I was going to drop you a txt aswell. I have seats here from tommys car. You still want them??
Adam

I'm umming and arghing weather i want tidy original seats or something more sporty from the era. Plus the logistics of getting them is a bit of a headache. I'll have a think about it.

I have been busy on this but its been a long process with not alot of visual changes. But the gearbox is in and mounted on a cradle i made, this will be reinforced and braced further up the car to two other mounting points. The tunnel has been cut to accept the bellhousing at the rear of the torque tube.
The handbrake box in the tunnel was catching on the torque tube, so i have removed the rear of the tunnel so i can make the gear linkage and then refit 20mm further up.
I am very happy with the position the engine ended up in with the centreline of the wheels around the midway point between 3 and 4 cylinders.
The trumpets for my intake turned up aswell so once i had the measurements i drew a manifold up in CAD.
As i have decided to run an electric PAS pump i have had a brief look at belt routing with just the alternator and crank pulley. Im pretty sure im going to ditch teh tensioner and run a stretchy belt like all the new fords.
I also cut the rear arch trim around the cage feet.
Cheers for looking
Adam

glad to see you're project is going forward unlike mine
have you considered a twin-chamber plenum for optimal compressed-air distribution to all cylinders?
what are you planning for the exhaust, oval pipe to keep a bit of ground clearance?

that gearbox and torquetube sure looks like it was made for a 300, the length is spot on

In one word: WOW!!

brilliant work fella rely need to start mine

wouter76 wrote:In one word: WOW!!

x2

Firstly some parts turned up...

The centre of the car is reinforced with a box section like pressing, this size box wasnt available off the shelf so i made some out of some 2 x 1 to look as factory as possible, i then drilled it and cut it to match the original. This box is neccesary as i have cut most of the box away from under it.

Well i continued to work on the car and convince myself i had enough ground clearance under the diff and gearbox until it kept eating away at me knowing i could gain some clearance; so i moved the mounting around another 30mm upwards, so i'm now very happy about that. Although this caused a few problems in the boot floor area, the gearbox has a reverse lockout solenoid on the top which i needed to cut out the boot floor to clear.
To box this back in i cut a section of the boot floor out along some press lines. I then cut a section of floor out of my doner car to make the floor look more factory than flat plate. This wil require a little filling before paint but i am very happy with teh way this turned out.

Over the summer months both my housemates were away so the garage was my domain, which was fine. Except that my white board was lent up against one of my housemates tool box, so my solution is as per pictures.....

I also had a small look at the gear linkage assembly and made a rough start.

Cheers for looking Adam

whiteboard modding.
win.

You're a crazy man, its awsome work...

Nimminz wrote:Love this car, have read through the whole lot. Your work is amazing. I'm planning to do a welding course next year and this thread has helped me to decide to do it!

keep the updates coming!

i agree!! real inspiration, welding FTW!!! haha, love this thread

Incredibly amazing work. I can't wait for the thing to run!

All I can say is Wow..
Fun to read through this thread and see all the pictures! It is so well done everything and gonna be a hell of a ride!
It was nice before but now it will become a evil thing on four wheels!
Will be following.. keep up the good work!
Regards from Sweden and 300 Power Club!

Due to a long time away from the forum and a build of another daily project car i will soon be re-commencing on the build of this!!
Adam

Good news, I've been looking forwards to an update