90 Notchback BBF build

This has been a on going project for me over the past 4 years or so now.(in the mean time of building everyone else stuff)I found it on racingjunk a few years ago, and have decided to keep this one because of how clean it is.It had 73-79 460 ci 8.5 to 1 cam headers intake roller rockers and some other stuff (but still not what i was told it had in it). All lakewood suspension, all new wheels and tires, etc.I got it home and rewired it front to rear. car ran great and had lots of teething issues along the way.

here some pics of it with ps,pb,pw.after i got done rewiring it and redoing some other things.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/p1.jpg
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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/car.jpg
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Cars best in that state was 10.48 at 129 on a 225 shot with a 1.71 60'. after that i had some trans issues and then the motor broke...a few times. :bah:
ended up putting a different motor in it last year with some mixxed results.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_0225-1.jpg
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his one went 11.16 @ 125 N/a with a 2.0 60'with the tranny slipping badly on the big end(1/8 mile was 111-112mph) :o
so now over this winter im mini-tubbing her and upgrading the rest of the driveline to hold this thing on the bottle and/or maybe some turbos down the road.
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mock up on the mini-tubb
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i will be notching the frame rails for more tire, those are 29.5 x 10.5 Ws on a 12" rim.

before k member spacers
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_0497.jpg
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after spacers
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_0512.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_0507.jpg
pic of the coilover and 9" 35 spline axles,baselines offset lowers, upr pro series uppers. box's braced
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_0928.jpg
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ill be adding and editing as i go..lol
plus updating as i go with the mini tubb and other mods i have planned.cage, full roller c-6 ans so on.

notched the frame rails, put some 15x10 weld with a 7 1/2 backspace, with 30 x 10.5 radial slcik on them. set it down too check fit.
ill be running different wheels when im done.

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started pulling the motor and what not out to start installing thru the floor connecters, and the cage. rebuild or replace my trans. lots of work left..

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made some seat brackets for my kirkey, got the cage, just waiting on subframe connecters from autoweld.

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finally made some progress.
tacked some plates in the rear for my cross bar
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1378.jpg
got both frame rails notched for tire clearance
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got the subframe connecters trimmed and fitted and tacked in
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this is basiclly what the car looks like sitting in the garage. it makes me sad.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1367.jpg
heres the mess from the other end.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1366.jpg
hopefully ill be welding the connectors in the rest of the way, fitting my out riggers and i can finally start fitting the cage and stuff in.
right now , time is not my friend.

got some more done, now here is pics..lol
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looking more like a cage. got the front out riggers started, still have too trim the bottoms off.
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top side
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a piller
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roof bar
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its all tacked in place right now. next is remove the dash, install the dash bar and weld up the joints better then drop it down out of the floor and weld the tops up real good then put it back up in the car and weld it in soild and start fitting the rest of the bars in, im going too replace the head liner and put the upper interior pieces back in before it goes back up in the car...

got the coil overs mounted..
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now i just need to drop the cage down thru the floor and start welding stuff up soild on the top side then i can start put the rest of the bars in and weld it in for good.

just mocking up the x brace
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1487.jpg
just tacked the door bars in to check fit
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1486.jpg
dash dar tucked in nice!!!
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door bars fit good!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1484.jpg

well got some more done today! :chacha: got the passenger door bar in, fitted the drivers X-brace, and started on the rear X brace!!!
rear cross bar
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1508.jpg
cross bar top
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1507.jpg
cross bar bottom
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1506.jpg
passenger door bar
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drivers x brace (fitted)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1504.jpg

getting closer! ill have to get more argon tomorrow, so i can finish wedling stuff up so i can start dropping it thru the floor to weld the tops of it all up.

more pics.

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relocated the kicker bars, got the passenger door bars done, and made the brace for the lower torque boxs...
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i have to fit a few more bars, then its coming down thru the floor!!!

well got the wiring and dash out, welded the dash bar up. and got my rear pro-style bar fitted, and tached in. Now its ready to drop thru the floor!

