The word on the street is "good things come to those who wait". If there is any truth to that then my 151 buggy-code named "ultra poor"-should be pretty much bad ass.

I picked up my rolling chassis from the Trent Fabrication shop back in October of this year. Since then, I have had a hard time doing anything but  stare at it. Between lack of funds to buy some necessary components, and not being home for (I lost count) how many weekends it pretty much sat there in the garage.

This weekend was a different story though. I picked up some 1.75 DOM from Golden State Motorsports and began cutting and notching. Although it's not much, I was able to get the "A" pillars in place, and started notching the tubes for the subframe boatsides. With any luck I will get the, finished up tomorrow after work.

While I was down at Golden State Motorsports, I was talking to owner Jeff about the headder issuse that I didn't particularly care for on the other Trent Fabrication buggies. They like to route the collector on the driver side up and over the top of the engine, something I don't really like. He told me about these circle track headers and pulled an old set off a shelf and lent them to me. They fit great overall however, I am going to borrow inspiration from their design in order to make a custom set of my own that will still allow for a passenger.

Im just happy to have actually got some work done.

Back in February I posted an update about my 4 seat chassis being built by Trent Fabrication. Well here it is 8 months later and I am happy to report that I now have the chassis in my garage. Joe and I made the trip to Sparks NV. to pick it up and bring it home.

Unfortunately the only weekend we would be able to go get the chassis was also the weekend it snowed several feet up on Interstate 80. This ment the road was covered in salt and trailering it back on an open trailer caused it to get completely covered in a salty mist. (bummer)

Although it may not have been ideal, Derek recommended that I strip the chassis and paint it right away. I still have some welding to do, but at least it's not too much and I can always grind off the paint before welding and touch it up after wards.

Here are a few photos from the first weekend when Joe and I picked up the chassis from Trent Fabrication and brought it home.

What's Next

According to Derek the next phase is setting the carrier bearing mount and mid-shaft. But before I can do that, I need to get the right transmission in place. I have a TH400 that I was planning to have rebuilt, but I am second guessing that decision and looking to possibly get should of one that is already built and ready to drop in. I have to have it before I can install the atlas transfer case so I think those two components are next on the list.

The big key to setting the carrier bearing is to get it as straight as possible. According to Taylor Tracy, getting that right is the single biggest factor in determining how fast you can go. I really want to make sure I get ti right.

Today, Joe and I made the trek over to Reno to meet with the Derek at Trent Fabrication. We were dropping off our axles and Atlas transfer case for the build. While we were there Derek showed me my chassis and engine, which totally got me stoked and anxious to get it done. I am glad that it is more than just an idea now, but is something that I can actually touch and say. Yeah this is mine...

Finishing it seems so far away, yet so close. I hope we can finish it within the year so it will be race ready by next year. That would be straight pimp.

Here are a couple of cell phone pictures that Joe took of my chassis up on the table.