HG's Dream Car Build - Shelby Cobra Kit

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Got a start on the wiring, routed the main harnesses.

Then I tried out the canned truck bed liner on one of the trunk outer panels. I like that a lot more than the undercoating stuff. Seems to dry faster and is actually black. About the same price too

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Been gone a lot lately for work and had problems with my crewcab not running good so not much progress on this. I expect to get the fuel line and fittings soon but until then there's sheet metal. I got the left side of the trunk on today and started the trunk floor and. Sort of. Supposed to put the whole rear lower section in as one piece. But I'm going to try to modify a large section of it.

I started by cutting off the rear vertical piece and got that installed. Next I'm going to modify the very front section right behind the seats. Then I'll have to start forming the middle and rear lower to fit my plan.

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Got the upper front trunk floor in. I made the cuts for dropping a section behind the axle.

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Fuel system is finally together. Only took minutes once I had all the fittings.

I made a thingy to help support the drop trunk I'm building. I'm not sure how I'm going to design the floor. Most people cut a hole for access to the fuel pump, etc but I might just make the bottom in two pieces where the center area is removable.

This area really isn't a priority though and I think I'm going to start getting things ready to drop the engine and transmission in soon.

[72 tigger]

You’re a good fabricator!

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Originally Posted by 72 tigger

You’re a good fabricator!

Thanks! I haven't done sheet metal work since middle school so we'll see how the trunk goes.

I got my brace cleaned up and painted and installed. Looks decent, almost fac-tree!

I decided to push forward with the engine install. I have a few things to do to get ready for it. First is to get the engine to the other side of the garage. Just barely enough room between the workbench and the Jimmy. My garage is a mess with clutter. Too many projects, parts, tools, junk, etc. And I need room for the hoist and to manipulate it. I pulled the cobra out of the garage and had the wife pull me around the driveway a couple times. Lol first drive! It actually was pretty cool but it'll be better under it's own power.

I put it back in nose first and it looks like I have plenty of room to work. So this week I need to make sure I have all the stuff done that I can't do once the engine and transmission are in. I've gone through the manuals and I have to check a few things, and put the driver side inner footbox panel in, find the ground strap, see if I put the FFR bracket on with the transmission mount, find the bellhousing bolts, make the engine lift bracket to fit, and probably other stuff I haven't thought of yet. Got a friend coming Saturday to help out and I want to get as much ready before then as I can. I don't know if I'll get it running before Thanksgiving but I'm going to keep plugging away at it.

BTW, quit my job Thursday (have notice), start a new job in early November! Better pay, more local work and less overnight trips! More work overall but I think it will be worth it to not spend as many nights in hotels. Like tonight for the third time this week.

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So many little bits to build a car. Trying to get the clutch and transmission put together with the engine. Can't use the flex plate bolts I have because they are also torque to yield type and they are too short for a flywheel. Should be at the local Ford dealer tomorrow. Don't have the transmission mount, that should be at O'Reilly's tomorrow. Don't have a transmission mount offset bracket that should have been in my kit but FFR replied to my email and told me how far the offset is so I can make it myself.

So the only garage progress is getting the engine off the stand and I installed the pilot bearing.