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Garage walls are going up!! The progress seems like it's a snails pace but then again I'm anxiously waiting to use it. The appendage on the left is the air compressor room. And these trusses are ready to go to form the roof once the walls reach their 16' height. The contractor told...

Unfortunately, I don't have the information to answer this question. My arrangement with the general contractor is such that I know what the overall cost of the structure is but not the various sub-parts. I can say that the overall cost is much greater than I expected and does feel excessive...

Progress on the workshop/garage continues slow, but steady. Here's some progress pictures. The footings are being poured directly into the dug out trenches. Given the ridge top location, the concrete must be pumped in as there's no direct access for concrete trucks two sides. Concrete...

I typically use Zolatone paint on the undersides of my builds. I don't know about the originality of this paint on a GT40 though if that's important to you. I build my cars to be "drivers" so the finishes need to be able to stand the test of time and miles. Zolatone looks good (maybe not show...

The workshop/garage build phase is now underway! Rebar in place (not pictured), Initial inspection passed and footings get poured tomorrow.

I think you're probably right Howard. This is my first time building up a "non-traditional" cooling system and I'm guessing there's some things that are currently not optimal. I've elected to use "keep it simple" as a first guiding principle, plan to thoroughly test, and then modify the...

Coolant Lines Completed The coolant lines on this Miura chassis run up the center of the chassis under the gas tank. While this routing is probably ideal for a longitudinal mounted engine, with a transverse engine it makes for some challenging coolant line routing right by the engine front...

Brake Lines Completed Progressing on with the brake system, the brake hard lines and hoses are now in place. It took a bit of head scratching to figure out chassis mounts for the front brake hoses. I ended up using billet hose/tube separators along with -3AN bulkhead fittings for the mounts...

I guess long hair and a fur coat are poor gender identifiers for 70/80's era pop stars? This is suppose to be one of the Rod Stewart cars recently sold at auction. Must have gone through a color change sometime in the ownership history. While I don't usually like blue on a Miura, this...

I did think about using car seat runners but didn't go that way as it would have raised the pedals even higher. The seat adjusters I have are 1" high so it would be a 1 1/4" pedal lift. Given the low roofline on the Miura, I'm using a drivers seat whose seat bottom is only 3 1/4" above the...

His and hers no doubt. It's certainly a good way to avoid the quibble about who gets to drive the Miura on any given day.

Gas/Brake Pedals Installed In parallel with wiring installation, the brake system is also being installed. For that, I decided to start with the pedals and work outward to the disk brake calipers. Given the somewhat horizontal seating arrangement in the Miura, it seemed like a good idea to...

Miura Project restarted Since the move to our new location/home, I’ve been spending my free time on the planning/design stage for a new detached garage/workshop so I’ll have some workspace for car construction. The building plans have now been submitted for permitting and the build site has...

Thanks for the information/feedback!! I've now ordered up a roll of 1/4" SS tube, fittings, and hose. So much for the good old days of not having to spend a bunch of cash for DIY car building. It cost about $85 for just the clutch line parts. If I'd bought this stuff a couple years ago, I...

I'm plumbing from the clutch master cylinder to the slave cylinder on my Miura project. I started down the path of using 3/16" SS tube and -3 AN fittings. I then noticed the slave cylinder has -4 AN fittings on it. I googled it and found mixed answers on use of 3/16" versus 1/4" tube for...

Hmmm... your experience with this harmonic balancer hub now has me worried about having a similar issue with the balancer on the Coyote in my Miura project. The Coyote has a 2 belt pulley built into the balancer but I had to cut the outer pulley off to get the engine into the chassis. The...

It wouldn't be the first structure to be built around a rock outcrop here in Prescott. We saw a couple of houses that featured a large rock within the interior when we were shopping for a new place. Unfortunately, the well head is only about 10 feet from that rock outcrop so there isn't a way...

The objective for the "Equipment Room" is essentially a covered/roofed external concrete pad but I thought it best to enclose it with a wall to help trap the noise from the neighborhood. The neighborhood is currently very quiet, serene and I don't want that to change. Thanks for the reminder...

Here's a progress update on the detached garage build. I've been busy doing build site preparation while working with a draftsman on the plans. My goal for site preparation is to get a decently level area that includes the building footprint and in addition 20 foot concrete aprons in front of...

The initial trajectory for the garage structure was to build it with wood walls and a truss roof. In talking to the builder that comes highly recommended by friends (and who 15 years ago built the house I just bought), he strongly recommends cinder blocks for the walls and a truss roof. Over the...