82' Winter build - Photo Heavy

[pofo]

I can always add bars in the future but for not I dont plan to attaching to the font strut towers as I dont want to have to reroute the harness yet.

I'm also in the air with door bars, I would prefer the NASCAR style but I dont want to cut up my doors to fit them. I may just run a strait tube along the bottom sill for now and when I need the door bars I will add them. I want to keep the car some what streetable for now.

[pofo]

I test fit the seat and noticed I need to raise my harness bar about 1.5" to 2" so I will have about a 15º angle on the harness. I also leaned the cage back 5º more for a total of 10º lean back.

Hoping to get the rest of my supplies delivered soon.

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[pofo]

Been a while but finally was able to get my hand on some more DOM tube.
One of the best tool I got for this
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[Somjuan]

Love the cage (I bet that was a lot of behind-the-scenes hours) and the color selection, is that a dark green?

Nice Miller! And what a huge argon tank for the home shop! I’m looking at a finger button instead of the monster foot pedal, and seeing how much space it takes in the footwell I think I’m sticking to my guns on that.

[pofo]

Love the cage (I bet that was a lot of behind-the-scenes hours) and the color selection, is that a dark green?

Nice Miller! And what a huge argon tank for the home shop! I’m looking at a finger button instead of the monster foot pedal, and seeing how much space it takes in the footwell I think I’m sticking to my guns on that.

Thanks, Defiantly several hours into the cage this past weekend. I still plan on making gussets for the A & B pillars and possible might add a removable door bar.

The color is Brewster Green, Its looks much darker in person. It came on some Porsche's and Bentleys

I just got this miller 220 last year, thing rips and the smart settings are really good and I dont really fine tune them at all. I would like to look into a finger trigger/water cooled torch, But for 90% of the work I use the foot peddle and works grate. They have a bluetooth one that im eyeing because the wiring can be a pain.

This is my work I make awnings and signs so I am always welding and the tanks go quickly, I mostly work with aluminum. One day I will have space like this at my house.

[pofo]

It's been a while but made some progress.
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Test fit the kit last time before paint and just used a 13" wheel I have laying around as just a reference.

Primed and layed some color down last weekend.

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Untitled by Shane Massa, on Flickr
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Still have a lot of work to do over the winter but im happy with my progress.

[autox320]

Thought I replied to this already. . . really really like the color man. Looks great. Green is mean. That fiberglass kit where did you source it? Just badass. Learned something from this thread; thanks for sharing the pipemaster tool. I think it would of saved us hours of coping time. Like multiple $ in beers as well during the making of our cage. I mean we did the M3 cage much faster using learned skills, but still that tool is going in my arsenal for the future. I'd never heard of it. Some youtube vids on it saw the laser adapter for angles.....I immediately added to cart while watching that

[pofo]

Thought I replied to this already. . . really really like the color man. Looks great. Green is mean. That fiberglass kit where did you source it? Just badass. Learned something from this thread; thanks for sharing the pipemaster tool. I think it would of saved us hours of coping time. Like multiple $ in beers as well during the making of our cage. I mean we did the M3 cage much faster using learned skills, but still that tool is going in my arsenal for the future. I'd never heard of it. Some youtube vids on it saw the laser adapter for angles.....I immediately added to cart while watching that

The coping tool is a life savor. I saw it on a youtube video when I was learning how to make a cage.
I got my kit from Jasa Carbon, took a long time to get because of covid, almost took 5 months in shipping.
Now the fun begins trying to find wheels that will fit and also need to make a carpet and some interior parts.

[SenorTaylor]

Wow! This looks great! If this will be a track car, might as well add in some door bars. These cars are so week if you get dinged in the door. Great job on the rust repair, that paint is fantastic.

[pofo]

Wow! This looks great! If this will be a track car, might as well add in some door bars. These cars are so week if you get dinged in the door. Great job on the rust repair, that paint is fantastic.

Door bars will come in the future and are very simple to add when I get more competitive with the car. But I want to enjoy the build on the street as much as I can this next season. I would want to build Nasccar style door bars as they seam to be the easiest to get around while climbing in and out of the car. But looks like I would need to gut my doors to do so. So I am still deciding on the best route.