Listed here is the progress of the car, with pictures and descriptions. New items will be added at the bottom, so you'll have to scroll all the way down to see if there's anything new.
This is the car as it began. The hood has red, white, and blue stripes I painted shortly after Sept. 11th 2001.
[25.Jan.2005] - Many slight changes, including part of the new dashboard, which I will put up soon. Mostly, I just wanted to say how many countless complements I've received from people everywhere. I had no idea that the car would generate this kind of response. It's just incentive to keep working on it...
[25.Sept.02] - The car with bumper facia removed. Some parts have been primered flat black.
[17.Oct.02] - The mostly-finished new front bumper. Note my really terrible welding job. At least it holds together good. The bumper was constructed using 8-foot barn door rails and expanded stainless steel. I cut everything very carefully and it still didn't line up right. I ended up having to grind a lot of stuff down.
[08.Nov.02] - The painted bumper. At this point, some of the tubing has been added. I realized that turn indicators were needed, so I used 55 watt fog lights routed through two relays. Since the indicators are somewhat invisible from the side (even though they light up the street!), I installed some side marker lights (big rig style).
[25.Sept.02] - A few shots of the interior. Note my custom steering wheel (don't bother trying to find one, I made it) and the pushbutton ignition. The door panels are new, which I covered with some anti-slip floor matting. But everything's about to change.
[10.Feb.04] - More or less completed front bumper. Modified turn indicator lights and added lots of wiring, which at the moment does nothing. Added roof racks with fog lights. The paint job is getting faded and dusty, I guess it's time for some more rattle-canning.
[29.Jan.2005] - The interior of the car as it is now. I have begun totally rebuilding the dashboard from scratch.
[29.Jan.2005] - Another shot, a closeup of the "flux capacitor." It actually cycles as the pistons fire, thanks to a custom circuit of mine.
[01.Jun.2005] - The car got a minor crash test. While there wasn't much damage (the bumper got pushed back a bit), the event prompted me to rethink the bumper design entirely. I've realized that it's been several years since anything on the outside changed. So it's time for an overhaul.
[15.Jul.2005] - Here I have removed most of the components of the front end. A lot of work is about to occur...
[23.Jul.2005] - I have begun building a new front end from square steel tubing. The end result will be at least two feet wider than the original body.