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Here is my attempt to start a build thread on my ongoing project. It is a 71 Chevelle that I planned on swapping a ls2/t56 from a 2006 gto and into it. This is my 1st time building a car and I've learned a lot during this process.
I ended up using the Holley 302-2 pan and there stock position brackets. I also adapted the tunnel cover from a 1st gen Camaro to save time fabbing up the floor for my t56
I'm going to skip all the metal work, it took me a year to replace all the rust on the car. After I was satisfied with the floor, I removed the body from the frame and coated the body in spi epoxy.
I sprayed upol raptor liner on the underbody and I coated the entire interior with lizard skin.
I'm doing all of this out of a two car garage that only has room for one. So when the time came to take the body of the frame, I had to find a way to store it. I ended up building a simple body cart so that I could put the body in storage.
I was originally going to run an 8.5 10 bolt that came out of a 71 skylark but I found a great deal on a brand new 9 inch that came out of a 67 pontiac.
I installed the engine and transmission back in the car and I started to work on the exhaust. I'm running speed engineering headers which fit great and a used pypes 3 inch exhaust that I found on Craigslist. Because of the HPI kit I had to modify the exhaust a good bit.
It was finally time to sit the body on the frame with the upgraded suspension. I needed all new body panels for the front of the car so I decided to turn it in a 70.
After the body was mounted to the frame I installed all the front body panels on for mock up so that I can wire the car. I went with the AAW classic update kit for the car. I also installed a Denny's driveshaft, aeromotive stealth tank, Holley Frostbite radiator and Ford
Windstar fans.
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1971 Chevelle LS/t56 
