Kootenai Valley Customs Build Page

[myjones]

Hi
Dale,

My battery surface mounts below the upper deck in the trunk. It's sized for an Optima battery.

Tim
My point was for buyers of your kit to have that option if it created enough extra room, not sure how much is gained with the fixed pinion height. I don't recall pictures of your battery box, did you post them here?
They might not want to move the battery into their trunk but a new lower tray option might be nice.
Dale

[Tim Whittaker]

Hi Dale,

It's probably on the other sites build page. Good point on the location for others.

Thanks,

Tim

[Tim Whittaker]

Fabricated a panel to go behind the firewall. I will sandwich insulation between this and the firewall panel. Gave a nice solid place to mount the AC unit as well.

[Tim Whittaker]

Front sway bar mock up.

[Tim Whittaker]

These little plastic fairings will cover the hole in the floor sheet metal where the seat belt tabs penetrate the floor.

[Tim Whittaker]

Since my exhaust runs out the bottom of the door, I needed to have the fuel and electrical as far away as possible from the heat where the exhaust penetrates the body and chassis. Running the wires in conduit allows me to better insulate, mount with less holes in the main chassis tubes and all three can be mounted as low on the chassis as possible.

[Tim Whittaker]

Finished the headlight mounts and turn signals. Found these LED signal lights that are simply the brightest I have seen for this service. I got a set of driving lights from them as well that are 3,000 lumen. These will melt deer along the highway at night.

[Tim Whittaker]

Finally got around to finishing the rear grill/bumper. I need to do a little edge shaping and remove some scratch marks and it's off the plating. The spacers will go away when I get the mounting bracket finished and all the will e visible is the grill. There are 4 high intensity LED lights behind the grill. Two are a combination tail/signal two are backup lights. The are sealed and just happen to fit a Ford valve cover grommet perfect.

I'm actually running two brake switches so i can turn the bumper lights off and just run the teardrop shaped flush ones for a more period correct look.







Not everyone's cup of tea but it works for me. With the roll pan, polished side pipes, chrome roll bar and other chrome items on the car, it should compliment nicely.

[esff32]

Looks cool Tim, as always, nice craftsmanship.

Evan

[Tim Whittaker]

Thanks Evan !!!







Here's the grill/bumper with the lights mounted. I can run these any any combination for the signal, brae and park light. All are duel intensity and pretty bright. When the grill is chromed the back up light should really work well.

Note: these fenders are a set I widened 2"

[Tim Whittaker]

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Well, they sent me the wrong MC. Everything else seems to be happy where I mounted it. Had to fabricate a few brackets, but it all fits nicely. Everything will mount to the pedal box chassis mount. I may have to bolt the pedal box in from the bottom side of the mount to lower the MC to a level below the brake reservoir outlet.

hard to tell from the one picture bet there's plenty of room behind the dash with the station wagon AC evaporator, manifold and wiper stuff.

Managed to get some plumbing stuff mocked up.

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Well, they sent me the wrong MC. Everything else seems to be happy where I mounted it. Had to fabricate a few brackets, but it all fits nicely. Everything will mount to the pedal box chassis mount. I may have to bolt the pedal box in from the bottom side of the mount to lower the MC to a level below the brake reservoir outlet.

hard to tell from the one picture bet there's plenty of room behind the dash with the station wagon AC evaporator, manifold and wiper stuff.

Managed to get some plumbing stuff mocked up.

[Tim Whittaker]

The sealing panel for the door hinge area compliments my wheel well sealing panel and effectively seals the hinge from the elements.

The piece covered in green masking tape now has a bulb seal on it as well and seals off the area that allows so much of the air to pass the firewall and into the interior of the car.

[Tim Whittaker]

Just wanted to bring my build page to the top. They tend to get overlooked if they fall behind.

Recently started working on the 33 again and will be developing more parts soon. Starting with a new hood hinge design soon.

If anyone has build questions or looking for some parts, let me know.

Tim Whittaker
Kootenai Valley Customs

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One of my favorite threads

[Svtfreak]

Just wanted to bring my build page to the top. They tend to get overlooked if they fall behind.

Recently started working on the 33 again and will be developing more parts soon. Starting with a new hood hinge design soon.

If anyone has build questions or looking for some parts, let me know.

Tim Whittaker
Kootenai Valley Customs

I can’t wait to see your hood hinge design. I detest the FFR style.

Making a list to hopefully get everything i want from you at once.

[Svtfreak]

Tim, is that Hagan teardrop rear lights? Did you just not use the metal plate and shape the cutout yourself? Also, is that a hagan fuel door? What tube did you use to connect to the tank?

[Tim Whittaker]

What is everyone using for a photo host these days ? Photobucket seems to have frozen mine.

[frankeeski]

What is everyone using for a photo host these days ? Photobucket seems to have frozen mine.

Tim, just use the gallery built into the forum. It's a bit tricky until you get used to it but it works.

[Svtfreak]

What is everyone using for a photo host these days ? Photobucket seems to have frozen mine.

I use imgur. Easy to upload from phone and copy the link for posting.