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well dropped it thru the floor! time to make up my mind on the headliner!

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got it all in there!!!yahoo

just need to finish up some bracing, and welding!

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well got seat brackets made. welded a bunch of stuff. and fit the tires, coil-overs and the seat one more time. getting started on fitting the front out riggers, and starting on rear of it as well. but heres some more pics!

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30 x 10.5 radial slick, in a stock wheel well. i know the rear needs trimmed!
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got the wheel tubs in
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and got the front bars in

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sheet metal in sealed and done!!

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and got my wheelie bar brace fitted. will also help reinforce the lower control arms mounts, and coil overs....

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chute mount is done..sort of....rear frame work is in place..

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looks better black
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rearend is back out for the 30th time now, for final welding. i have to make some anti-roll bar brackets and then i can lay some paint on it, and it's done!!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1656.jpg

mounted correctly...and got the rearend done..now its time to start painting!

:lol:
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all painted up now

more pics...got some sheet metal in, and fitted the trunk panels back in around the wheel tubs!
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few more day's of progress!

got the front and back windows out! and the trim is in great shape!

still no rust found :)
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made the package tray lid!
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made package tray for the bottom of the frame!
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sealed from tire smoke, and removable!

got the rear plastics in (i found some local thank god)same color as the old ones just not faded!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1723.jpg

got black all over the cage now!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1724.jpg

and mounted my fuel cell!
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test fitted the dash!
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made my front bumper brace removeable (my engine crane is short)
brfore
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after
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then patched up some holes
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truck brackets modded, and they clear now..just some clean up work and they look better!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1758.jpg

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any one want some innner fender panels for there fox? j/k

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these are dark..ill have too retake them later!

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More stress relief! :D

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rear area! brace and half sheeted in!
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from the trunk!
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when its all said and done the sheet will be riveted, and have carpet over it!

fitted the engine and trans back in , set it back 1".
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front slot
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tomarrow ill make a trans crossmember set back. and fit the headers and check the clearance and the floor

got the headers on...they just dont fit right with it dropped down and slide back and sitting level!

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hood clearance is at a plus...spacer or shorter hood? :twisted:

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fitted the rear brakes, and painted up a bunch of stuff!

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made my trans mount and finished up my crossmember!

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fitted the torque link!
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well im getting bored. and running low on money!

but i do have spray paint! :lol:

yes the fumes have taken over :roll: :lol:

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been ordering trans parts and what not it all apart again, and on hold becuase i have to do thru the floors and a 8 point on a 3rd gen f-body, but then ill be back at the engine bay and body work.

the 27.5 front runners fit
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2341.jpg

the lip on the firewall is almost gone
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hood holes are gone
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and started capping the front up and coming up with some more idea for up front
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welded up some other holes but didnt get pics.
hopefully be layying duraglass on this thing soon and get to sanding.

been working my but off on this fire wall and front end. tons of work still to do but im making progress.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2383.jpg

started sanding some of the body down
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2384.jpg

and did a trick with my camber caster plates. gained some more travel, and got those ugly things under the towers.
before
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after
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ill be making a plate for the top to reinforce it all. may just make me a custom strut tower brace with it aswell

well got th engine bay mostly done. just need to finish the core support up. but i need a radiator for that. :cry:
but got the fenders off and started sanding the body down this weekend.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2385.jpg
going to block out the fuel filler door. and the wiper hole in the cowl.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2387.jpg

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started pulling the door panels off and going to start taking the trim off here this week. need to get some stuff to start doing the body work and finish work in the engine bay. need to get this core support done but i got to get a radiator from jegs. which is 155 buck i dont have at the moment. ill find a way

started playin with dura glass.....

