More exhaust work. 25/09/11

Front to back view

Back to front view

Pipes over the diff. All thats left are the tail pipes

Semi restricted mufflers

All Mandrel bends and tig welds

Cross over pipe. The only place it will fit is between the pan and gearbox mount. Not the ideal place that I wanted it but because of the lack of space I had no choice but to get it put there.

Hidden flange welds.

Plenty of ground clearance. Pipes will be hidden by the running boards.

Exhaust work. 15/09/11

Car is getting the exhaust made September 2011

Old school style.

Twin two and half inch pipes.

Madrel bends and tig welds

Underneath view of the clearance hole

More body work, Hi Fill and firewall painted. 03/09/11

Last stages of body work before primer.

In primer..

More primer

Body primed. Firewall in hi fill.

Body in Hi Fill

Back view of hi fill work

Another view from the back

I would like to say that this is a house of kolor purple but it is not. It is very simalar but slightly lighter. (The house of Kolor is in the below picture) 
I have gone to the dark side and chose a VE Commodore colour called morepheus for the firewall. The rims and some trim will be the same colour but the rest of the car will be black.

This is what I am aiming for.  Black satin / suede paint on the body and gloss purple fire wall and rims. Black and purple will be in the interior as well.

Before the dummy motor is refitted.

Dummy motor is refitted. The fuel pump regulator & nitrous lines will be dummied up and then the dummy motor can come out for the last time

Extractor dummied up.

Both pipes fitted up again. Car is now at the exhaust place getting the exhaust made.

Body & Panel Repairs. 13/02/11

The roof section was the roof off a Corolla. It sat flush with the rest of the roof after countless hours of trimming. Thanks for the chop out Brian.

 Sunvisor down to bare metal.

 Drivers door down to bare metal.

 Roof edges back to bare metal.

 Passenger side quarter panel down to bare metal.

 Car painted in flat black to protect bare metal prior to mre body work. Firewall in hi Fill.

Body looks alright from 10 feet away.

Before

After

Dash & Gauge dummy up. 13/02/11

Dash set up version 1. Trying out a few options. Blue panel is the orginal petrol tank. I had cut out the centre section to fit the brake booster behind it. The brake booster fitted ok but the problem I had was the the guages woulnt fit back in because the booster was in the way. I cant move the booster so I have to try something else.

Trying different spots for the tacho and fuel pressure guage.

Dash set up version 2. Cardboard template with speedo mounted in the centre. This would have worked and would have fixed the lack of space problem by clearing the brake booster all together. Only problem is that it is to low and I would have to look down to see the speedo. It also didnt look right.

Dash set up version 3. This was how it was all going to work. Speedo on the far right. Tacho hanging low on the steering column. Water temp & Fuel guage mounted low. Since then I have bought a speedo that will sit on top of the steering column. Dash fascia will be alloy checker plate. Oil & Fuel pressure guages will be mounted on the outside of the cabin. See below.

Not 100% happy with this mounting bracket.

View from the drivers seat.