63 Tempest / Project 10.5 Tin Indian progress pics

Thanks guys. Randy is real happy with the way his car is turning out. Today I hope to finish the cage, 6:40 AM guess I better get busy

very nice Travis! like everyone else said pure craftsmanship! The 63 Tempest was my favorite Pontiac. I love Nostagia drag racing!

Looking good, Travis. See the Popular Hot Rodding link below about the factory 63' that sold on ebay last year - pretty neat story.

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/features/0905phr_1963_pontiac_tempest_super_duty/index.html

Well finished the cage, tin work , foot boxes, and new frame connectors. Also completed all the welding underneath. everything is custom bent for the car , no kits here. I think its got a pretty good stance. Randy had to leave to run a tow call this afternoon and has not seen it on the ground yet.

I still have the door bars to install, and once the engine and trans are fitted then I have to modify the tunnel. Randy is taking it home to do the engine mock-up and the sanding and painting of all the bars and tin work. The car will also be getting a full interior, including the back seat.

TravisRice wrote:

Great work, Travis.
But, I'm confused , how do you check transmission oil under a plate in the trunk? Did they mean differential oil? I don't remember them having some kind of transaxle in them . It does have a trans tunnel up front, but not a very high one.

4 cylinder transaxle car........

Nice work Travis, your giving me the chassis fabrication bug again...............gonna hafta hunt up somthin to cut up now

TravisRice wrote:4 cylinder transaxle car........

OPPS, sorry, I guess if I would have read your first post, instead of just looking at your pictures, I would have known.