[13946]

For Jonathan outta the Jax area. Making progress after a slow start but should be finished in the next week or so. Hope you like it....
Zim

Da car.

CLean up and layin tube.

Working the plates

fit up and stuff

Hoop de Hoop

A smiley face means all is good....."Got Tig"

 

[CurleysRacecars]

Nice work. Curious as to whats in your left hand(other than the filler rod) in the last picture? Looks like something with a wire/cable going to it?

 

[13946]

Its a long story. First thats not me. That young man is a apprentice welder for the, (yea thats right, nuclear navy)...
Anyway its a roller control that is "not on the torch". Our welder is missing his right index finger, and prefers to hold the wire and control in the same hand. The "new guy" is working it as well. Reason is sometimes aboard submarines, another person must operate the control due to very tight places, like upside down, welding thru a mirror, and left handed.
Practice makes perfect...
Thanks
Zim

 

[13946]

Update for ya Jonathan. Got the halo put together.

And tacked in.

And the forward strut thingies mounted to the floor thingamabobs that go to the inthechannel tubethru bars...
Yea what I said.

Oh and those things will be lower. Their just sitting there.
Don't tell anyone about the 25.2 sitting next to your car. Its a secret.
Zim

 

[CurleysRacecars]

Looks great Zim. Neat story on the way the welder is setup...and people think welding while in a pretzel of a chassis car is difficult huh? HAHA.

 

[13946]

Thanks. I don't do the welding but I've had to pound, shove and poke Kevin into impossible positions a hundred times. Thats another reason to have the control outside the car. He can concentrate on welding and "seeing" instead of all three.
Zim

 

[333coupe]

Lokks great guys very nice work..jonathona gonna really like it.i'll call u later dave

 

[13946]

Thanks Vic. Tell him since he ain't spendin money on the car to go buy some window handles and door pannels...They look like ass in these pictures. Hehehehehe. Vic we're layin the the curved bar across the tunnel this weekend. Also some other trick stuff. More pics to follow.
Zim

 

[13946]

Vic here are some updates. The cage is welded, floor system is welded and we're starting the back. Hope you like it, we dooooo..
Zim

To weld you need a lot of these...

Then you can do this like nine fingers.

And make stuff like this...

And like a lego set put it together like this.

That allows you to put that thing in the floor and put this on top.

Hey Vic, if ya take out the floor, you can drop the main cage to weld it without cutting holes in the floor...I think we'll leave it low like that, you could carry lumber across the inside like a roof rack.

Last on for now. Pretty....

Kevin used 100s so it'll take six helper boys and a roll back to break this stuff...
See ya Vic, and tell Jonathan to keep puttin that money away...
Hehehehehehe
Zim

 

[13946]

One more Vic. As I told you I didn't like this kit mainly for the A pillar bars. They look good but not as good as yours. Just a side note.
Zim

 

[Drgrcr1133]

Damn Jonathan looks good can't wait to see what the turbo will do with more CI. Dave

 

[13946]

Damn Jonathan looks good can't wait to see what the turbo will do with more CI. Dave

You must know the secret. Don't revel the secret. Haha. You must know him. Good kid.
Zim

 

[13946]

Here is a update Jonathan. Back bars went in today and finished some other welding. We recieved the additional tubing from the Chassis Shop last week so door bars, dash and rear bars will go in next then we're done. Oh and some sheet metal.
Zim

Zim

 

[camaro 77]

are there going to be any gussets install for extra support on the halo area

 

[turbof-100]

nice work im about in the same boat with cage work looks really good getting some ideas!!!

 

[13946]

are there going to be any gussets install for extra support on the halo area

No, not at this time. This is only a 8.50 application. He will probably update later on to 25.5 and most of the ground work is already done.
Thanks
Zim

 

[13946]

nice work im about in the same boat with cage work looks really good getting some ideas!!!

Thanks. I wanted to do a little extra to enable him to update later on, thus the floor system. Just welding in 6x6 plates didn't make sense if your going to get faster, and he will.
Zim

 

[copycat]

My name is Robert, also from Jacksonville FL, and a friend of the brothers, Jon and Vic. Jonathan told me about this site today. The cage looked good before. I can't wait to see the updated version in person.

Mad props on the welder with a handicap. Magnificent Job!! Keep up the great work

 

[13946]

My name is Robert, also from Jacksonville FL, and a friend of the brothers, Jon and Vic. Jonathan told me about this site today. The cage looked good before. I can't wait to see the updated version in person.

Mad props on the welder with a handicap. Magnificent Job!! Keep up the great work

Thanks. The welder probably wouldn't say 9 fingers is a handicap. He'd probably say something like "I broke this off in somebodys ass and can't find it"
Hehehehehehe
Zim

 

[fineline]

Very nice sir .Keep up the good work