Saw your website tonight.
Looks like it was quite a project.
Welcome to the C3VR.

Thank you, Thank you all
Too make a long story short. I restored this vette to a rolling chasis, completely stock, except the bigblock motor. Then I started hanging out at a local drag strip. I was blown away . I thought I already have the horsepower why not build a strip car. Anyway I took a sawzall and cut the car in half. Welded a new crossmember in, put a narrowed dana 60 and 4 link suspension, with 16" wide slicks. I got the body back on and pretty much got to the interior and gave up. This car was a work bench/conversation piece for about 5 years.
Then last summer I took it to a car show to try to sell it. I had alot of interest, but when people looked in the car and saw the ground, they would always say it was too much work to finish the tub work. So my wife told me to finish the tub work and try again next summer.

I have now finished all the tub work and added all digital gauges, remote shaved door handles, and alot of the interior is done. Pretty much I just need to buy seats and thats the last major purchase left.
My wife should have never told me to finsh the tub work cause I have no intentions of selling it now and it will be on the street next summer.

|UPDATED|11/18/2004 9:01:44 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

Welcome to the pack

welcome nice ride

whoa, nice car. welcome.

Very nice.... welcome

Your ride looks like what the saying on Silver69's license plate frame refers to - "Sit down, shut up, and hang on...!!!"
Welcome aboard...!!!

Hers most of the components of this Heap we call Daddy's Dette
When my duaghter was about 2 she would point to the car and say thats my Daddy's Dette, so it kinda stuck. I've only got about $25K in purchased parts. It's only money..Right?

This is mostly what I have in this ride:

Motor :
427 bored .03 over for 432 CI - 4 bolt main block
Bottom end
Milidon oil pan
heavyduty oil pump
Fordged heavyduty balanced 396 crank
GM heavyduty balanced connecting rods
TRW L2268 domed pistons
Heads :
GM pass 8872702 heads w/ mods
Crowler lifters
Crowler 3/8 heavyduty pushrods
Crane gold annodized roller rockers
Top end :
Edelbroc dual quad Tunnelram w/ copper gaskets
(2) Holley 4780 dual feed double pumper special carbeurators
Rodware Chrome scoop
Oxley Sideway Holley Linkage


Misc motor components:
Edelbroc Aluminum High Volume Water pump
Ron Davis Aluminum Radiator
Aluminum Pulleys
½" Dia. Aluminum fuel line
RCI 12 gallon fuel cell
Holley blue fuel pump
Perma-cool fuel filter system
Headman large tube headers w/ chrome cera-coating


Transmission:
Powerglide
GER Aluminum Poweglide w/ transbrake & scatter shield
GER 9" 4500 Stall converter
TCI Aluminum Shifter

Wheels & Tires :
Front :
wheels - Centerline warriors 15 X 4
tires - Goodyear Frontrunners 26 X 4.5 X 26
Rear :
wheels - Centerline Warriors 15 X 14
tires - Goodyear Eagles 32 X 16 X 15


Suspension and axles:
Front suspension :
all stock components replaced with new everything
spindles bored for 1/2" lugs
lowering springs
Rear suspension :
Chris Alstons Chasis works 4 link
Chris Alstons Chasis works #130 springs with Monroe shocks
Chris Alstons Chasis works 1 5/8 round tube frames
Narrowed Dana 60 - 3.55:1 with 35 spline spider gears and Ford ends
Dutchman 35 spline axles
Oxley Titanium sprung wheelie bars


Electronics:
Ignition:
Mallory Unilite Distributor
Mallory Promaster SuperCoil
Other electronic components
Painless wiring fuse block
Perma-cool Twin high CFM Fans
ProMaster Hi Torque Mini starter
Oxley custom switch pannel
Optima jell cell 12V battery
Nordskog Digital gauges
Spal Remote entry


Misc purchased components :
Fly-Wheel scatter shield
Tranny scatter sheild
3" Chrome Muffler side pipes

|UPDATED|11/18/2004 11:59:40 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

Most impressive! Welcome.

JR

good looking car sounds like a lot of work