1973 Midget build by ianjoub

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I finished bracing the tub. I mirrored the 'frame' on the inside of the car underneath. Twice the frame should equal twice the strength! Well, not really, but it will be stronger and hopefully more resistant to twisting under power.



I am cutting, bending, and welding all the metal. Believe it or not, these 3 cross braces took 4 hours to do...



Although these stick down a bit, they are flush with the other frame rails I fabbed up to lower the motor. I will have an inch of ground clearance at full compression of the suspension

4-26-2013

Ok, on to the shifter, here it is



It needs to go here



I made a bracket

Made a pivot point on the bracket



Started eyeing up places to put the electric shifter



Mounted it here, but don't like it. I will move it this weekend

4-29-2013

The USPS man finally came through and delivered the last piece of pipe for my exhaust



A few cuts and a few welds later...



The slash cut is the finished product ... The govt. would be so proud of my eco friendly exhaust ..

As promised, I moved the electric shifter





I am now working on the clutch slave cylinder mount, then on to rebuilding the foot boxes ...

TEASER: I got my new pedal assemblies and master cylinders last Friday ...

4-30-2013

Ok, on to the clutch slave cylinder mount.

First, some more frame. This adds rigidity, gives me a place to mount the slave, and acts as a driveshaft loop in case of driveshaft failure



Then I cut a bracket



Drilled some holes and bolted it up

Finished product





And the driveshaft clearance

5-2-2013

Yesterday's work

I felt it would be good to reinforce the upper 4 link brackets



I then closed the area back in



Finally, a sneak preview of the new pedal box. Wildwood master cylinders and pedals. 3/4" clutch, 7/8" and 1" for brakes. The balance can be adjusted between the 2 brake MC's...