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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 08:54 PM
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NICE!!!! Was it previously wrecked that you tore it down to bare bones? What are your plans?

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NICE!!!! Was it previously wrecked that you tore it down to bare bones? What are your plans?

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Not wrecked, no. In fact I drove it right in to the shop right before we began to tear her apart. It was an early 98 that needed some TLC that I picked up for cheap. She had 107k on the clock and we pretty rough around the edges; all in all a great donor car!

Plans are for into the single digits...
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Some new pics for everyone... taken over the past couple weeks.











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Lookin' good....mini tubbed and you're welding up some of the engine bay seams right?
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Do you know how fast you can go without a roll bar in a t-top car?Is it the same as convertible or hardtop?

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looks awesome, any rough estimated completion time ? Can't wait to see some videos of that thing tearing down the track...

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Been a few months since the last update on my project. Enjoy some new pics of some new arrivals!











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Wow, they give you a lot of material to trim off of the nose in the door area.

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Wow, I cant wait to see the end results. Looks good.
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Its like watching pimp my ride!! I only say that because you drove it in and started pulling it apart. Goodluck, I hope it comes out great!
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What did you do to the top of the cowl?
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What did you do to the top of the cowl?
The entire cowl was cut back as far as it could go to allow as much room in the engine bay as possible for the carb. Since I am installing a lexan windshield it didn't matter that we shaved it so close to where the glass would normally sit.

After doing that and removing a bunch of material, the cowl was wide open past the firewall. Tyson then zipped it up using aluminum as you can see in the picture. They also tie in to the strut bars.
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WOWWOWWOWWOWWOW!!!!!!! I am seriously interested in the fiberglass nose!!! Where did you get it??? My car is on a diet also. Please let me know! How much lighter is it over the stock pieces?? Love it!! My hood is lightweight fiberglass but didnt know they made one like that!!!
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Hey guys, I started a new thread in the Drag Racing Tech forum with new pics, mainly to keep my server from getting killed by uploading all these pics! It can be found here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/561820-project-98-pt-2-a.html
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