My Buick V8 going into a highly modified/customized Europa S2

[Mike Surber]

Thanks Guys yeah I really want it to look the part for the engine. I had gotten an Offy 4 barel intake but then found the 4 IDF set up & couldn't resist LOL My pistons & bearings came today so I can tell the machinist to go ahead & bore the block. He had a Harmonic balancer too that I needed. He's got a couple of old Buick 215s kicking around his shop LOL

[Mike Surber]

I have an Offy 4 barel carb manifold. But when I saw the 4 Weber set up I just couldn't resist LOL I'll probably get taller stacks too. I want it to look the part of a Can-Am or Lemans car. Going to be black with blue pearl in it & gold paint. Kind of a tribute to the John Player period.

[Mike Surber]

We have tiltage !!!!!!!! Today marks one of those mile stones you think you'll never get to when building a car. I cut the nose loose so it can pivot or be removed. When making the radiator support I put two heim/rose joints in the bottom. Then made two brackets & bolted them to the lower edge of the nose. Has two ball lock pins so easily removable. The lower edge will need to be reinforced when I make the new nose. Probably a piece of steel all the way across the nose. Now I can work on the lower side of the nose without getting down on my hands & knees. Besides gravity doesn't like to let mat stay up on underneath areas LOL So what ya think?

[BDA]

Very cool! That must have been a BIG project! Congratulations on your success!

[Mike Surber]

Rear section getting close. A few more days body work & it'll be ready too. I'd had them cut off & tilting some time ago. Then got the big idea of 15" wheels & tires. Because I wanted wide tires in the rear & you just can't get wide 13" street tire (not to mention only 6 1/2" wide rims. So I glassed it all back together till I got the body done for the wheel/tires I got.

[BDA]

I went with 15" wheels too but the funny thing is that there aren't a whole lot more options in 15" - at least in 195 and 205.

[Mike Surber]

Well this week I've been working on the nose. I didn't like the "Chevron happy car" look after I'd lowered the bottom side. So I added about 5" on to it & completely reshapes the nose. I've also redone the head light buckets to accommodate a turn signal light under the headlight. Also lengthened the lower edge of them & reshaped the outer edges. Will get clear covers over them too. There will be a round air intake on either side of the radiator air opening. They will be fresh air intakes for the cabin. But I'll probably wait to put them in until after I've made the permanent nose piece.

[Mike Surber]

Got the first coat of primer on the nose section. A lot of block sanding & priming yet before ready to pull mold.