Woodfin's SS GT/TB construction series

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Today was a good progress day with the Super 10.

This shows a mock up location of battery, fuel cell, and on-board air compressor.

For several years now I have raced with the Rock 16 volt battery's. Both battery's and chargers are giving excellent service. I buy both battery and charger from Mark Payne at House of Payne. Mark is a racer, he has good service and good pricing.

The cell is a 3 gal Jaz model that I buy "blank" [no fitting holes, no filler hole drilled] Doing so allows putting fittings where you want for a custom application.

The Air Armed is another product I have incorporated in several different buildups. It is sold by K & R and other vendors. One big advantage in addition to providing shifter air, it is perfect for topping off tires if you are in the lanes longer than expected.

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More progress also happened with the roll cage system. Photo shows the main hoop diagonal bars.

I had fretted for weeks over finding a good, used steering gear. The ones I found were worn, rough, slack in gears. While surfing for options I found a reman gear at O'Reilly's

And another big progress today is modifying the dash housing to fit around the cage. The Super 10 Crew, Sir Grambington and Sir Flashington made it happen.

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In earlier post I have talked about something I believe to be vital for a successful package, driver comfort. Plus, controls placed for natural feel. In my opinion, the closer you can feel like driving casually on the street the better.

The Super 10 brake pedal reflects my thoughts. The brake pedal has been "reformed" by the Super Crew and is now about 6" more to the left than factory location. At a glance it could be mistaken for the park brake pedal, but all that hardware is gone.

On the firewall notice the Strange mounting plate that is part of the master cylinder hardware. The plate is mocked up and notice above on cowl a custom mount and the master cylinder that are yet to be finalized.

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No question the Super 10 is poised to fly, note the speedometer indication.

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some days bring only small progress, but any progress is good progress. This is a 3/16" thick aluminum plate custom built to mount the Strange master cylinder. On the back side is the reinforcing plate that Strange ships with the master cylinder.

All four bolts go into the factory brake booster mounting plate/column mounting fixture which a welded part of the body.

Tomorrow I expect to install/setup the 6.0 12 bolt gear and complete the axle/brakes assembly. In addition, I expect to build battery mount, cell mount and mount the air armed compressor

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Time for a few updates with more coming soon.

With my continuing quest for a comfortable command center the manual crank window regulators have been replace by powered regulators. It is a direct bolt in from manual to power.

We will either find a donor truck for the wiring and switches or my simply custom build.

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The master cut-off is a small item but important. A premium quality switch like this heavy duty Flaming River piece gives trouble free service.

The mounting and control is trick. It is bolted through the bed wall into the area behind the taillight. The lever connects to a control rod that exits through the back-up portion of the taillight lens.

Then a Morse cable will also connect to a lever inside the truck so power switch can be operated by driver. The second photo is looking back toward the taillight mounting area.

More photos of this soon.

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Still doing small jobs in the bed, note fuel cell outlet fitting. The fuel pump will be mounted near this outlet. At this time I think a opening will let the upper half of the pump motor be inside the bed.

The next few days will finalize most of this rear bed area hardware.

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and I smile and shake my head each time I notice the 6.0 ratio pinion gear.

[Dwight Southerland]

Larry - I'm sure I speak for many readers of this thread when I compliment you on the detail and quality of the work you are doing on the Super 10. It is a privelege for us all that you are spending the time you do to take the pictures, post them with narrations here and hear your thoughts as the biuld progresses. Great Job!


Dwight Southerland
PS One of my Stockers used a 6.14 gear in a 12-bolt with a stick. I got to see the inside of the housing more times than I can remember!