Woodfin's SS GT/TB construction series

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attention in the paint booth. Saturday we will spray some shiny black on rear housing, rear frame section, and related hardware.

Stand by for shiny photos

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A few updates from other areas.

As a reminder, the Super 10 engine is a 327/300/293 package. We have good progress under way with those parts.

Mile High Crankshaft is prepping a factory 327 core with + .013 stroke. He will also balance the crank so good progress there.

REBCO machine has the pistons under way. Using a Bill Miller forging Eric at REBCO does the finished details. Gary Hettler furnished REBCO with a chamber mold so the valve pockets will be right on the money. We are using an .043 x .043 x 3mm ring package.

The short block of course housed in a Dart SHP block with .904 lifters and BBC cam journal size.

More details and photos of engine parts in a few weeks.

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another area of progress is with the Powerglide.

On hand is the Reid case, 1.98 low gear set plus all related parts to complete the trans.

There will be a time in early spring when all these sub-assemblies begin going on and that will be a mighty fine thing.

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One the 6th day of Christmas the painter gave to me, shiny rear suspension parts

Yea, I knew it was coming! The rear section shiny black is under way. My painter friend is working his magic.

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I like shiny

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Some things about the Super 10 frame make it visually different from a door car.

Of course, the frame being completely removable is a huge visual difference. In addition, the frame is wider, beefier than what you generally see with a door car.

Plus in the rear section the rear cab mounts and bed mounts stand well above the frame.

There are always several ways to approach a project and most of the time with proper planning all methods arrive at an acceptable completed project.

For me, with the tools and resources I have, simple is best. Thus, the shiny frame you see here is basically the factory frame with new side rails in the tire area and four link brackets installed properly.

When the bed and bumper go back on it will bolt right down to the original factory brackets.

The central frame section does not require and modification, I will even use the factory transmission crossmember.

The front section, front crossmember, is next to be modified for oil pan clearance.

Next week, rear housing goes back in place, and cab sets back on to begin roll cage install.

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On the 7th day of Christmas a shifting we will go, building a Powerglide for the Super 10 .

The new SFI Reid case is completely bare. It has not one bolt, not one pin, not one clip, not one piece of hardware.

So, we need a donor case or other sources for the small parts. I still have several factory cases and for this build I am using the park hardware from a donor case. However, once the park hardware is "borrowed" from a case you have, well, a useless case.

I have found some sources for the park pawl, pin, spring, bracket but the pricing is too high.

If some of you have a broken case with park hardware and other small hardware I will buy or accept donations. You can contact with a PM if you have any of those parts.

Today in the back yard multi-purpose shop I will begin the trans build by making ready some of the sub assemblies.

My trash pile shows the BTE boxes required to ship parts to build two race powerglides from scratch.
More photos to follow