Here comes trouble Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Update............http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/larryjohnson97438/album?.dir=8223&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos........... Have Harbour Freight's largest sand blaster and the powder coating gun... and free oven ...............Found a source for the coilover sleeves http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=106293 Making camber plates, http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=106293 located a CNC operator to cut the plates out and waiting for the monoball housings Just about have all the parts to assault the suspension.. Recieved a small settlement in court for the damage done to the Tomahawk Zee/Cobra http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/larryjohnson97438/detail?.dir=/392a&.dnm=2e76.jpg&.src=ph (and hope the very (same)******* is reading this who could have saved himself a wheel borrow load in attorney fees if he had the balls to talk to me...now see if you can beat your attorney out of the remainder. LOL my settlement comes directly from the attorney not you.). I plan to make adjustable front lower control arms and TC rods. GTO headlight trim rings and bead roller thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthrea...4046#post584046 .. ...adjustable clutch rod thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=106902 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomoHawk Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Larry, Did you get your driving lamps yet? I was thinking about getting some to put on the car for the time being, because I do some touring with the local Z club. The lights you get from any local store don't seem to fit right, with the roundish shape of the socket in the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Hi Tom..................I picked up some small oval ones at Harbour Freight that I will try to incorporate with a modified oval opening. The oval ones match the grille opening. I do not think that any lamp housing will actually fit. John Washington had some kind of 2 part lamp (?) that would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y-not Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 John Washington still sells the driving light frames. They fit perfectly in the Thunder Ranch openings using $18.00 / Pr. driving lights from Auto Zone. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomoHawk Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I will have to get a pair. As long as I can mount the driving lights to the bumper for now. My front is the Blue Ray (Alpha) moulding ( I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 JP got his Vello Rossa kit and I got motivated to renew work on the GTO. I bought a $100 1982 ZX parts car for the complete brake upgrade following Terry Oxendale's example. I was planning and obtainedthe Toyota 4X4 calipers one 300 ZX rotor but the adapter costs $110.00 and probably well worth it but for my application the ZX upgrade will be adequete and $100 for a complete ZX suits me fine.. I can store the engine. I will be starting the suspension modificatiions attempt to fabricate Terry's "poor man's rear toe in adjuster" , rear sway bar and the front tension rod adjuster via Mikekelly The sand blast cabinet is assembled. The six new Yahoo photos show the use of galvanized sheathing as a hood mold for fiberglass to decrease the gap between hood and fenders and cowl. I cut out my GTO cowl, shortened the fiberglass hood to incorporate the OEM cowl for better access. The original Alpha replicas used the OEM cowl I bought a new roll of galvanized sheathing at a garage sale for a dollor. I used a small sheet metal brake to bend a flange on the sheet metal to lay fiberglass against on the bottom of the hood decreasing the gap but providing a half inch fiberglass flange under the hood. Sheathing either aluminum or galvanized makes great molds since the fiberglass will not adhere. And when removed after fiberglass cures the metal is recycleable. I paid $47.00 for a gallon of Evercoat laminating resin at discount store. Price has doubled. My consolation is that this resin wets and lays the fiberglass up very good and a stored can will last a few years. ....http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/larryjohnson97438/album?.dir=8223&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http% 3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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