11/14/22 Update: Headers arrived
My headers from Gas-N have arrived! The order took about 4 months but the wait was with it.
While working under …
11/5/22 Update: the engine is in!
It has been quite a while since my last blog entry. There have been quite long periods of me being distracted by …
7/25/20 Update
I’ve made progress on the electrical system and started on the cooling system. Check out photos added to the Photo …
June 29, 2020 update
There is an old cartoon that I remember that goes like this:
A man has just reached the summit of a peak and sitting …
12/16/19 Update
It’s hard to believe that it has been since April that I’ve had an update. I spent most of the summer away from …
April 12, 2019 update
Where does time go? I’ve been mostly working on the electrical system and, in particular, the instrument panel. …
November 9, 2018 update
Progress over the summer was relatively slow: I spent a lot of time out of doors as it seemed too nice outside to …
Completion of rear (blower) portion of footbox vents
The vent system to this point took longer than I anticipated as there were a number of things to work out. In the …
Fresh air vents
Although I haven’t posted for a while, I’ve been quite busy working on a fresh air vent system. I’ll post more details …
3/27/2018 Update
I’ve been away for the last two weeks (in CA and Moab, UT) but have a few things to report. I’ve started riveting …
More aluminum and paint box
I’ve been working on the aluminum that goes under the door openings and sits on top of the cockpit floor (below).
…What I’m doing on 2/23/2018
It’s a wintry day in SLC. I’ve gotten back to working on the aluminum. My Hitachi cordless drill broke (the chuck …
e-brake modification
It has been a while since I posted but I’ve been busy working on the e-brake modification. The e-brake has, for …
e-brake installation start
I thought that I would start on the e-brake installation, although it’s typically done a bit later in the build. …
Moving to cockpit Al
I’m working outward from the footboxes to the cockpit Al. At this point I’ve only gotten the the transmission cover …
Footboxes done!
I spent the day working on the footbox aluminum and finally got all the pieces set and held together by Clecko pins. …
Footbox, gas pedal and MC hose
I’ve been working on several fronts since I returned from Boulder last week. I decided to order a gas pedal from …
Continuing on Aluminum work
While waiting to get the steel plate fabricated to hold the remote brake fluid reservoirs, I’ve focussed on the footbox …
Brake lines finished
The brake lines are done! For the most part it went well: I probably only tossed 1/2 of the lines I made! The test, …
October 2017 Update
I’ve been remiss in keeping my blog up to date: I’ve made quite a bit of progress on the Mk IV over the last 3 months. …
Shelby American Museum
I’m back in SLC after nearly three weeks in Boulder and eager to get back to the build. While in Boulder I went …
More rear end work
The 3-link is now nearly installed. I’ve been alternating between attaching the caliper hanger brackets and getting …
Rear end work
The rear end work has consisted of two efforts so far: 1) assembling the rear brakes and caliper hanger brackets …
Front brakes completed; work on rear end
The front brake installation went pretty smoothly and was finished on 6/13/17. The only issue was getting the correct …
Front suspension completed
Almost. I still need to torque the hub nut but I need to get a 36 mm socket first.
The hub went on the spindle surprisingly …
Shocks mounted
I finished mounting the shocks yesterday. In the case of the lower shock mounting assemblies, the space was filled (…
UCA mounting / start of shock mounting
The upper control arm was attached with no issues. The pivot arms, turnbuckles, etc. were ‘ locked’ into place but …
More LCA work
The McMaster-Carr washers arrived (Part #: 96765A175). They are nominally 0.062” in thickness. On three of the …
Upper control arms / LCA spacing
Fitting the LCAs into the frame ears was (and is) not quite straightforward. The front ear spacing on the DS and …
Front suspension work
I continued to work on the front suspension yesterday, replacing the F5 bushings with the Breeze bushings. Unfortunately, …
Starting front suspension work
Today is the first day it feels like I’m starting on the build. I began work on the ‘F’ panels by laying out rivet …
Al mostly off / new purchase
The Al is mostly off; I’ll finish it tomorrow. I needed to rearrange some of the shelving to get a place to keep …
Body on body buck
Whew! I’ve finally gotten the body on the buck, with the help of Alex (my son) and Glen Krummel (a friend from Boulder). …
Body buck construction
I’ve been slowly working on the body buck as I’ve been recovering from arm surgery. I assembled the various parts …
Design elements
One of the (many) good ideas put forth on the build forums is to understand what the goal of the build is in terms …
Inventory done
I’m impressed by the quality of the inventory in terms of packaging and completeness. Of the several hundred parts (…
Unpacking
I’ve been unpacking some of the 25 boxes that arrived. Only a few items are backordered. It seems that the organization …
It's here!
Don with Stewart Transport arrived at 8 AM, exactly on time. A bunch of neighbors came by to see what was happening …
Got call from Stewart Transport
The arrival is scheduled for between 9 AM and noon on March 27th, sooner than I’d thought based on my original conversation …
Delivery date set
Stewart Transport scheduled me for the first week in April, 2017! The completion date for the kit is March 18th. …
Ordered Kit
Ordered it today. The expected completion date is March 18th, 2017. The order details are:
Complete kit
Powder coated …