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Good point, if you're on level ground -- which you will be at a gas station -- you will just have air in there.

It took me a long time to come up with a fuel tank mounting plan that I liked and finally I decided to make some brackets. Twelve steel rectangles, 1.5 x 2 x 1/8" and eight square tubes, 3/4 x 3/4 x .090", ready to weld: Welded and painted, four unique brackets: I measured carefully and...

Laid out the position of the tank trying to decide how to get the hoses and wires through. 1: stringer 2: rear edge of tank 3: fuel pickup 4: vent Spent a long time getting the firewall and roll bar positioned: I've reconsidered how to mount the tanks and am thinking about making brackets...

Excellent advice Chris, thank you.

I'm going to fashion appropriately-sized rubber blocks on all sides to hold them in place. The end blocks can be attached to the tanks and the side, top, and bottom ones attached to the chassis. At least that's my tentative plan. I will post here whatever I end up doing.

I now have most everything removed from the car except for the engine. I will do some fitting of alternator, compressor, and pulleys before removing the engine. I decided to start on the fuel tanks since the front suspension is out. Here is the rough cut hole: Happily there are no...

The fuel tanks: Front: Rear:

Today's photos of the fuel tank cutouts

The fuel tank cut-outs are partially cut out including the corners. All you need to do is "connect the dots". Not sure why they do it this way. Finishing plates are included for you to cover the holes once the tanks are installed. I am going to leave the chassis aluminum but to what extent I...

I'm working on disassembly right now. Is there anything in particular you'd like to see?

Comparison of 3.50 and 3.75 final drive ZFQ speeds in gears, shifting at 6250 rpm.

Thanks so much, Keith. Yes, it was like unwrapping the best birthday present I ever got.

Thanks James! Yes, it was about 17 months, including a delay due to closing for the pandemic and other delays which weren't necessarily the direct fault of RCR.

Thank you very much.

Safely delivered.

Car picked up from RCR today by Stewart Transport.

Received more photos from RCR today.

Got some photos from RCR today. My first view of a beautiful chassis that I will be spending a lot of time with very soon.

Congratulations on your purchase!

Today I placed my order for an RCR40 MkI LHD with double nostril. Some of the parts I plan to use include: Craft 347 Ford small-block RBT-5 DS-25/2 gearbox (1st: 2.23; 2nd: 1.47; 3rd: 1.04; 4th: 0.846; 5th: 0.705; Diff: 4.22) Quaife E62G1121 bellhousing McLeod flywheel and clutch External...