Pushing into the Fall of 2021 I was getting a little discouraged. So to pick up my spirits I hung a bunch of parts on the car to trick my brain into thinking we were getting something done. LOL 
By October 2021 the Fellas at Rhodes race cars finally sent me the rollcage parts. So that gave me a boost in ambition to really get some shit done.
Trying to duplicate the cage based on black & white pics of the Owens Corning and Chapparal 70 Camaros.
Meanwhile 302 engine is at my engine builder Ryan Rahjes shop and the crank was junk. Order a new one from Eagle and 10 months later nothing.
(All blamed on Covid)
Finally found one in the Pacific Northwest.
Fall of 2023 I ran out of steam. I was tired of all the Fab work. You know, everything is an all day project. Wears a guy down. I rolled the 70 into the trailer on the rottiserie and decided to do the LS swap on my $800 87 IROC-Z.
After the IROC LS swap I took the next winter to do the 6.0 NV4500 swap on my 77 Cheyenne K30. LS swaps are fun but the 70 was calling from the trailer. My goal since I got the 70 was to be on the track with it by my 60th birthday. Well thats coming this Saturday so I better get back to work. 
Bring the trailer around and unload that old Camaro.
October 2024
I think what helped me get going again was scoring an original set of 15"x8" late 60’s early 70’s mini-lite wheels. Old A sedan guy found them in his attic.
Winter is usually when I get a lot done in my shop. I’m a Framing Carpenter and we usually get 3 to 6 +/- “Snow Days” when we don’t even go to work. Usually I just go out in the Garage and work on my Hot Rods.
Back to cage Construction…
Back to cage fabrication. The hardest bar to bend dreaded dash bar.
I don’t want the straight dash bar over my knee caps like the Chaparral Camaros.
After the dash bar I could get the down bars that blow threw the firewall down to the sub-frame but I needed to get the sub-frame welded and installed.
I’ll need to mock up the engine to locate it and layout the exhaust carve outs in the floor. Of course I have a early 70’s set of Hedman Headers from my old friend David Dirks.
