Christmas came unexpectedly late this year

We didn't really need these at this point in the build but it was simply too good a deal to pass up. The coupe will be rolling on these 17" x 9" Halibrand replicas

shout out of thanks

A heartfelt thanks to fellow Georgia coupe builder Ryan for the use of his awesome body buck. I am also including a pic of his finished coupe and I will say pictures don't begin to do it justice

Planning and laying out the brakes

Only got 60 minutes in the garage tonight but was able to mount the proportioning block and lines to the master cylinder and the ABS/Traction Control pump. More to come tomorrow as we begin bending brake lines.

Taking the donor concept too far???

 Up until this point I have been following the manual in a step by step fashion however the next steps are to install all the rear cockpit aluminum. After test fitting these panels it become obvious that it will be much easier to install fuel and brake lines before the panels. After consulting with other builders I am now treating the manual as a list of parts that have to be installed before completion but not necessarily in the order specified.

Now on to fuel lines......Factory Five supplies you with new hard lines to bend but requires that you cut the OEM connectors off each end of the stock line and splice them onto the new ones. Not being entirely comfortable with that idea I wanted to see just what could be done with the complete OEM hard line. It fits the contours surprisingly well requiring only one 45 degree bend and one 90 degree bend to be added.

Stock fuel line contours mirror the coupe frame surprisingly well

45 degree bend added to follow frame up over axle housing