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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 05:53 PM
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When I bought it a month ago

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The car leaves for the chassis shop tomorrow. TCI front clip and a custom round tube moly chassis thoughout. The plan is a junk yard L59 swap with a S480 BW turbo. Hoping to make 600 with motor stock (but I need more education on this) with a CK performance Billet 200R4, a 315/60 drag radial and a 430 gear. Wish me luck.
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 05:58 PM
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Wow nice work. No time wasted I see.
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 06:19 PM
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very nice , update frequently , would like to follow along
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 06:25 PM
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Man, no kidding about not wasting time. Didn't even bother to rinse the gunk off first.

Were the floors rusted out or did you need to cut them to make room for the chassis?
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 08:06 PM
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Sadly, the car was clean, very clean.......er I mean solid! But, I hate rusty body work, so I searched for a while to find this one. No rust. Lots of dents and checked paint, but no rust. The floors needed to come out for the chassis work. I have asked the builder to follow the general shape/height of the original floor as best as he can. I will be keeping a back seat in it for my daughter, hence the reason I left that stich of panel to allow the builder to reference off of it. Hoping it will come in under 3000 lbs all in, and at 6oo +, it should move rather well.
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 05:25 PM
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Nice, will be fun to see this one come to life!
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 06:51 PM
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Off to the chassis shop today

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Its home for the next 3-4 weeks

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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 08:09 PM
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The car looks to be maybe a 65 Chevelle?
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 08:14 PM
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65 Chevy II SS.

Wheels on order.

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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 06:37 AM
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Wish u luck man! Good stuff bro!
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Old Mar 1, 2014 | 02:17 PM
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Slow with the updates

Car at the chassis shop
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Good luck with the build man, just remember, there is no such thing as "I spent too much for this project" when it comes to hot rods....

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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 12:14 PM
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Well, I had a hernia fixed and March break rolled around, so progress was a little slow, but we are moving again.

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Chassis fab has begun...........

Rear housing just before back braces go on.
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Beginnings of the moly round tube chassis ..
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Was that Laparoscopy or DaVinci?
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 01:11 PM
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Awesome work so far. My dad had a 64 Chevy II SS way back and is still looking for another to this day.
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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Laparoscopy. Hurts like hell when they go through the belly button! Doh!!
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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mufflerguy
Laparoscopy. Hurts like hell when they go through the belly button! Doh!!
Yes it does. I had my gallbladder out and they punched a hole in my belly button and in three other places. Couldn't get comfortable to sleep for a couple of weeks.
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 11:44 AM
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Front suspension is on and rear housing fab is done. Starting to look like something.

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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 05:11 PM
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Some more progress on the rear suspension. He was just finishing the ARB as I left. I'll have pics of that later.

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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 08:10 AM
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Well its been a long time since I posted. Haven't got as much as I'd like done as summer time is my busiest custom fab time of the year, and that's what finances my build, soooooo mine sits. Here's what I have gotten accomplished since my last post.

Unfortunately this is busy season, so I'm not sure when I'll get back at it. This Camaro is up in the air right now, and the tube chassis 34 is coming Saturday. It has a Camaro supercharged lsa, and 6 speed pulled from a wrecked 2013 Camaro.

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