Just in what you did to fix this problem there were three thing I wouldn't have thought of...I'm going to sulk in the garage lol Great idea.

 

I see a lot of posts on mounting gas pedals - here is yet another version. The top is what I started with. I took the factory bracket and just used some spacers tacked together to get it in the ballpark, then I made the final pieces. The bottom middle is what will get welded to the firewall. The other 2 little side brackets will hold the pedal. From here it can be moved, shimmed, etc.


Assembled on the bench.

 

Cleaned up the shop today and took some pics of the wiring harness before I take it out AGAIN....

Harness entering the firewall.


Harness entering the interior.


Through the subfloor.


To the computers and fuse block. I've heard Daddy Bill talk about spending an entire night on a bracket. Well I had 3 brackets already made for all this stuff but it wouldn't fit without marrying them all together. Lets just say that took MORE THAN one night


Before.


After. Hopefully with some padding, carpet, and a seat no one will know the stuff is there.... There is still much work left in this area, but at least I know everything fits so I can get back to finishing the floor and trans tunnel.

 

Nice work. I am getting to where I like doing the wiring. Even though it can frustrate me to no end sometimes.

 

Working on the rest of the trans tunnel now that I know where the shifter will go. Making some middle pieces to add to the floor kit I bought since the 4L65E is so much wider than what the floor kit was made for (probably something like a TH350). I'm not really equipped to do much tin work, but I'm determined to do most of this car at my house. Eric (LS1Nova) is a master at this sort of hand work that can be done without fancy tools and some patients. So I wanted to share how I went about getting these pieces made. I needed some curves made with a slip roller so here's how I approached it since I don't have the tools needed. I made a pattern and cut the steel out in the flat. Run it a little long so you can trim to fit later. Then I made a cardboard template to match the curves on each end so the piece can be rolled to fit the contours. Take it to your local sheet metal shop and have it rolled or ask to use a hand slip roller yourself and take some scraps to practice on. I've done this on several pieces and it seems to work pretty good. Even if its a little off you can form the rest by hand when you install it.

Templates - the piece lays in there upside down of course


Completed piece


Installed in car

 

Nice, it looks good.

 

Not to bad. Instead of a slip roll that most of us may not have, I have hand formed my curve around the gas bottle on my welder. Works pretty good if you take your time.

 

Can really see a quality of craftsmanship in this build, looks great!

 

Yep! I look for whatever radius I need anywhere in the shop and form shapes. But I've noticed if you can slip roll the piece in the beginning it seems to put a little stress in it and makes it easier to finish forming by hand instead of starting from scratch. Just a thought......

 

Damn Keith, that looks really nice! I think you may be giving me more credit than I deserve though, since I'm more like aggie91, I would have bent it around my gas bottle too! Usually when I come to a part like that, its something I want to get done right now, and don't want to wait to find another way to do it. Once I'm on a roll I try to just keep going! It's looking really nice, keep up the good work.

 

Beautiful workmanship. I have a 37 I'd like to accomplish this on also. Any way you could re-post the pictures that went away? Or possibly email them to me ? Would be a great help as it is obvious your sheet metal work is excellent. Super job. W/Wells look fabulous!

dave

dmac@roadrunner.com

 

Everything looks great! Probably a test drive toward the end of the month, right? Let me know when; I'll be there.

 

WOW PHOTOBUCKET a big thanks for deleting everyone's pics......I'm with Eric they can kiss my @#$. Anyway, one of our techie guys at work showed me a link that may help the situation. Go to https://archive.org/web/ and paste the link from the build you want to see in the box. The website will allow you to go back in time and select a date to pull up the build and it will show whatever pictures it had at that time. I tested it out by trying it on my build. I picked 2 years ago and sure enough all the pictures came up, and they load very fast as well. Give it a whirl If the above link happens to not work just do a Google search for way back machine.

 

photosuckit has really mess up a lot of great threads here and on other forums. I know it killed all of mine. Its not that they deleted the pics, they just want you to pay to have 3rd party picture hosting. At $399 per year they are going to loose a lot of users including me. I am trying to find out how to move pics to another site that will do the hosting and not charge out the nose for it.

I will have to look into that link you shared, I could really help out if I can make it work.

 

Yep, aggie91 hit the nail on the head with the name photosuckit. I'll try the link but I think I looked at them enough before they disappeared to have the general concept down fairly well.
Thanks !
Again.....excellent work. Your 37 is really going to be trick. I have an LS3 in mine as well. They should be rockets.

 

Any Updates ??????

 

Keith, its been 5 months. Surely you have something to show us...

 

Hello Ken and Karl:
I'm home recovering from sinus surgery so its the perfect time to catch up posting build pics. I've been busy working but not posting due to the Photobucket deal.
Anyway here goes. I believe I left off on some tunnel fab. I got a shifter and had to figure out how to mount, cable routing, etc.


Building last pieces of the tunnel


Structure for removable tunnel - really like how the seats and shifter fit and how I fit - no surprises at the end


Zipped up far as I can go for now - I think the subfloor on the passenger side will be hard to detect the way it flows back down to the door jamb




Misc pieces for fill in...



Next I tackled the steering. Ill dig those out pics and make a post later...

 

I had my sinuses done, I feel for you! The floor is looking good, you just about have it closed up. Nice job.

 

Wayne thanks for following my build! I've been so focused on my build that I had not looked at yours until today. COOL!!! I owned a 69 Camaro RS/SS small block 4 speed car and still really like those cars! Cool car...cool build! I hate that Photobucket wont allow me to look at the early pictures, but I will look at what's available and follow from here. I didn't know about the lateral G forum and can't wait to browse while I have the downtime. My surgery included breaking the nose, roto rooter the cavities, crush some nasal spurs....sort of the full meal deal . My brain is good, but my body not so much right now . Reading about some cool car builds is just what the Dr didn't know she ordered