1973 Midget build by ianjoub

5 minute(s) of a 203 minute read

I had some sag in the unibody because I had so much metal removed. I removed the doors and windshield support/firewall to get everything straight again. Here is it back together



I am quite happy with the door alignment now



The seams all have equal gaps



The vent window frame to windshield turned out perfect as well

12-27-2013

Here are the back wheels at full extension



At full compression



And how much the stick out

1-5-2014

I had to pull the windshield back out to fit the pillar skins:



Right side going in:



With door. I wasn't super happy with this line fitting:

Left side, better fit:



With the windshield back on:

1-8-2014

Ok, throttle time...

There are 3 cables here. The top one is the fuel enrichener circuit (choke), the middle is a throttle 'push' cable. It will be eliminated in favor of a heavier return spring. The bottom is the throttle 'pull' cable. This is the one that needs to go to the gas pedal.



I drilled the appropriate sized hole to feed it into the footwell

I cut the end of the throttle lever off and welded it into the middle because 1. the cable was too short, and 2. the angle wasn't quite right for my application



Here is how it looks finished. All the pedals are in place.



Finally, the 3/4" clutch master cylinder was pushing too much fluid. I had about 1/4" total of useable clutch pedal movement. I called Wilwood for another. They sent a 5/8" one. It is much better. Anyone want to buy a 3/4" master cylinder? Used once, 1/2 what I paid for it new...

1-15-2014

I have been working on brake lines. The top of the pic is the mc for the front brakes, the middle for the rear brakes.



The splitter for the front lines.



and front caliper braided line to hard line connection

I then started to work on the tangled mess known as the wiring harness



This is the stock CDI box and microtech fuel controller for the 2nd set of injectors. They will be mounted on the firewall on the inside of the passenger compartment. The voltage regulator will be on the engine side of the firewall



Here is the instrument panel and the ignition switch (held on by the vice grips and hidden in this pic by the steering wheel)