It is a registered car!

Ol' Shelbatoast is just about ready to hit the streets a'runnin. Inspection today went great and then Brandon rushed me over to the license plate office to register. I tried to get it insured on the way, but Geico gave me the middle finger. I'm trying State Farm next. I hope I don't have to go with one of those antique car companies because they only let you drive a few thousand miles a year.

Anyhow, hopefully I'll have state farm tomorrow and it'll be on the road.

Radiator is done - Inspection ready?

The radiator is officially mounted! I added a 4" plate of steel across the top of the radiator which gave it enough height to mount up properly. It's still kinda ugly because I mangled up the side pieces a bit, and the radiator fins are not in the best shape, so I'll probably pick up a screen of some kind and angle it with the radiator. I don't like the flat screens.

Josh played around with the wiper cable a bit, but to truly fix it - I'm going to have to call on his welding skills again. We'll probably cut a few more inches off so the weld isn't going to interfere with any of the wiper gears. I think he's going to head out Sunday to take care of that.

Also, I finally got around to making a mount for the fuse box in the front. It's not the best, but it'll do for now.

Completed Interior

Well, the interior is completely done except for the clock gauge on backorder. The heater ducts are run and the vents are in place and stuff. I ran some liner along the door to hide the carpet edge.

Last of the body modification work

Last night Josh came out and we got a lot of the fiberglass cutting stuff done - (I hate cutting the body - makes me nervous) We (Josh) got the hood latches done, the wipers about done, and the defrost vent done. I say vent (singular) because I don't have room for 2 ducts. The stupid heater box is right where the passenger side vent should be. I think I'm just going to close off the Passenger defrost duct and only use 3 hoses. I didn't want to have 2 vents and be asymmetrical. I feel like it's ok to have ONE and be asym. Still waiting on my clock gauge to come in and then I can FINALLY close up the dash (very excite!)

Last of the carpet installed.

Today I finished the lights. Brandon and Chris L came over and while Chris worked on his STI, Brandon helped me finish up the interior on the cobra. We got the last of the carpet in and remounted the seatbelts.







Here is a picture of the current state. Really getting close to done now!

Lots of little things

2 days ago I mounted the doors and latches and did the under door aluminum. I also accidentally ripped up a piece of carpet on the driver side - crap!

Last night Diana helped me install the roll bars. It was actually really horrible - it pulled the body back and stretched everything out and made awful sounds...required a LOT of rubber mallet beating - but we got them in. I spent about 45 minutes struggling before Diana got there to help. With one person to beat on it and another person to guide it - we were able to get it done in about 20 minutes.

Today we installed the rear view mirror, the windshield (not the final install), the brake lights and turn signals. I spent the time to do the rest of the wiring behind the dash. The only thing left now is to pop in the new gauge and run the heater ducts and the dash will be done. (finally) We mounted the side view mirror, but I cut the rubber grommet to small and I need to replace it with some new rubber.

I started to install the headlights but the wires are too short and I didn't feel like extending them tonight. The real roadblock I hit, is that the radiator is about 3" above the radiator mount...I haven't figured out why or what exactly is going on.

I'll post some pics tomorrow.

Here is a pic of about where I am now. It's been rainy ever since Josh painted the car so I haven't got any decent shots till now. The only thing I've done since then is install the hoodpins. I'm a little weirded out about how to do the hood latches so I'm skipping them for now. I'll come back to them when I run out of time. Gotta say, it's looking pretty good.



Here's a shot of the hood pins finished.