Thanks! I've never posted anything on the Camaro there; too new. Started a thread on the Austin when I began the project, and it got lots of encouragement at first. Then it just seemed to go south, so I deleted the whole thread.

 

Finished the 4 pt. roll bar this morning, and got the new tires and wheels put on that I got from one of the members on the Gasser Forum for the front.
Here's the rollbar, a whopping 41" wide!:


And the new to me skinnies up front. 2" narrower than before, and an inch taller:

 

I LOVE the column drop.. love love love love it!

 

Ha, my tool box is 42". I can't imagine sitting side by side in that space.

 

Thanks a lot! Can't take credit for the idea though. I saw a few done that way back in the '60's, and I figured if it worked then, it would still work. But it does get a lot of comments.

 

It's a little narrower than the body, but not much! The inside of the car measures 43" door to door. Plenty of room!

 

Not much got done over the weekend. I did crank up the Miller 140 and tack weld the collector bolts to the flanges, so I wont have to fight the bolts when uncapping my headers. Got a neat little tubing 90 degree wrench to turn the wingnuts and uncap the headers easily.

 

I wasn't planning on cut outs, but after hearing it uncorked the other day I'll get an X pipe with them in it. It absolutely roars.

 

Just some maintenance on the Austin today caused by my previous screwup on the line lock. I noticed Sunday on the way home from the VFW crusie that the front pads were squealing. Pretty sure they were glazed over from driving with the line lock sw. inadvertently on.
Anyway I had to pull the front wheels to change to different washers for the new rims, so I pulled the pads too. Sure enough, they were glazed over. Put them on my long board with 60 grit paper, and scuffed the glazed area off, then reinstalled them, and the new lugnut washers.

 

Well finished the '71 Camaro suspension, so I decided to tackle a minor project on the Austin that's been bugging me since I first drove it. The Subaru brake assembly pedal height was just too doggone high! Every time I went for the brakes I found myself doing a contortionist routine to keep from hitting the steering wheel with my knee.
Since there's no adjustment on pedal height, I had but one alternative and that was cut and weld the arm. So I got in there with the portaband and chopped the lower part off. Then since I had it off I decided the Subaru pedal had to go also. I dug through my leftover parts (I never toss much that might be useful!) and found not only the old steel pedals, but also the rubbber pads!
Did a little checking after cutting the arm and decided to flip the end of the arm, plus take a wedge out to improve both height and angle. Then I ground the edges and tacked the old Austin pedal to the Subaru arm after cutting off the Subaru pedal. I grabbed a magnet to hold it all in place and tacked it. Removed the magnet and welded it solid, then cooled it down quickly and cleaned it up with the grinder.



Picked these knockoffs up at the swap meet last weekend! They are threaded to the base, so you can knock them loose to access the lug nuts. I had a pair of straight winged ones, but was looking for a set, and foiund these cheap: