Daddeo's A&L build!

[Daddeo]

Well I finally opened up my A&L chassis kit and decided to build it. I have a donor car for parts but some will be custom/hand made as well. Not too many details right now but wanted to go ahead and start cataloging the build. Here's a few pictures to get started with and as it progresses I will post details of interesting parts of the build, enjoy!

[m_vice]

I bet it feels good to open that bag and grab those new prats in your hands.
Keep the pics coming.

[Daddeo]

Oh yeah !
I went ahead and fabricated a new motorplate as I can't bring myself to cut an original no matter what shape it's in . I haven't finished it yet as I don't know if I'm going to use a 6 gear or Stealth.

[Daryl Lane]

Looking forward to seeing more pictures!

[rocketrandylee]

It will be sweet to see a new A&L again.

[Daddeo]

Thanks guys!

I made a little more progress this evening. Finished the motorplate enough for test fit and also trimmed a rear bulkhead. I never thought a nylon bulkhead could be so tedious of a task. I was thinking, "cut-off wheel on dremel, wham-bam-thank-you mam!" but not quite so cut and dry. It turned out okay but needs to be dyed as it's a gawd-awful purple color at the moment. I hope to get more done during this weekend and possibly finish it up too!

[TZona]

cool!

[shirochanwrx]

Neat project. How did you shape that piece of kydex? Heat gun and a vise? Did you bend it over a form?

Also, I've always wondered about the rear geometry in these A&L trailing arm set-ups. It looks like the track narrows, i.e. each arm moves inward, with compression. Was this a useful suspension set-up in practice, or is this just a super-cool anachronism for vintage geeks?

[Daddeo]

TZona - Thanks!

shirochanwrx - The kydex rear bumper came like that with the kit. The rear geometry was done this way to optimize the suspension for rough tracks.

[Daddeo]

Okay, made a little more progress but was busy today. Doing test fitting right now and everything is working out good except I don't have a front tower yet . After everything is fabricated, fitted, and tweaked then the nose, motorplate, and a few misc. items will be painted. Going to use some hard anodized team car shocks for this build, should look good with overall color scheme .

[THE H.P FREAK]

HI!... I luv the purple........

[railey72]

Love the A&L conversions. Looks like this is going to be a good one.

[EvilAsh]

Okay, made a little more progress but was busy today. Doing test fitting right now and everything is working out good except I don't have a front tower yet . After everything is fabricated, fitted, and tweaked then the nose, motorplate, and a few misc. items will be painted. Going to use some hard anodized team car shocks for this build, should look good with overall color scheme .

Nice Build! I have an A&L front shock tower if you are interested. It's for long shocks.

Chris

[scr8p]

I have an A&L front shock tower if you are interested. It's for long shocks.

he's trying to get rid of one of those in the bst.

[EvilAsh]

I have an A&L front shock tower if you are interested. It's for long shocks.

he's trying to get rid of one of those in the bst.

I see. Thanks