The plan is for a C6 based suspension (no transaxle) optimized for serious road course duty with a bored and stroked 650 hp 427 cid LT5 with a 6 speed manual. Not sure if anyone makes them already for the 1/4 mile guys, but a carbon fiber hood, fenders and trunk lid would be a good idea for these land yachts-:)
Allkar did a lot of chop work for me and really did a great job of nailing the look I want.

Skip


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Man! I'd love to see the faces of those AWD guys when you tuck up under them in the corners! LOL!

John

John,

Funny you should mention AWD...

I thought of that because of the cars you referred to having that edge, but I haven't looked into it because I have never heard it used in a racing application for a car this size.

I have it on my Buick Rainier V8 AWD and what I like about it is you don't know its there, but you feel surefooted all the time.

Like all of us, I'm enjoying the progress on your awesome build. :thumbsup:

Skip

Great looking 55! I love the PT look and the Nomad wheelwells on there. Subtle yet aggressive! Can't wait to see progress!

And that Lincoln is a killer cruiser! How bad does that big boat look?!

Thanks Jason,

Here's some more chops for the '55 fans out there in cyberspace...

I grew up looking at a '55 Nomad and that's the only style rear qtr. I'd have on my '55.

Also makes changing big wheels and tires way, way more doable.

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[QUOTE=morezl1s]Thanks Jason,

Here's some more chops for the '55 fans out there in cyberspace...

I grew up looking at a '55 Nomad and that's the only style rear qtr. I'd have on my '55.

Also makes changing wheels and tires a whole lot easier.

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Love them and the abbreviated quarter trim to clear the wheelwell is slick too! Looks like your biggest problem will be picking a color(s)! I'd love to see a few other subtle P/T styling cues peppered around that car to surprise people. Maybe a unique grille treatment, hood vents, spoiler or a diffuser coming through the rear bumper??? Just thinking out loud and i'm a firm believer in less is more but I look forward to seeing what other trick ideas you come up with!

[quote=JayR]Jason,

The plan is to add some of the P-T styling components you mentioned.
Not the easiest car to make some of those things work on. Rad Rides '62 'Chicayne' used those items you mentioned and they really flowed with Chevy's original design.

I also agree with the less is more philosphy, like Roy Brizio does whose car was used for the chops. I included it so you can really see the changes. The only thing we didn't finish was having the rear chrome trim strip line up with the ridge line on the front fender. The sky blue chop with the graphite wheels centers (borrowed from Dale Jr's Camaro) has that mod.

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I think I've posted this on here a couple of times... We built this 63 that uses all C6 drivetrain and suspension, and is powered by an LS7. I want to build a similar 67/68 Buick Electra 225 someday.

http://www.eckertsrodandcustom.com/t...rd/Corpala.jpg

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Nate,

What a work of art!

Much better pictures than at corpala.com which I've visited several times.
Any more you can post of the nuts and bolts of your company's car would be great.

Skip

There's talk of DW Motorsports doing a 67 Wagon soon too. Jason Rushforth is working on a rendering....
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Oh, OK. I see how it is. One broke-ass magazine guy screws together a halfway decent '67 Chevelle 4-door wagon and now that it's finally on the road, there'll be a slew of big dollar, super pretty, mega-powerful '67 4-door wagons invading the P-T scene to make me and my sorry ass wagon look bad.



In the words of Eric Cartman...

Screw you guys; I'm going home.


~SP~

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Gorgeous car!!!

How about a '64 (pronounced six fo) Impala with 'new age' 20x16 "Dubs"

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61 Bel Air baby! one of these days when Pro Tour is considered an old fad it might see the light of day!

I'm getting ready to start a '61 Bel Air too. I'm just starting to work out the details, but it will be a Pro Touring set up. Hopefully done in '09, we'll see. I can't wait for Pro Touring to become an old fad, I'm already there!

Steve,
I love that car... I've loved it since I first saw it in Columbus in the parking lot of our hotel.

The car has a killer stance tucking 20's love the color very nice:yes:

62 Pontiac grand prix still work on it looking for body parts?love those big cars

I call it more of a pro cruiser but I have a 71 mercury cougar xr7 convertible with a fi 5.0 and aod lowered, just purchased a procharger, 347 stroker kit aluminum heads, cobra intake and x-303 cam I will be building the motor this winter hopefuly installing it this spring I am also installing a 4 link with coil overs and Ron morris coil overs for the front and also 6 piston brembos for the front and a 8.8 with rear disc out of a 91 mark vii. Lots going on with it. I also recently picked up a 61 olds 88 bubbletop that i'm not sure if I'm going to keep it or let it go.

I love this car!!

Thank you guys! This remains one of my favorites I've built. This was the owners first "hot rod". He drives the hell out of it too. We are looking into changing it a bit this year so the car doesnt get "stale" or "old".

Ditto, I saw this in Colombus. Killer as always Steve!

I would be really surprised if Pro Touring becomes an, "Old Fad", because it is a logical evolution of the, "Sports Car".

Some of the nuances of Pro Touring might be considered a Fad someday, but I personally think Pro Touring is a, "Concept", more than a, "Style". Certain types of colors, styles of wheels, interior layouts etc. are always variable, but improving the performance of a car is timeless. It has been around as long as the Car itself.

Pro Touring to me is all about cutting edge technology being used in older automotive platforms. It's like a Black Tux, improving performance never goes out of style.

Colors, Striping and other Style oriented facets of the, "Pro Touring", Trend will probably be considered a possible fad someday, but even as far as Styling is Concerned, True Classy presentations rarely go out of style.

For example colors: Basic Red, Black, Silver, White and Yellow are baseline solid, "Timeless", colors like I mentioned before, a "Black" Tux is Timeless.

What are your thoughts?

Ty

Theres a lot of nice cars posted in this whoever asked the 409 was used tell mid year of 65 then was replaced with the 396.I did have a 65 impala ss vert with the 396 being a dumb 18 year old i wrapped it around a tree.