Hank the Tank

[HooWybrow]

So Hanky.
So swanky.
So tanky.

[C-Hutch]

Lookin' "Soooo rough, for me to get through to you. So rough, to get my point across."

[Khalil]

C-Huuuuuuuuuuuutch what suspension will Hank be on when said and done?

[airkooled]

Sooo many fixed body panels! ahh i cant depict the motion but you get it

[seffer]

this is bad ass.

[b5Avant]

schweet.....

[C-Hutch]

C-Huuuuuuuuuuuutch what suspension will Hank be on when said and done?

static dope-ass fuckin' spring machines.

Sooo many fixed body panels! ahh i cant depict the motion but you get it

this is bad ass.

schweet.....

SWAG.

no I can't stand that word. So overused.





but really though, swag.

[C-Hutch]

This one's from a couple weeks ago, but one of my spring perches broke in the back and DUMPED one corner of the car haha.



Wound up fixing that like a man by busting out a torch, anvil and sledge hammer and re-shaping the perch seat.

In other news, I'm building coilovers for the front. I have Koni adjustable shocks, so the front will be both height and dampening adjustable. Brennan (airkooled) and I brainstormed over a few beers last night and came up with a way to get more shock travel by building new top hats (pretty similar to Rusty Slammington's front top hats.) Also converting to sleeve-type "coilovers" in the front with small-diameter springs. So here's the factory (mostly) setup.



This was an extra front assembly I had from Ratty, which I cut up as a trial run so that I get it right when I use mine. This will be a permanent change so I want it to be right! The existing spring perch has to be cut off



In the pic I have also already removed a bit of material from the outer diameter of the housing with a grinder because the sleeves don't clear by just a hair. I'll be boring the inner diameter of the sleeves out with a brake caliper hone to make them fit. Therefore, there are no more pictures of that going on, but I think I'll be doing the new front setup next weekend since I should have Saturday off.

Also, still need a valance. Went to the junk yard today but there were none to be found. I forsee this being a problem soon...

[benz88]

luhhh dis thread.

[C-Hutch]

haven't been able to get to the metal yard to get some materials for the coilovers, so those aren't done, but I have made a touch of progress.

De-bumpered the rear




shaved down the mounting tabs for the rear plastics and removed the sealer and paint from the bumper shock mounting points to glass them over only to find I was out of hardener





Also got tired of seeing my blinkers zip tied on. Way too ghetto. Once I get a new valance I think I'm going to mount them like this, but that said I just did a really rough outline/cut to see what It would look like. Kinda hammered the obvious damage out of the valance too.











That's it for now!

[l3xxd]

Definitely liking the location for the blinkers Moar!

[C-Hutch]

Fiberglass sucks. I **** life right now.

[C-Hutch]

Boring update, but one of my speakers blew and the car would only play Skrillex, so the sound system was in need of an update. Got a nice Pioneer head unit that had lots of nice features, wasn't gaudy, and could color match the gauges to power Boston Acoustic components up front and 3-way 6x9's in the rear. The head unit does HD radio, and since I'm doing bodywork, I figured I'd go ahead and shave the antenna and mount a stealthy power amplified antenna up by the rear view mirror.







Wiring for these car's sound is really gay, so it took just about all day to put in the head unit. Speakers today.

[rsingh3g]

Love what you are doing to the car. Always have had a soft spot for these cars

[ChristopherJason]

Tons of work but is dope !