My '69 Chevelle/Winston cup car

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so now to set ride (frame) heights blocks will be set under the frame (behind the front wheels and in front of the rears) and wheels adjusted with the jack bolts on the coil springs on all four wheels

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so I took the whole thing apart and sent it to the media blasters....

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while the car was away I stripped all the paint off the cage and primed it....

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get the car back from the blasters.....worse than I had hoped but better than I was afraid....the roof and behind the bumper was trash.....so the body guy installed a new roof and shaved the drip rails ( an old Nascar areo trick)

[VA72C10]

Looking good!

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I cut the whole filler area out and fabbed new pieces....

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so all the above was last summer/fall.....since then that body guy flaked and I couldnt get in touch with the guy for the life of me.....I found another guy just this week who wants to work on the car so Im pretty happy about that....he's going to start off by replacing the drivers side rocker.

[Dieselwrencher]

Great progress, it's looking awesome!

[fun in dirt]

Very cool build...keep us updated!

[special-K]

I love it! Back in the '70s when all the rage was cars was jacked up cars,that were drag race inspired,I always wondered why yo never saw stock car inspired cars. I thought it would be so effin cool...and made a lot more sense than something you had to fight in the turns.

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been at it...need to use the stock rad cradle as it holds the headlight buckets etc....will use a thicker piece of material but you get the idea

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Finalizing the rocker reinforcement arrangement before final attachment.....this is the largest area where the body connects to the chassis.

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Battery location....will build a bracket for it

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Bought two new Sparco Evo Plus's (ouch$$) super comfortable and a pic of the driving position

[383Ram]

This is just so bad to the bone. Its an awesome build. I wish it could be the end to see it done (as well as I'm sure you feel the same.)

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engine.....pretty stock 400 sbc that I have lying around, 80s vette alum heads....was going to put it in a truck I had but I sold it.....Super Chevy had an Impersonator build where they changed the cam on one of these, put a set of Vortec heads and 9:1 made 420 hp and 525ft/lbs.....be a great low buck torquer to get the car rollin'....later build the bullet

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Originally Posted by 383Ram

I wish it could be the end to see it done (as well as I'm sure you feel the same.)

Lol....ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah!

[theastronaut]

Awesome project!!! I've always loved the 60's/70's Nascar styling and thought something like this would be cool, and here you've gone and done it!! Can't wait to see more!

[SCOTI]

Very cool. What are your plans for the wheel well lips? Flares? Nothing??

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Hey thanks for checking in.....

Its a stock car....see post #4

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Got the doors on and the front clip....rolled it outside in our insanely warm weather and took a pic

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Just got some Penske 7300 series shocks....current Nascar technology....Im stoked!

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Nascar Chevelle

Did a rattle can black primer paint job, mocked it up and rolled it outside

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Nascar Chevelle

Im really feelin' the flat black paint....its gonna' stay.....my wife is the spokes model

[Lippyp]

It looks very Mad Max like that but I have to say it'd look better with a nice shiny paint job and period sponsorship stickers so it looks like a proper racer.