B3R Garage: Approaching New Years

Over the last week I took some time off over the holidays to visit Fabulous Las Vegas. Now that I have a slightly refreshed sense of motivation, I am ready to start  really digging into the 1970 Ford Maverick Street Strip Build project. Before my vacation the Mad Scientist and I had left off with having completed the rear quarter panel, and tire well repairs along with fabricating a bumper.   The Maverick also received a little body work in the rear in order to accommodation a larger Ford Torino tail light due to a previous owners botched body job.

Although I was out for a while the garage was not entirely quiet. The Mad Scientist stayed behind, and chipped away at some of the lighter work that still needed to be done to the 1970 Maverick. In my absence the underbelly, inner trunk, and floor boards where thoroughly undercoated to prevent any future possibilities of rust damage. The Mad Scientist also took it upon himself to remove the old 7" rear axle. The small axle will soon be replaced with a completely gone through 8" axle from a 1971 Ford Grabber. The Mad Scientist also sanded and primered the rear louvered bumper cover and front valance. 

With so much done in my absence there is really little to be done to make the Mad Scientist's 1970 Maverick a real ground pounder. The list of items to still be completed included installing the new rear axle, fuel cell, engine, and transmission. We will also need to do some minor floorboard repair and modifications for properly fitting the Tenzo Racing seats. 

Keeping in mind that most of B3R Garage's work is done in just a few hours during the weekend, we are planning to have the car-at least-up and running by late February. I guess you could call it a resolution. 

B3R Garage: Nearing The Holidays

My '84 Mercury Capri Project is nearing completion, and it has only been five months. The car has taken on a completely new look with refurbished body parts (fenders, quarter panels, hatch, doors, floors, doghouse, hood, roof and even bumper). The car has even been outfitted with new interior door trim, automatic shifter, and a custom Brilliant Silver paint job. 

With so much completed on the '84 Capri I decided it was time to push it aside in the B3R Garage and make room for the 1970 Ford Maverick Street Strip Build. It is December and the cold weather and snow seems to be looming. What better time to roll this car into the garage. The Mad Scientist and I did not actually start any work on the Maverick until December 5th. The only things we did included pulling the old I6 and transmission out, chopping out the odd-ball fabricated tail light cups, and removing the Cobra-like side-pipes. Although we have spent about two actual days working on the car we were able to get a lot done as far as repairing the rear end.  However, all automotive work done within the B3R Garage will be placed on temporary hold as the holidays draw near. 

The B3R Garage

This is the blog page for all of the automotive dealings happening within the the B3R Garage. No. This garage is not a performance shop, repair shop, a race shop, parts shop or even an after market shop. Instead, the B3R Garage is a humble two car garage attached to my home in which some very awesome cars are being, and have been built.

Unlike many of the car building shows seen on TV, this garage is bootstrapped with a significantly tighter budget and even less time to work on the cars. However between the Mad Scientist and I, we seem to find time to get little bits and pieces of our cars done when ever we can.

Hopefully, this web page will act as a way to keep everyone in the loop with the builds up-to-date with progress. If I am fortunate, I may even be able to provide a little help to those that are interested or are doing the same things. "Building Fast Cars".