H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

YES! Got my helper back this weekend.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Finally making seat progress.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

So, I don't know how ya'll do carpet around these bars but the last one I did was a butcher job, I wasn't happy with it so I knew I had to come up with something. now I'm pretty sure a sharp edge and nailing it with a hammer would do... but I like fire. My pipe could have been sharper but I heat it with a torch and shoved it right through the carpet, nice thing about this is, it's cauterized so it won't fray. Just a bit more to do and the carpet's done. I bought a carpet set plus 2yd of 80/20 for the rear section.
(First photo I didn't have the pipe hot enough on the first shot of my test pass, second one went right through).

[Alan Nyhus]

Hey...slick tip on the hot pipe. I've sharpened a frost plug and used a hammer but always had the fuzzies.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by Alan Nyhus

Hey...slick tip on the hot pipe. I've sharpened a frost plug and used a hammer but always had the fuzzies.

It worked beautifully, just wrap the pipe in a rag as it gets hot. I think I'll wrap 6" of it with some left over exhaust wrap.

[Dissident]

Todd and Rachel,


Please reinforce the safety aspect of getting that little gal to protect her purty little eyes with some safety glasses!


Yeah, I know many will take that as undue criticism, but it is really sound advice from an old one-eyed fat man.



Great build you guys are doing and sharing with us.


Regards from the high country,
HB2
Dissident

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by Dissident

Todd and Rachel,


Please reinforce the safety aspect of getting that little gal to protect her purty little eyes with some safety glasses!


Yeah, I know many will take that as undue criticism, but it is really sound advice from an old one-eyed fat man.



Great build you guys are doing and sharing with us.


Regards from the high country,
HB2
Dissident

You're absolutely right sir, point well taken.

[6130]

Originally Posted by Nmbr1GMfan

Autumn came down after school and we worked on seat bracket location, well it looks like a smaller seat would be better for us, the location is so far forward that this Kirkey seat will be very close to the roll bar on one side and the shifter on the other. This seat is the 17" wide version so I ordered a 15" wide one...

Yeah, having been the father of a 16 year old daughter, I would have guessed the narrowest one too.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by 6130

Yeah, having been the father of a 16 year old daughter, I would have guessed the narrowest one too.

With high back racing seats like those pictured, Autumn is going to have a heck of a time seeing the other car....a point to consider when you are a middle of the pack...H,I, J, Stocker....Never underestimate visibility....just another reason I prefer factory type seats in a Stocker...

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

With high back racing seats like those pictured, Autumn is going to have a heck of a time seeing the other car....a point to consider when you are a middle of the pack...H,I, J, Stocker....Never underestimate visibility....just another reason I prefer factory type seats in a Stocker...

You're absolutely correct... it's been discussed to go back to a factory seat. If visibility is too much of an issue, we will. The side of the seat is already giving us issues with shifting and her elbow running into the seat.