"The begining" Dissassembly of chassis
Jig fabrication on stripped tub
Tub side removal for ease of removing damaged parts and new Fuel bladder installation.
Rear upper sub frame for shock and suspension mount.
Repair cap on rear upper sub frame
Finished sub frame ready for plating.
Fabrication of Jig for rear suspension wishbone.
Rear wishbone fabrication.
Finished new rear wishbone now ready for plating
Fabrication of front suspension wishbone jig.
Fabrication of front wishbone.
Finished new front wishbone ready for plating.
Front upper suspension rear wishbone half, jig fabrication.
Finished wishbone halves.
New fabricated tub piece.
New tub pieces installed.
Left side gauge panel fabrication.
Fitting panel to tub.
Top panels installed.
New inner tub inserts forming block.
Fabrication of tub inner support
Inner support installed
New Tub sides
Era correct 1969 DZ 302 engine with 492 casting angle plug fuely heads
New front uprights
New rear uprights
New wheels! Never been used.
Install "mock" engine block to align for all steel bracket installation.
Steel brackets are nickel plated and installed with era correct purple rivets.
Install new fuel bladders.
Replace plastic fuel feed lines with stainless steel.
Final rivet on tub. She is now complete!
Fabricate aluminum oil feed lines and stainless steel radiator pipe.
Duplicate oil/water line brackets and install.
Everything Fits!
Remove internal parts of transaxle and inspect.
"Mock" install trans shell to fit rear suspension to inspect for correct geometry.
Inspect suspension geometry and locate a bent rear upper sub frame. All the hard work to repair sub frame for not :(
"Mock" assemble front suspension to achieve correct geometry. Rear torsion arm too long. Not able to get correct caster. Good thing I held off on plating this piece :)
Oil tank fabricated (by Bill Moir) and new mount bracket duplicated to Lola spec.
Shift linkage installed and checked for smooth shifting. New front suspension torsion arms fabricated and installed. Now I am able to set my suspension to what is needed. Correct Jones Mechanical Tach, donated by Bill Moir, fitted with correct 90 degree adaptor and cable.
Correct water purge tank fabricated and installed.
Foot controls nickel plated and installed.
Original radiator shroud duct was cut and needed replacing.
Correct Master cylenders fabricated and installed.
Engine blow by tank and mount bracket fabricated then installed.
Engine Oil cooler and Radiator fitted/installed
New Trans oil cooler fitted
Thanks to Tom Ratzlaff's photos, I was able to correctly duplicate radiator hoses and oil cooler lines.
The one un-touched brake disc next to the duplicates I had made
Girling Brake caliper ready for assembly
My jig that I had done on the CNC to helicoil the brake hats perfectly
Plumbing complete now I need to fit the body.
Body mock installed. Still needs a little fiberglass work.
The original Low wing from Lola was a great help in designing the new low and high wing.
The original wing had seen better days.
New inner supports were made from billet aluminum.
Low wing inner frame
Low and high wings are now finished along with their supports.
Correct valve covers for the "BARTZ" Can Am 302
Mufflers fabricated to be removable so I can run open headers were alowed
Original front wings were damaged and pins no longer were clocked in correctly to achieve correct angle from left to right
Pins re-located to max 10 degree angle. 15degree is stall and with chassis rake, they should be close.
Body was ground down on side mounts. I needed to add material.
Wing profile did not match.
Added material to match templete
Lt. and Rt. side wing now have the same curves and down force
Painted wings to have a smooth surface. Now they will make good plugs for my molds.
Fabricated a jig for front wing supports
Rebuilt the original Starter motor
Beginning of a wing mold
Ready to make a new piece
Ground Zero Now I have my levels and Center line for the Rear upper sub-frame
Tack weld with 70-6 steel Tig filler
Remove "ON CHASSIS" jig Now I can fabricate an "OFF CHASSIS" jig
Nickel Bronze all joints on jig, then re-install to vehicle
Set up Low rear wing mount
Let's Build a Race Car!
