Build Rockcod’s final ride, Morty the Forty

rockcod · Nov 11, 2025

Picked up the new bottle of shielding gas for the mig. Tacked the driver side together, still have a few adjustments to make and I will weld them up tomorrow.

I needed an extra set of hands to help support the fender while I notched the tube to fit the final piece of the fender puzzle. Since no one was home to lend a hand in the garage, I resorted to hanging it from rafters to help relieve weight on the notcher and vise.

rockcod · Nov 12, 2025

Made the adjustments on the fender/bib/hood. It was a battle to get the hood hinges loose on the cowl, but they gave up the fight and came loose. Tightened everything down and made a simple bracket out of flat stock for the power steering reservoir, leveled it and welded it in place. Still waiting on the ram to be finish so the steering will be complete.

rockcod · Nov 12, 2025

Eliminating the slotted and phillip head screws any chance I get.

rockcod · Nov 17, 2025

Yesterday I had a bit of a set back. One of the ends of the steam port tubing was puking antifreeze. I ordered a kit that eliminates the factory hardlines that run under the intake manifold. Suppose to arrive sometime today.

I did make some progress this morning, I got the hydro assist ram mounted. After several detailed texts from FC, double checking clearances, angles, grinding and prepping, I burned it in. Now to make the lines, before I pull it back apart to clean and paint the tie rod tubes, FC suggested to place a few tack welds on each side of the tube clamp to keep it from sliding.

rockcod · Nov 26, 2025

Now that the steering is done, it is time to move on to something else. Since I am waiting for some brake line parts to show up to make new lines, I thought I would do something fun. I’ve had this little siren stashed away for sometime now, removed from my last 40, I figured I would mount and wire it up. Who doesn’t love rolling code 3 (well, minus the lights) in their cruiser!!! Not too loud, sounds more like a cat getting through a grinder

rockcod · Dec 7, 2025

I received the factory GM throttle cable and racking my brain on how to adapt it to work with my pedal and how and where to get it through the firewall.

Ran a bunch of ideas through my pea sized brain and opted to drill a square hole in the firewall just below the booster. Utilizing a step drill and a file, I accomplished my goal of a square hole so the cable would “snap” firmly into place.

To achieve full throttle, the cable needs
1 3/4” of pull and I need to modify the Toyota pedal with a few bends, a couple of cuts, a little welding and it should work just fine.