1979 Fairmont Drag radial/x275 project - "The Cream Dream V2.0" by tirefryin_s10 & bmxarmy

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Got a little work done this weekend nothing too big but a few little things anyway, Nolan is out of town working so some of the stuff I just tacked and some I welded out with the mig and the other stuff he can tig it when he gets home.

I appologize for shitty cell phone pics but I forgot my camera at work.


The old hole in the firewall for the column is huge and with a fear of fire coming into the car in the event that happens I dont want it coming up onto my legs so I made a plate to close up the whole some.

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Then I put the factory rubber boot on over my plate just to seal it up totally from wind etc. Next up was modifying the brake pedal for the correct pedal ratio for manual brakes, I made a new pin from a grade 8 bolt and welded it into the pedal:







Next I welded some bolts into the pedal box so that putting the column in and out is an easy one man job:




Got my nice new billet mount for my racepak from Joe @ Hyperaktive test fit it where its going to sit:






Next on the to do list was engine mounts, so with the engine where I wanted it I started building some removable solid mounts to make the R/R process easy. I cut the old 5.0 mounts off but will need to get the engine/K member out to clean it all up and finish that then I tacked in the tube and once Nolan returns I will get him to tig the tube to the K member and we will add some bracing as well, I also built sleeves to go into the tubes so they cant collapse when they get tightened up.