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    Posted: Dec/17/2012 at 3:59pm
I'm building a historic race car according to international fia regulations. I started this about a year ago but the progress has been quite slow, but now I'll try to put some more time to this project again.

This is what I started with, a nice rust free javelin that I imported from San Diego last year


It's a base model with 304 + 3speed floor shift. Original color BBO Smile 




I had the body soda blasted, it's amazingly rust free


 


Only places that needed welding was behind the rear wheels



Some surface rust in the trunk, needed a little bit of sand blasting




Welded all the seams for strength





Had to spray it with primer because its been taking me too long and it started to get some surface rust in some places

 



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Sounds like a neat project but the pictures aren't showing up for me.  Cry
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Originally posted by bulletpruf bulletpruf wrote:

Sounds like a neat project but the pictures aren't showing up for me.  Cry

That's strange, anybody else see them?
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The pictures look fine to me.
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I can see the pictures.  more please :)

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Approximately how long to stitch the chassis seams?

Very nice project...
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Lookin good so far. Now is the time to modify the floor for the side exit exhaust and weld in some frame connectors. You better grab that "holy grail" 4 bolt main 360 that I saw somewhere. I'd bet you can find some Mini-lites in England.
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Originally posted by 70 Donohue 390 70 Donohue 390 wrote:

Lookin good so far. Now is the time to modify the floor for the side exit exhaust and weld in some frame connectors. You better grab that "holy grail" 4 bolt main 360 that I saw somewhere. I'd bet you can find some Mini-lites in England.


I'm going to make those but, I think I'll put the roll cage in before I cut the floors.

4 bolt main 360! Where did you see that?
edit: found it




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Originally posted by GreggR GreggR wrote:

Approximately how long to stitch the chassis seams?

Very nice project...

Welds are appr an 1"/1"  
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Lower control arms



Upper contor arms are not finished yet




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