Mike
Well-Known Member
I have to be honest and say I sometimes wondered if this day would ever arrive. I saw my first Total ad when I was a senior in high school. When I saw the ad, I promised myself I would own one of the cars, at some point in time. And a lot has happened in all those years. Two marriages, two divorces, raising my son on my own and building/tuning a handful of race cars with something like a zillion races amongst them.
And I'm just peddling high performance parts for a living, so there has never been much of a budget to play with. The only thing that saved me was the lay-away plan at Total Performance. It absolutely forced me to spend the money on my dream, until it was finally paid off.
But we're already starting to mock parts up for the first fitting, so on to the piccies!
I had bolted the master cylinder and steering box in when my son (a.k.a. His Royal Highness, or HRH for short) arrived. Gee, after almost 23.5 years, it was father/son time. Actually, I think he's as excited about this project as I.
So we went ahead and started hanging the front end on the car. After spending a considerable bit of time chasing chrome out of a lot of threads. :lol:
After we got the front end hung, we couldn't stand it any longer. I pulled the truck out of the garage, we un-crated the body and set it up on the rails for a look-see.
Yes, I know, a lot of the bling is still wrapped up, but since this is just a trial fit it can remain wrapped up. And hopefully, a lot safer than being unwrapped.
I am tickled to f-i-n-a-l-l-y be able to start working on this car. I am not joking when I say I've wanted one of these cars for over three decades. I have a long row to hoe, because the budget is as tight as ever and with our economy the way it is, I'm not too sure how long my job will hold out. But the T isn't eating any groceries and it is sitting in MY garage, so I can be patient.
And I'm just peddling high performance parts for a living, so there has never been much of a budget to play with. The only thing that saved me was the lay-away plan at Total Performance. It absolutely forced me to spend the money on my dream, until it was finally paid off.
But we're already starting to mock parts up for the first fitting, so on to the piccies!
I had bolted the master cylinder and steering box in when my son (a.k.a. His Royal Highness, or HRH for short) arrived. Gee, after almost 23.5 years, it was father/son time. Actually, I think he's as excited about this project as I.
So we went ahead and started hanging the front end on the car. After spending a considerable bit of time chasing chrome out of a lot of threads. :lol:
After we got the front end hung, we couldn't stand it any longer. I pulled the truck out of the garage, we un-crated the body and set it up on the rails for a look-see.
Yes, I know, a lot of the bling is still wrapped up, but since this is just a trial fit it can remain wrapped up. And hopefully, a lot safer than being unwrapped.
I am tickled to f-i-n-a-l-l-y be able to start working on this car. I am not joking when I say I've wanted one of these cars for over three decades. I have a long row to hoe, because the budget is as tight as ever and with our economy the way it is, I'm not too sure how long my job will hold out. But the T isn't eating any groceries and it is sitting in MY garage, so I can be patient.
