DoctorLarry

Actual:

A little engine work. Needs headers, some roll bar braces, interior and fuel lines.

Moving along. Finished plumbing and rear chassis. Installed the radiator. Have to plumb the puke tank tonight. I changed some colors on parts for contrast. The whole car was basically black. Probably GM Reconditioning Paint!

Finished the brakes last night and mounted the engine. Now I need to put all the plumbing in place.

Almost done with the chassis. Added front rotors/calipers, master cylinder and began running brake lines. Added steering box as well. I need to finish the brakes and add fuel line to the tank and pump, mount the engine and wire/plumb it all up. Then 180 degree headers and exhaust and we are ready for the body/ Also made some shocks for the rear and made brackets to mount them

I get a 403 "forbidden" page from the camaros.org page-must be behind a firewall.

Found it on Amazon and am ordering a copy.

Is it available on Amazon? I will have to get a copy. Mike, I am already plotting my next Adams tribute. Glue bomb Firebird I bought off EBAY awhile back and four resin Motor Wheel Spyders I found on EBAY:

Trying to get the engine in the chassis. Had to move the core support up closer to the nose. I added a throttle linkage and return spring to the carb to mirror the original. I also put the wires on the battery and mounted it in the battery box I built to mimic the real car.

make that "how"

Basically ho wit was built. Was it for SCCA? I am assuming it used a 303 and was built similar to the Gray Ghost. I would like to tackle this one as a companion to the Grans Am. I have seen pictures with 96 and 69-was one of the negatives flipped?

Firebird looks pretty cool. Do you have any information on the one black one Herb Adams fielded?

Hi, Derick. The stuff I am using is beading supplies from my local Hobby Lobby. They are cylindrical glass beads (not the round ones) and they make flexible braided wire that can be easily bent to 90 degrees. They have three sizes so you can do large hoses like oil coolers as well as fuel and brake lines. The beads are Miyuki Delicate. Not cheap, but will last a lifetime.

In pictures of a Cale Yarborough Cutlass, that was how it was aligned but it had brackets on both sides so I put brackets on both sides as well.

For the safety of the driver's pants:

Yes they did.

That's what the white brackets are for. I have a panhard bar from the TBird but I have to shorten it. I was looking at the Olds Cutlass photos I have to see which way it ran.

Got back after 10 days in southeast Asia wit a group of MBA students. Did some more research on short trailing arm cars by looking at some of Tim's old builds and the Petersen archive photos. I mocked up the rear end then shortened some TBird arms and made some new mounts. Plumbed the rear diff brake and cooler lines and glued it up. I made some brackets for the track bar which I have to shorten and find some suitable shocks and then this part is done. Them I need to run brake and fuel lines to the front, plumb the master cylinder and front brakes and install the coil and battery. Then the chassis will be done!

Is that the Salvino kit?

Tim is correct. It is a 77 Buick that was being raced in 1978. Evidently there were a few drivers that went the Buick versus Olds Cutlass route. Janet Guthrie evidently was another.

Maybe Thirkettle, not Thirkette. Hard to read.

Had the opportunity to travel with a group of MBA students to Hong Kong and Bangkok over spring break and so had some dead time to kill in a few places. I have a dormant couple of Buick projects (73 GS and 76 Century Pace Car) and someone opened a thread on Randy Ayers' site about 78 Buicks. They posted a web site that had racing pictures from several races and I found this one. The driver's name is Jim Thirkette(?) but I thought it was a gorgeous car. Anybody know about him? I read a little and saw a few other pictures, seems he was a west coast regular.

Does anyone make a kit with short rear trailing arm suspension? I assume the chassis you used had rear leafs?

Who did the decals?

I also worked on the engine wiring. It needs a fan and some touch up, but almost done.