BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
Well I made some major progress today at 24 degree's F :roflblack: ...... there are some pics in my albums .... To review a bit .... As received from the orig. builder, the engine was up against my right shoulder ... in the passenger compartment .... Not acceptable .... So I needed to stretch the body about 14inches and also the frame the same amount. And because the rear was at 48 in from the ground and looked stupid , I needed to change the angle to drop the rear 10 in.,!! .... well to day I made some major corrections to the body and I decided to scrap His exhaust system and start over. He used a long tube header that was reversed so it was much higher than the engine and everything rear of it ..... my plan is to use a " shorty " equal length type that will run alongside the engine and gas tank inside the wheel wells ...... after removing the exhaust, I also removed the rear radiator which also had an 18" shrouded fan attached ....I plan to put a radiator in the front and run the lines alongside the frame ..... this alone will get me 7 inches of space from the rear ....... On the body, I removed the rear wheel wells by cutting out the 16 pop rivets that held them in place .... I then cut the rear fenders back 12 inches ........ now instead of adding 14plus inches to the rear section I think I will only have to add 4in. ....... Things aren't set in stone yet and I can get a few more inches by moving the Oil cooler and welding some new supports for the Gas tank ......... I'll try and get some more pics up tomorrow ( for my album )......and yes this isn't a Spyder so it's in the " Off topic section " so some people won't get to too upset .....:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:........OK pics have just been added in my album on the 917
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