Every day after work and every weekend for the last several months. If I actually add it up I'll get all depressed and start drinking. Hey... that's not a bad idea! Think I'll have a beer.

 

Lars...looking awesome

I would tell you the carb was too big... if it had a carb on it!!! You must have taken the Dominator off while your waiting for the 650 to arrive.

 

Lars, absolutely awesome man. Very very impressive work. Its funny all along reading your descriptions I was thinking to myself how I was gonna say how the carb was too big. I guess that other post has taken on a life of its own huh. Well since you don't know anything about carbs anymore it seems as you have brushed up on your fabrication skills Totally cool car Lars and I gotta say you kept your cool in that other post more than I could have if I were you.

 

The drinking part I understand, but nothing to get depressed about, you do good work.

And I have to say, your articles are very well written.

 

Lars, did you guys custom makethe tube frame? If so, do you have any more detailed pics of the jig? Interesting stuff.

 

Wow that is completely amazing ! I hope that one day I too can tackle such a cool project. Its obvious you have alot of work and time into this. Would love to see how you door line gaps turn(ed) out

 

Lars why don't you have your own TV show man seriously!

 

Wow, I think the antics of my thread made an impression huh? I think the guy might've finally flown the coupe now though.

Cool car, my dad's restoring one stock with a 283. ...haven't convinced him to use a 750 Speed Demon yet

I second the TV show comment.

-Chris

 

It's a possibility.

 

The problems I see with Lars having a TV show is:

He takes too long and builds it right (not a 10 day slap it together and out the door project)

Lars throwing a hissy fit (because someone else working on it wanted time off to have a beer (only if they hid it from him)).

Oh then the debate on wether that carb is really too big and can he make it work (that would have to be the lead in to ever episode).

 

Actually, the 1050 Dominator is loaned out to a guy who is running it on a small block Ford right now. He was running a 750, and the 1050 just dropped his ET and improved his mph. But I'm sure that's because the carb is too big. I should probably call the tech line at Barry Grant and get a qualified recommendation on carb sizing. Since the tech guys don't work on commission, that makes them very qualified to advise me... (what the heck did that have to do with anything..??) What a waste of time...

Yes, the entire cage/frame is custom made from scratch. We have a tube bender set up and bolted down to the patio outside the garage. The "jig" is nothing more than an I-Beam that we leveled very meticulously. All measurements and setups for the car were them taken off this "datum" to assure that we built everything square and level within .030". Initial portions of the car were actually welded to this beam with some standoffs. Once the cage & car could support itself, we cut it loose from the I-Beam and actually bolted it in place. We also built a couple of universal adjustable fixture stands that we used to position and clamp various members & sections "in space" until they could be welded into place on the cage. This allowed mocking up and visualizing various parts of the construction. For example, we clamped the front bumper to these adjustable supports and put the bumper where we wanted it to be. We then figured out what we needed to fabricate to attach the bumper to the cage. Cardboard and thin sheet metal was often used to create interfaces like this, and the actual brackets were then cut and welded in place while the bumper remained supported in space by the stands.

 

I didn't know Matt was going out with Shirley Muldowney. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the carb is too big. When will you ever learn?

 

Exactly. Why do we have to keep hashing this out over and over. The guy said he had been on the forum for a long time, but lost his user name. He also said he reads most threads. I think he was just spoiling for this argument. I don't blame you at all for not responding.

 

Someone once did threaten to install a webcam in the workshop...

 

That looks awesome, I really to get a new job so I can afford to do things like this!

 

im sure its coming.....just hang in there fella..
awesome project.....please post finished pix, and a hole shot to boot!!

 

Lars Cam. Now there's a concept!

I'll provide the webcam and the server space if you will set it up and use it.

Very much looking forward to meeting you during your Sept NJ tuning for beer tour dates.

 

lars, what type of tubing bender were you using? One of those super expensive professional ones? I wonder how well these work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...511939976&rd=1

 

that's a pipe bender and it's junk, it applies all force to a small section and keeps pressure there, the tubing benders have a follower and an excentric ram, that means they actually move the section where the force is applied with the bend tangent creating a nice smooth bend, those things will dent the tubing if you make sharp bends, they are acceptable for slight bending but the other ones are mych better. Look into a greenlee type bender ($$$)

 

Thats what I figured. Would something like this be acceptable?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...511738465&rd=1