Projects Kustom From Outer Space..France calling.

you funny guy, had an uptempo heartbeat for a minute

 

A day to cut, and drill.......I need to remove this bar, and the battery tray, but I can't use my grinder because the new neighbor car is park to close, I need to wait when he move.....one day. With only a saw and power drill......


Drill the sub frame with no space, not enough strength, and I'm surprise because is a very thick metal frame....



Why do this now? I don't know yet where the engine fit exactly, but when the engine will be in the right place, I will not be able to drill the frame, lying on the ground....so I have decided to imagine where I can bolt my new home made motor mounts.... And I have not really a lot of possibility......6 holes, a day......

 

Bad weather announced, 5 days rain....so today, with no space, and never move the neighbor scooter.....

It's not the final place, but my oil sump modification seems to be good.


The gearbox is bolting on the engine.


Pinto is under the hood

 

So happy for you!!!

 

youre going to get it yet rat!

Use the neighbors scooter as a stool to sit on while you think and have a snack.

 

It looks right at home. You do some really good work, especially considering the conditions you have to contend with. Thank you for sharing this journey with us, and look forward to every new entry.

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One of my favorite builds, awsome!

 

Excellent fit. The result of good planning and your never-ending ingenuity!

 

I like the progress you made!

And I love that you keep at it!
Despite all the OT POS items in you way!

 

What a great build!! Awesome car.

 

Well, after the rain, the sun, I continue the work.....
First, I must find the correct place for the engine.....let's try.....


With my street on slope, it's not easy to be sure of the final result....I cannot work under the car, so with my smartphone camera, I control if the gearbox is more or less aligned.....I have put the lens of the camera in the middle of the axis of the gearbox rubber flector...to see what it does....



It's not bad.......I can up and down easily if I need....



The place of the starter......narrow.......



Does not pay attention to the electricity cable, it's just a testing. The starter is bolt....




On the other side, the fuel pump is not usable, the input line is under



The direction bar is ok.....my neighbor have buy some bread, in 5 minutes I have cut the battery tray....it's not the time of finishes


Global look with ugly parts....


I gonna remove the fuel pump (maybe an electric, or a new one with different input/output line places, and a hole in the wing) tomorrow I can build my engine mount.

 

Go Electric, you can place it anywhere.

Looks good

 

Old style mini or old jag and lots of old British leyland cars used electric fuel pump

 

i have cut the crossmember and the floor again to give more free space the gearbox flector rubber. When everything will be ok, I will make adjusted cut and beautiful finishes.


global view......

 

Awesome. I have not recieved any alerts for the last two weeks for your thread, and many others too. Today I searched for it and see you are meeting all challenges and making good progress.

 

Funny you say that, on my Volvo I run an Electric Fuel pump, and asked my dad what was the hot setup when you was young.

Early one was SU fuel pumps, from something British, they just bought them that was available at the DOMI-dealership.

Because aftermarket ones was junk, but SU was OEM/Factory parts.

 

You're the man, really enjoying this thread!!

 

Well, after checking the price of the really good electric fuel pump (not that crappy Chinese things that we find on the web), I realise that I have not enough money to buy something really serious. I have to pay attention to my budget, so I have decided to buy another mechanical fuel pump, Purflux Sofabex (French Valeo parts), 15$, more shorter than the original, and for me, with the perfect input output fuel line location. It's ok.

 

I'm busy to do the engine mounts....with some bits of steel.....


Work in progress......you can see also the new oil sump form, on the top of the front axle crossmember



When I'm sure when everything is ok, I will make nice welds and good lookin' finish. The black paint it's because the car is outside (for new readers ), and it's raining every other day, it's just to protect the surface from the rust.

 

Brilliant as usual.


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Glad to see that you drilled the motor mounts for lightness so when you race it you will have an advantage.

 

Subscribed, cool build for sure!!

 

The chute will be useful after all

 

That's it, I made my gearbox crossmember

With my cheap welding machine, not bad, and it's strong



People in newspaper are at the beach.....Me, i swim in the black


Next week I will try to install it (it's not easy to drill the frame under the car). By the way, i installed the 2 engine mounts, and bolted them. News soon.......

 

Way to go! Looking good man.

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I tried to put the car on 2 cinder blocks, but with my sloppy floor, it's not safe to work under and drill the frame....so I went to buy this.....


I wanted two cheap, but no pair available in the shop...2 weeks waiting..., anyway, I need a pair now, so one cheap, one strong (this sucks).

It's better like this........tomorrow, I try to install the gearbox crossmember.

 

Once again, determination and ingenuity pay off. Just be sure that you have a wheel chock behind the rear wheels.

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Yes, safety first !!!

Ever see this film maker's
work?? Or the car???



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I don't know the guy personally, but he's name is MC Coy's, you can see the work at this link. Thanks for the vids.
https://www.rods-customs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=17635&hilit=el+camino