not fun stuff to sand. but i put my small angle ginder on my router controller and put a flap wheel on it and it worked it down to a workable level real fast :lol:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2388.jpg

different angle
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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2389.jpg

loading pics :2thumbs:

well i dont like body work but im tryying my hand at it! and its going slow. but on weekends i have advise and a helping hand at it!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2399.jpg
sanding the whole thing down.

started working the dents out. only had 2 in the whole car
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2398.jpg

working every spare minute on the engine bay.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2402.jpg

filled the fuel door in today and the ant hole is gone to. next is the wiper hole
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2401.jpg

pulled off the trim and thinking about just filling the gap and smoothing it over.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2391.jpg

getting so close!!

fitted the front end to see if a radiator fits. just need to make a upper mount!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2410.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2414.jpg

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ready for final coats of body filler now!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2413.jpg
hopefully finish the body work this weekend and get the wheel wells opened up!

2 dents i had...gone
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2416.jpg

gas door....gone
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wiper hole...on its way out
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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2436.jpg
still working my *** of on the rest of the engine bay.firewall is about done, and tryying to get the rest of it done, but its goes slow. need to get me a 4x4 sander to make quicker work of this
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2437.jpg

got my removable core support started. just need to figure out how im going to mount the radiator to it!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2438.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2439.jpg

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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2441.jpg

still needs more work, but you get the idea...

pulled it out and cleaned most of the body dust up
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2522.jpg
**** was everywhere!

got the radiator mounting done...
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made some junk yard trunk supports
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2526.jpg

bottom
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2527.jpg

top
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_2528.jpg
4 roll bars gussest's and 2 supports from a civic hatch and some nuts!

got the motor back in to fab the last few things i need to and check fit and what not!

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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/000_0005.jpg

got my cage painted on my b-day..
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and got a lot of sanding done

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/000_0010.jpg

Got some 29.5 X 9 slicks to check fitment for the 10.5W's, so i can trim the fenders and what not and got the rear ride high set today.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/102_2530.jpg
i know rolling on gay v6 wheels
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/102_2532.jpg

my lower control arms are right where they need to be
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where the ride hieght was
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and dropped
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im going to need 2" drop spindles in the front to get it down in the nose

i had 2 turn the coilovers down most of the way just to get it close!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/102_2538.jpg
still to high!

and after getting ****ed around on the finishing body work, this poor car sits in my drive under a trap. hopefully soon ill get the body work done and have it under paint....10 pic limit per post this took me a minute

any pics of you streching the rear quarters? and nice work by the way. ur engine bay looks awsome!!!!!

Cool thread, keep the pics coming, cant wait to see it painted, nice work!http://460ford.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

Do you know how many hours you have in it so far?

any pics of you streching the rear quarters? and nice work by the way. ur engine bay looks awsome!!!!!
quarter are untouched in these pics

Cool thread, keep the pics coming, cant wait to see it painted, nice work!http://460ford.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif
neither can i, but being jobless and everything else that is going on has it on hold.

Do you know how many hours you have in it so far?

more then i wanna count!lol i have a few months of work in just the engine bay

Did you build your whole roll cage or did you buy it then weld it in

Did you build your whole roll cage or did you buy it then weld it in

started with a jegs kit. and added tubing here and there. everything needed notched etc.

i feel for you! i pick away at the sanding/bodywork on the ol torino after work here and there over about 3 months now......everytime i get the big lights out i see a chip i missed or something........never ends! mine is final paintable in about one more solid saturday--

keep the pics coming! its awesome to see the steps and headaches others go through, makes me realize im one of many

Daaaaayyyyuuuuummmm !!! That looks like a LOT of work when you put it all together like that.

That car looks great gearhead!!!:cool::cool:

All of your work will be worth it in the end. I wish I would have done more detail stuff like that on my Thunderbird. I got in too much of a hurry to get it on the road.:rolleyes: Oh well, it does the trick.

I have been working on a 72 Nova for the wife, so I haven't been able to do much extra stuff on the 'bird.

