'57 210

[noslx]

hey mate good work on your car!! i love the chevs. the blue will look great. keep the progress pics coming. is there many aussies over there, and did you get to have a beer with skasey lol

[cycov8]

its slowly getting there I think me and aj might have to come to spain and see the local car shows and check out your beast mate

[kickass57]

Originally Posted by noslx

hey mate good work on your car!! i love the chevs. the blue will look great. keep the progress pics coming. is there many aussies over there, and did you get to have a beer with skasey lol

Cheers mate, don't know about many Aussies living here, and even less 57 chevs around but heaps of mad Aussie tourists about for the running of the bulls in Pamplona every year.
I know that in the city i live there is around 50000 people and i am the only Australian registered with immagration

[kickass57]

Originally Posted by cycov8

its slowly getting there I think me and aj might have to come to spain and see the local car shows and check out your beast mate

Yeah slowly is the word, sometimes i think i'll be leaving an unfinished project to my kids it's taking so long
Good luck with the car shows here mate, unless you like euro ricers there is not much on offer, but anyway i'd invite you guys to a couple of cervezas on the coast, checking out the local talent for sure

[kickass57]

I fitted a lokar throttle cable today and had to drill a hole in that firewall i spent so long welding all the holes up in. Not very interesting but i thought it looked cool so i thought i'd post it up


Tommorow i'm going to try and get more wiring done, i'm gonna make a wooden panel to go up under the dash to mount all the relays, fuses, circuit breakers etc on

[FAT-245]

Hey Mate,

Nice car!

But if you are going to use something to mount all the electrical goods on, do not use Wood, as if something was to 'fry' you could send the whole car up in flames, try source some Perspex about 6-8mm. that way it cannot be a possible ignition source.

[cycov8]

thats a good idea but I still wouldnt use perspex I used a bit of alloy sheet on mine that cant go up perspex with a bit of heat will still melt or worse catch on fire

[FAT-245]

3mm will bend with a hair dryer, 6-8mm will need more heat.

But Alloy is also an Option.
I have a Steel C Section Under the dash with the Relay's mounted aswell as the Fusebox.

[kickass57]

Yeah good ideas i didn't think of that thanks. I'm going to have to think of another way although i've seen on shows like American hotrod those guys doing it with wood, i don't know how real the hazard would be if it were thick? Dunno, probably better off to go with steel or alloy just to be sure hey.
Anyways today i just let all the stuff hang in the breeze temporarly and gave the beast it's first bit of sun for 1 half yrs or so, i'll try and post the vid

[FAT-245]

Cool! I want vid!!!!

Also, if you use a steel bar or a peice of alloy, you can cheat and run all your grounds to it!, because it will be mounted to metal