Project Journals

Owner: Jim Maness
City: Bethalto, IL
Car Model: 1965 Triumph Spitfire
Engine:

The following are just ideas I want to do with this build

Engine: Small Block Chevy

Cooling: Undetermined

Exhaust: Undetermined

Transmission: 700R4

Rear Axle: Ford 9 inch

Front Susp.:Mustang II

Rear Susp.: 4 Link

Brakes: Undetermined
(master)
(front) Disc
(rear) Disc

Wheels/Tires: 15" wheels - Tire size to be determined

Body Mods: Undetermined

Interior: Undetermined

Electrical: Undetermined


3/26/17 - Some shots of the car when I picked it up













4/1/17 - Started to disassemble the car and assess the situation.















4/8/17 - Started to sand blast the frame and decided it would be better to make a custom frame.



And since we had an LS mock up sitting around, I thought I'd see how it would look.



4/15/17 - Got the frame completely bare so I have to go off of when I start on making the new frame.



5/6/17 - Started on replacing the passenger rocker panel













5/17/17 - After welding in the passenger rocker panel, there was nothing to weld the bottom seam to since the floor was completely rotted away. So I replaced the Drivers floor board first.





I had to end up trimimg the floor pan I had made just a little on one corner to fit. You can see where I had to trim in the pic below.



Floor is solidly tacked in place here



And here is a pic of the passenger floor pan I made



If you are interested in seeing how I made these floor pans, check out the video --------> [youtu.be]

5/28/17 - Got the Passenger Floor put in today. NOw I can start work on the custom frame once I get the metal ordered







Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2017 11:01PM by jimi.

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