Keep up the good work!!
Bill

ur puttin a bbf in that nova right?

um, well, uh...:rolleyes:

I tried to get her to agree on a Torino or something, she likes the Nova. Go figure. Its got the big 305 Vortec w/OD trans out of a pick-up.


Bill

That car looks great gearhead!!!:cool::cool:

All of your work will be worth it in the end. I wish I would have done more detail stuff like that on my Thunderbird. I got in too much of a hurry to get it on the road.:rolleyes: Oh well, it does the trick.

I have been working on a 72 Nova for the wife, so I haven't been able to do much extra stuff on the 'bird.

Keep up the good work!!
Bill

lol
i always find myself working on my buddies novas and stuff..lmao


put a ford motor in it, or i am disowning you.

Ha ha,:)

Crap, now I'm going to have to find another BBF:rolleyes:

There was a couple of guys here in town. One had a big B1 mopar, the other guy had a 69 Camaro. Yep they put them together and ran it for a couple of years. Pretty fast car, pretty weird combo:o

Bill

weird for sure

nice workmen ship hang in there it wiil come together . worked on mine for about 12 years . now i see yours and more work to do on mine LOOKS GOOD MAN

im sure ill make some progress here soon


hopefully

good looking work, I am just starting on mine, and my "budget build" big block fox is NOWHERE near budget anymore, and I havent even started on the interior and bodywork! Thanks again for the details, looks awesome.

YOUR CAR IS LOOKING GREAT GOT ONE QUESTION WHERE DID YOU GET SET UP FOR PULLEYS TO RUN ALT. ON LOW SIDE NOTICED IN YOUR PICTS.:D

YOUR CAR IS LOOKING GREAT GOT ONE QUESTION WHERE DID YOU GET SET UP FOR PULLEYS TO RUN ALT. ON LOW SIDE NOTICED IN YOUR PICTS.:D

alt brackets are stock for most bbf ford. these just came from a 74 car.
pulleys are from march. single groove kit. can be had from summit or jegs. i recommend summit, they stock them.jegs has to order them (at least for me they did). and thats a gm 1 wire alt with the long bolt hole drilled out to fit the ford bolt.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/mustang/100_1900.jpg

How did the car stop with the manual brakes....Just curious, as I am still trying to debate going manual (for a cleaner engine bay). I will be using the car on the street also....Just need to be safe with the little girl strapped in!

I am using stock Mustang 2002 GT rear brakes, and Cobra 13inch fronts.

Car looks great so far!

Also what fuel cell and Kirkey seat are you using?

How did the car stop with the manual brakes....Just curious, as I am still trying to debate going manual (for a cleaner engine bay). I will be using the car on the street also....Just need to be safe with the little girl strapped in!

I am using stock Mustang 2002 GT rear brakes, and Cobra 13inch fronts.

Car looks great so far!

Also what fuel cell and Kirkey seat are you using?

stopped great..its all going to be in the pedal ratio when you redrill it..im thinking of getting the pedal kit from MM. dont stop like it did with power brakes but, not as bad as some people would lead you to believe.

jegs 10 gallon cell, kirky pro drag i think. ill check on that..

So when you were fitting the bars for the cage, what did you find to be the best way to get the tube notched for a good fit?

Did you use a pipemaster to get the contour or just hold the bar at the correct angle and draw a line, trial and error fitting?

I am thinking about getting a pipemaster, just wondering if they are worth it. They seem like a good tool to add to the collection for the money.
I have a hole saw type tubing notcher so far, The ol' joint jigger style.

when i did this. i was doing one or 2 bars a night. notching them with a angle grinder, carbide bits etc..

now i have a tube notcher. and i do everything by fitting, test fitting etc

EXCELLENT job so far! thats lookin to be a show car thats ready for anything and that roll cage is pretty spot on

bump just because i may be selling this. still tossing the idea around, really dont want to, but i need to start my shop that everyone has been telling me to do for years!