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December 2004 - Posts

• ITB Pinto Cage (P.2)

  The Improved Touring Pinto showed up at the shop a little earlier than planned and we jumped right to work.The chassis is in very good shape with only minor rust spots for a 30+ year old domestic. The front floorpans had some rust through but have been Read More... Posted Friday, December 31, 2004 7:14 PM by Izzy's | 0 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• ITB Pinto Cage

  While the Lola waits for a post-Christmas pick-up for the next phase of its preparation, I decided to get a head start on the next cage at Izzy's . The next car is an Improved Touring “B” car owned by Thomas Laird, a racer who's been away Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:10 PM by Izzy's | 2 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• Sheesh! (Lola Hoop Redo)

  Here's a lesson on BAD fabrication.... especially when someone's life could depend on it. I performed a “biopsy” on the Lola Formula Fords old roll hoop and the results were fairly scary. As a little background, the outside radius came to Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:17 AM by Izzy's | 1 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• Lola Formula Ford Rollbar Redo

  An interesting project showed up at our doorstep about 2 or 3 weeks ago. A 75 Lola Formula Ford showed up to have its main hoop and braces updated. (pic links coming soon) The original hoop had seen its share of updates over the years in an attempt to Read More... Posted Monday, December 13, 2004 6:44 PM by Izzy's | 2 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• Large item shipping

  We crated up the rollcage for the '74 BMW 2002 using 2x2's and 1/4” plywood. Total weight was around 100 lbs, 86 of which was the cage. The next hurdle was to find a decent price on shipping. After many online searches that ranged from the mid $150's Read More... Posted Saturday, December 04, 2004 10:02 AM by Izzy's | 1 Comments Filed under: Project Blog