Projects Bonneville XF/GMR Build

Looks great! Hard to get much lower. I hate seeing cages stickin up in the breeze! And do I see some skinny 17s for the front?

 

Yes they are 17 x 2.5

 

Progress?!

 

Tons of progress being made on the car. Just havent posted much on here. Steering, fuel system, engine, trans, scattershields, driveshaft cover, shifter, clutch, water tank, hand brake, seat, and more all mocked up. I will post up a bunch of pics since they are better than talking about it

 

WOW!!!

 

lookin good

 

Looks great. Lots of welding to do

 

thanks, lots of welding is nothing i am not used to.

 

Even on frame table will u weld continuous or tack & jump around many to avoid putting any twists in frame. I have light weight body frame tacked & to finish without a frame table

 

i still move around all over

 

Thanks for the festive update...fast times are coming together in style @cornfieldcustoms...always a joy to witness...

 

Amazing work. Thanks for the updates.

 

thanks man

 

Big progress. Gauge pod made, water lines going in, reverse lock out made, switch panel made, chute mount and push bar made. Front suspension all mocked up, steering mocked up, and car on all 4 wheels

 

Nice engineering. I like the dead perch

 

have you read the old hot rod articles on the summers bros and their golden rod-they would maybe be jealous of your work!--beauty!!

 

thanks guys

 

The Art of Engineering and execution of...truly magnificent...Happy New Year Mike...

 

Little update. Got the bump stop mount plate fit up and bump stops in, switches in, and 3 of the 5 gauges in the cluster

 

Your driver restraining panels are mounted to the roll cage very clean and sanitary. Did you make the flat scalloped pieces or are they commercially available? Very nice build, and if the car goes as fast as you’re building it, some people might want to reconsider your class!

 

I made the ribbon strips to mount the cock pit panels

 

following, why'd the perch change it's name?

 

a bunch of keyboard warriors on IG told me it would never work. So it is now a Itll Never Work perch

 

I can"t find my pics right now, but I did this on the 1429 RMR in 2013 when I revised the original cage and steering and added fairings to the front axle. I saw this method used on my favorite 5 window (Jim Busby's). His was like a tuning fork; I just made it a closed "racetrack" for a sealed bearing. Works great, with numerous records to show for it. The only thing was some wear over the seasons, which was corrected by making the racetrack a removeable hardened insert that could be replaced when necessary. Those folks who told you it won't work don't understand how the front suspension works.

vic

 

Those are the same folks that have no idea how much history that type of locator has.

 

Super nice work, Mike! You are moving right along. I also like your dead perch design.

 

My brain defaults to Busbys' car every time this comes up.

 

Same here!

 

Amazing engineering and fabrication.

 

thanks everyone. the people who keep telling me it wont work are the same ones who forget to breath between bites of their of hot pockets in their moms basement lol