Greg. I spoke to Matt and he brought all my Impala front end parts several months ago. Which I forgot all about. I really appreciate your attempt to help please continue to do so. Many thanks. Sam

 

Excellent, always good to have them tucked away. Going to his shop tomorrow to drop off struts for wifes Forester. Anything you want me to do while I'm there?

 

Greg. Nothing I can think of. But thank you very much for asking. Sam

 

Wasn’t enough room for the exhaust to pass through so we widened and lowered thatbportion of the frame. Radiator is in Front end core is in. Still waiting on rear brake conversion from California. Car needs front cage tie bar that was never installed. That’s the latest.

 

All the exhaust is here also

 

drive shaft loop modifications

 

New vacuum cut outs couldn’t make the larger electric ones fit

Collector flange welded on and disconnect for collector added


Much smaller externally same 4” pass through.

 

 

 

Jheesh this build involves some very serious forward thinking / fabrications. That exhaust issue was such a showstopper, the work around was no small feat. Absolutely love the cutout concept, absolutely the best setup I have seen. The construction is over the top, it will do the job, the whole assembly is gorgeous, the exhaust port is humongous. The headers Matt built are a work of art, gee, he somehow squeezed that big block and all its trappings into that engine bay, space is at a premium. When the fab / assembly phase is over will the whole car then be disassembled, powder coated, frame painted etc then reassembled?