Here's another thread on a short post build... www.tbucketeers.com/threads/windshield-post.12385/
New Project in Madison, WI
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Well here is the latest update, I have the steering column in I built a mount and tapped allen screws with an insert inside the mount to hold the column in place it is solid as a rock, I mocked it up with an old go kart steering wheel I had laying around and it fits me perfect so now I know when I purchase the steering wheel for it, it will be an 11" diameter with a flat dish. I also took the brackets off the seat that allows the back rest to tilt forward they were just too bulky and would have tore up the interior as they were too tight in the corners so I made new brackets for the seat back and it looks way cleaner. I also finished the mounts for the seat and you can see I made a pin with a key on the rear mount drivers side so you just reach under pull the pin and the seat tilts over top of the steering wheel. I just need to get two shoulder bolts for the front tilt brackets as the current 1/2" are threaded all the way thru and although it works smooth I want it to be like silk! LOL I am going to mount the lokar shifter and then start on my raked windshield posts since no one sells them anymore. Thanks to everyone who has given me tips and recommendations, thats all for now I will keep you posted.
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TPB
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I will do that thanks and I am sure I will be picking your brain a time or two!!!!
TPB
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I hope this works here is my first attempt to use photobucket! http://s1355.beta.photobucket.com/user/toddboetzel/library/tbucket
one finger john
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Sorry Todd, still small.
TPB
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Try this I re did it. http://s1355.beta.photobucket.com/user/toddboetzel/library/
TPB
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Thanks for the compliment!!! I am running a chevy sb 383 stroker with a PBM performance block, Scat 4340 forged Crank 3.75, Scat 4340 forged H-beam rods 6" with Brodix RR 200 aluminum heads and Mahle 13 to 1 dome pistons (11cc) with an Erson Solid Roller camshaft 264 - 272 degree duration at .050, .675" - .645" lift - 108 degree L.C. ATI Harmonic Balancer and SFI Flywheel MSD Billet Distributor, Hurricane Single plane intake. Runs like a raped ape! Haven't of course run it in this car yet but we ran it in a buddies mustang drag body for about 60 to 70 passes this last year and it should do the job. LOL I do have the seat tilting forward built brackets that pivot in front with a bracket and removable pin behind the driver side. I used quarter inch steel plate 2" wide by 20" long on the bottom of the floor (underside) as reinforced backing so the brackets are bolted through the plywood floor and the steel plate on the bottom.
TPB
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I here you I run 108 engine octance racing fuel at 10 bucks a gallon but this is just a saturday or sunday or friday night joy rider so who cares!!!! LOL13:1Glad I'm not buying fuel for that setup..
dave
old round fart
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I think you will find you don't drive this car.....YOU AIM AND FIRE IT!!!
Francis Blake
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That is the way my car is, so much power it's not safe on the street till you get used to it. I think I may change things before summer. With gas prices going up again it will be expensive to drive it
TPB
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Great analogy!!! I know, but I am only driving it a few miles at a time and plan on getting used to it, I had a 1965 Shelby Cobra replica with 630 HP 427 CI small block and it was the same thing but a lot of fun once you got used to it!
TPB
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That sounds awesome, do you have any pictures? If it isn't much trouble I would love to see it!
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