We invited our friend Doug over to help on the car.  Here both he and Chris are finishing up the mounting of the roll bar.  On the underside of the car  below the plate they are drilling through is a second plate that will sandwich the body of the car.  This will secure the cage to the car incase of an acident and will also stiffen the body of the car.  


Here I am welding metal straps to the bracket for the fuel cell that is required to hold the fuel cell to the bracket.  We will finish it in a few weeks once it gets mounted to the car.




Here the car is ready for paint.  We will do that after we get back from the wrecking yard in the morning.




Doug and Chris used a steering wheel puller to remove the wheel on the right from the steering column we will use on the cart.  We still need to remove the key and insert the key mechanism from the original cloumn







At the end of the day, we were able to paint 90 percent of the car, but ran out of time because the spray gun was getting clogged and we needed to run back to the wrecking yard.  



Last, Chris did paint the engine bay.  We will need to touch it up in a few places when we install some other parts, but is ready for the engine if time permits next weekend.   We do now have all of the major parts to put it together.  I still need to go to AutoZone / Pep Boys / Kragen to get a few of the necessary items like a water pump, spark plugs, and so on.  I will still use E-bay when the price is right.  

Time is running out and I hope we can get it running and test it out prior to the event.  I have also ordered the vanity plate that is for the car.  Hopefully it will be here before the event or at least the car show at the end of April.  



It reads Might Explode



Get it?




 Its a PINTO!!!