E.rodz

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here is a couple of updates of this summers events!

power cruise 2014 ,drag racing,road racing and camping at the same time!





ended up winning the inovation award at the car craft nationals! and competed in the real street eliminator comp and ended up coming in 4th with this big boat!

Jimbo1367

Congrats.

nasty64

Those wheels look awesome! Beautiful build

E.rodz

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thanks for the interest there are so many changes to come so check back in from time to time!

thanks for the compliment lots more to come on this build so stay tuned in !

E.rodz

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wow i guess it has been awhile since I updated this thread! alot has changed since. upgraded the front A arms shock mounts,brake calipers,rotors,transmission,torque converter and more! drove it on the Hot rod power tour for a couple of days and back to the fifties hoping to run in the Optima street car challenge in august going to get back to the drag strip soon too.

made a tranny jack out of a air over hyd.cylinder and some casters that i had laying around it worked great!

gofastwclass

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I can't remember if this was covered, what spindles are you using? CTS-V brakes would be a nice update to my 61 Impala.

Envy

Hey, fellow Minnesotan here, I've seen this at Back to the 50's for a few years now, pretty cool to follow the build here as well. I've always liked the magic market theme, pretty sweet ride.

E.rodz

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stock spindles. it is bagged so no need for dropped spindles

thanks for the interest making chages a little at a a time so i can continue to drive it as i go.

E.rodz

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made it on the Hot rod power tour 2015 Madison wisc. to Champagne Il.and back with minor issues tried some auto x and did not do to bad. but definitely room for improvement!

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snap i cannot remember how to imbed video here is a link to autocrossing the big boat!

E.rodz

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it has been just and incredible summer with the car just awesome we have drove over 6,000 miles this summer and have drag raced,autocrossed,road raced,and attended some great shows all with my family! went on a road trip with some friends that set up a drag weekend 3 days 3 states 3 tracks and nobody can trailer there cars all said and done it was 780 miles round trip and finally got the car in the 11's !! on 20" street tires.

TypeSL2

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Just saw your car on Detroit Muscle. It was at a Street Rod Nationals show on the dyno. I told my wife that car looked familiar, and I had actually just found this thread again this afternoon. Crazy how that works.

James

E.rodz

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lol. everyone has seen it but me apparently! guess when you don't watch tv much you don't get to see that kind of thing. hoping to make more changes over the winter so stay tuned for that!

E.rodz

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got completely side tracked this summer just spent most of the summer driving the Belair instead of working on it or the Chevelle. i picked up a dream machine that i never thought i would be able to own in my life! it has consumed most of my free time this summer but it will pay me back with the possibilities of what this thing can do! i plan on making the inner wheel wells,tubbs,floor pans and so much more with it i feel so blessed to even be able to own one so i thought it would be the right thing to do is paint this thing up to look like the awesome machine that it is and refresh my airbrush skills and learn new ones. the big catch is it is fricking huge and sparked off another project of finding a place to put it !

KiwiStarChief

Cool murals on the sides, but excuse my ignorance; what sort of machinery is it?

Jimbo1367

pulmax??? plannisher ????

E.rodz

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lol it is OK most people have no idea what it is either. It is called a Pullmax it is designed for shearing and shaping sheet metal beyond your wildest dreams. Stay tuned for more on this.

yep. On both it is a Pullmax and can be used for planishing too.

Jimbo1367

It looks like your airbrushing skills are as good as your fab skills. GREAT. lol.

E.rodz

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Thanks for the compliment. i always try to push myself out of my comfort zone to help learn new skills and sometimes just pound my head against the wall asking myself why i can't think simple! because everything takes 10 times longer than it should.

1985cucv

this car is awesome great set of skills as well. ive got a 63 plan on twin turbo setup as well.

I live about 50 min south of madison so next year i really hope to see this thing if you come back there.

keep up the good work

E.rodz

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thanks for the compliment. looks like the Power tour is not going to be close this year so it will have to be somewhere else. good luck with your build .