Monday, July 27, 2009

Weld, Weld, Grind, Sweat

Whew! This metal working sure works up a sweat.
I have finished the motor mount and now I am installing some racks to mount the motor controller and a component board. The component board will have the charger, fuses, an Anderson disconnect, and a junction box for the heater relay and fuses and other misc. connections.
I moved on to the rear battery rack. I decided to go with 5 of the 10 batteries in the back (front) of the trunk. This will leave some space for groceries and stuff in the trunk. I had originally wanted to get the batteries down below the engine hatch but the controller is such a beast and there just wasn't room.
So I compromise, the batteries are a little high up, but they sit exactly over the rear suspension/ axles/ tires. And there is already a nice flat floor there.
The clearance to wire up the batteries is very tight,so in a few months I will be ranting and raving about what a bitch it is. I am going to get some big rubber gloves for insulation when I install the batteries.













Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Motor is in...

At least temporarily. I need to make a motor support. I decided to start with the old motor mount. I removed the old motor support from the ICE and then made a plywood template and layed-out the location of the new motor. I bolted the template to the old motor support and cut out the circular shape with my cordless jigsaw. A little grinding cleaned up the high spots and it fit perfect.
Next I will get the welder set up and beef-up this bracket and provide mounting points to connect into the Warp9 Motor.








Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Interior Demo

I'm up to 23 hours so far on this project, getting in a lot of time this week. Ben got to drive the car today and see how the wheels steer!



Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Degreasing Day

37 years of road grit and grime has mostly been removed!


Sunday, June 14, 2009

Engine Removal

The engine is out and the fuel tank too. What a mess. Old cars are very dirty. Next step will be to clean up and take apart the interior.





Saturday, May 30, 2009

Maybe Red, Maybe Grey

Here are some fastbacks in different colors we like. We're trying to decide what to do.