How do those tie into the floor? I'm no race car fabricator, but from that pic, to me they look to be cosmetic only.

Why prep & paint the floor before cutting it up? Seems backwards to me.

They're tied into the floor below the dash. The fabricator also added a tube connecting it to the kick panel area.

Another update this week. Floor was cut and Borgeson box was placed in the vehicle. Since I screwed up my column pretty badly when I "rebuilt" it years ago, we may go with another one. We've got some pretty unique ideas for the center console to accommodate the shifter. It should be pretty cool!

Can't wait to see the T56 in there...

Trans mount is almost done, then the T56 can go in. I screwed up my steering column pretty badly as it isn't worth it to repair. Plus we have to modify the steering shaft for the coupler on the new steering box. Instead of fixing it, we bought a new Flaming Rivers tilt-column to go in the car which just arrived today. Sway bars are also under the car. Slowly chiseling away at it.

Good to see progress Samu. You're going to enjoy that tilt. Plus all your friends that aren't your size are going to enjoy it.

Trans mount is done. Moving on to the tunnel brace.

Trans brace is done. Working on getting the new column in and ordering the right flywheel.

A little more welding done this week and the tunnel is coming together. Working on getting the center console into the car and looking snazzy. A couple guys on FABO may have noticed a potential design flaw in the trans mount. Exhaust routing may be difficult getting over it. We'll figure something out.

Any updates?

Besides my last update from Friday, no? But, I'll be visiting the shop soon. I've been busy. Life's kind of gotten in the way the past couple months.

Ha wait until you have a wife, kids, grandkids and a car habit!

Don't get my hopes up.

and a dog, cat and a fish tank

I just talked to the guys today. They got the clutch and flywheel from Centerforce so now things should be coming together.

Is this a project they are doing on the side? They don't seem to be very pro-active.

Yes. It's a one-man shop and installation center.

Visited the car yesterday. Dropped off a few parts, picked up some old parts to take home, talked with everyone at the shop, and ate some barbecue. The car is close to being done. One of our biggest road blocks was that Centerforce Performance didn't make a flywheel for an internally balanced 360 (as most were externally balanced). I'd imagine they'd have one for a 340, but I guess not. So, they agreed to make me a custom flywheel... For free! Well, technically a beer. Awesome guys and I can't thank them enough! That being said, once the custom flywheel comes back they're going to put the pedal to the metal to get that car done. 97% of the parts are just sitting there waiting to be installed. Once the engine and transmission are together, all the legos will fit back together.

One thing I noticed with the valve covers that I bought for my engine is that they're a lot wider than stock ones. I really liked them. I also, mocked up how the engine will look like with the air cleaner assembly and it's going to look pretty amazing! I'm excited! Things are moving.

Visited the Dart today to sort some minor details out and check on progress. I talked with the mechanic in depth as well. They don't expect the car to stay there for another month. The mechanic found out that with the Quicktime bellhousing, the input of the transmission was offset just a tad so he ordered some dowel pins to help shim everything over so the transmission is true to the engine. Those should be coming in today meaning that the trans should be in by the end of the week.

We also mocked up the steering wheel position a little bit as well. I must say, I'm liking how the interior is turning out. It's really becoming pretty clean.

I just have to make some small decisions. Still deciding where to put a tachometer and which one to buy. I was thinking on the center console down low how they used to do it with the 66-67 GTX's, but thought it might be kind of weird looking at a tach that low unless I had a remote shift light on the dash. I was also thinking about having a small one mount on the dash pad right above the VIN tag. I'm also going to get a 5-point harness and I can't decide between black or red. Almost the entire interior is black and silver, but red belts would go with the calipers. Odds are it will be bought from Simpson's Race Products.