The Roofus Special

[jaybee]

I love this build, so much innovative thinking in this build, I love it.  Thanks for the update.

[Flipper]

* happened and I did not make it to dad's house.

There was a wreck going the other direction. One of the cars crossed the centerline and I collided with them head on at 45 mph.

I don't have any broken bones or life threatening injuries, but I feel like I was thrown off of a 5 story building and landed in the grass.....I look ok, but everything hurts.

The little red car is screwed.

[enjenjo]

Wow! Glad to hear you are Ok.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

WOW ...  I bet you hurt.  Glad you came out  OK, just sore

[chimp koose]

Ouch, make sure that your soreness is just that.I have a friend that got kicked by his horse a few weeks ago,he felt pretty sore,three days later he was in hospital with internal bleeding.

[Flipper]

Pics from my wife's cell phone

[UGLY OLDS]

WOW    :!:    Your little red car really did a number on that big , mean , SUV thing .....    That'll teach him to mess with little red cars    

Good to hear you're ok .........


Bob.......

[Flipper]

I finally feel like digging in a getting some more work done.  I'm getting over the whiplash pretty well.  I'd say 90% gone.

I plan on going to dad's house next weekend come hell or high water.  There should be new pictures soon!

[kb426]

It's been months and I had forgot about your build. I'm glad you're better. Best wishes for the future.

[UGLY OLDS]

Good to see you're back in the game ....   Maybe you & Jack can do therapy together ??    
 Don't over-do anything & get messed up ( Like I did  :oops:  )  ....Take your time & heal correctly ....



Bob........

[jaybee]

Glad to see you're ready to get back in the game.   Bet Roofus has missed you.

[Flipper]

I finally did something!  I mounted my front spring.

After a whole lot of looking, I decided the spring belonged close to the front of the crossmember.



The fun started when I tried to figure out how to align the u-bolts.  There isn't a straight line on my crossmember to use as a reference point.







Next issue was where the threads were on my bolts.  I built a platform under the crossmember to have a nice  flat surface to bolt to.  The lovely seam down the middle is where I had to adjust the hole location on the platform. One chopsaw width was about perfect.









Now to remember exactly where I wanted to mount the crossmember.
Here...





...or here (pushed slightly forward)

[enjenjo]

I like the more forward position.

[Flipper]

I'm seriously thinking about cutting the firewall and transmission tunnel out of of the donor jag and grafting it into this car to make the registration process a little more legitimate.

Anybody think having jag sheetmetal in the center of the car would be worth the effort?

[enjenjo]

I don't know your state laws, but here it would be worth while.