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Dolmetsch:
I have the motor and trans installed and everything tacked in place. Got to remove it and finish all frame welds then clean it up and paint it. Rod ends for the ladder bars are ordered and should be here next week. Spindles are ordered so I can make the front axle when I get them. Brakes are included. Trying to decide ifI will sit in drivers location or sit in the middle. Is middle sitting really OK in a gasser built to pre 68 rules?
Don

GlennLever:

--- Quote from: Dolmetsch on June 20, 2013, 04:07:05 AM ---I have the motor and trans installed and everything tacked in place. Got to remove it and finish all frame welds then clean it up and paint it. Rod ends for the ladder bars are ordered and should be here next week. Spindles are ordered so I can make the front axle when I get them. Brakes are included. Trying to decide ifI will sit in drivers location or sit in the middle. Is middle sitting really OK in a gasser built to pre 68 rules?
Don

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This is what the local Gasser Serries rules says, not sure what your local Gasser rules are, you should check

"6.0 INTERIOR
Seats
Driver’s seat must be to left side of drive shaft. Properly braced, framed, and supported.
Seats constructed of aluminum, fiberglass, carbon fiber or double-layer poly
(automotive accessory seats) permitted. *

* Excerpt in whole or part from IHRA/NHRA rule book
þ - 1/8th mile ET Posted 3/11/2013 rules"

Dolmetsch:
Thanks Glenn. I will stick to that then.
Today I got a phone call from a Mopar guy I did engines for for almost 20 years. Said he was giving me a set of front wheels and tires he used to run on his race car. Thought they would look good on the Bug gasser and he was weary of moving them around in his crowded shop eveytime he had to do something. My friend Mike with the Willys Gasser also offered a set of loaner push it around rear wheels  and tires.
Don

Dolmetsch:
My 5/8 rod ends came today. I finished one ladder bar (welding on female threaded inserts and installing heim joint for test fit. I will probably finish the other tomorrrow.
Don

Dolmetsch:
Now to make the diff brackets and get it all together. Bit by bit it is coming together.
Don

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