooting for?
Kurt

I need some tall stands for my rat rod.. working inside the cab, I keep hitting my head on the roof/ roof support... eventually it'll either be dented or I'll have a concussion

being theres no floor, it sure would be nice if it was a little taller

Originally Posted by vara4

Wow it sure is looking good.
What is the weight that you are shooting for?
Kurt

Thanks Dave, Kurt. It's at 1455 as it sits, but there's a lot O' missing parts yet. I'm roughly guessing somewhere in the low 3g's, but that's just a guess. At one time I piled all the available parts in and on top of the car, figured in the 68 lbs. for the fiberglass front end and myself and came up will 2200 lbs.
That was bare iron block & heads, and
still no engine internals, radiator, drive shaft, tin work, all fluids or pro charger and a list of other misc items. I don't see any way possible to keep it under 3,000. Just have to crank up the boost to compensate I guess.

even incomplete that looks just plain nasty, as in MEAN n Nasty, nice, love to see THAT beast of a maro, complete, toolin down the road.
Any final thoughts about what color it will be ?

BTW, Falcon, i didn't ignore ur photo requests of the Trans Am, my computer crashed recently, i have a new machine and tho i was able to recover my original hard drive with all my documents and pictures and have it ijnstalled in my new machine as additional storage space, danged if i've figured how to import from IT to main storage on the new machine or import out of it to something like the forum...give me a bit n i'll get it all figured out, in the meantime there are already pictures of the Bmer, the Trans Am, my silverado, AND my Lesabre on this and other threads around the forum, Pontiac Big Block, Nitrous Oxide and i believe engine talk.

A shot of my Trans am's engine bay i hope, new machine, havin issues trying to import from the old machines hard drive out in attachments.

Another shot of the TA. still std bore, but now with ported 6H heads w/ 1.71 vs 1.66 exh vlvs, comp cams flat tappet solid 290 x 304 .594 x .587 106* x 108* 3200-6500rpm, Tremec TKO600 5spd/ 2.64 1st/ .64 5th, 27.6" frt x 28 x 11.5 x 15 MT ET Streets rr on 3" x 15" frnt n 10" x 15" rr Weld Drag Lite Classics.

ooooppppps, my bad. told ya i was ewxperience new computer teething issues right ?
Tha last was the same as the previos pic. Soooooo, how bout THIS!!

a couple other shots of the engine bay.....

Well Im currently building an 84 GMC s-15. I was just going to buy an s-10 and put a small block in it and that was going to be the end of it. Well I came across an 84 s-15 that had been backhalfed and already had a small block in it. One thing led to another and next thing I knew I had bought a sand blaster, taken my truck completely apart( I mean completely rear end, control arms, cab, etc etc) and was sandblasting the frame to my truck in my drive way. Well i've painted it and put it back together finally after who knows how long. All I have left to do is wire everything up,(I already have the new harness), my interior, body work, and paint. So I still have a long way to go but I have bought everything I need already so all I really have left to do is finish putting it together and do the body work and paint it. The hard part is finding time to do it because I work mon through sat. Its a fun project i've been working on for quite some time and it feels good to be getting close to being done. Even though we all know that we never consider it "done" in our eyes.

Sounds like a cool project, Rob. Post some pics, we'd like to see it! That's a good lookin beast, Mr Wizard. I love the looks of the old T/As. That was everyone's dream car when I was in high school.

Sound like it may b a somewhat popular conversion but with so many way that u can go in the details ROB, i expect u'll have one heck of a nice machine. As Falcon said and i second, post some pics, during construction, the rest of us may b able to impart some input that'll make it even better....
Keep at and " U'LL GETERDONE!!!!!!!"