I have a 4" cowl. Ouch. :_paranoid

Easy there Dave. I hear 'Race Car Sheek' is in up in NorCal...:lol:

On second thought, there's your next project @ Nick's - cut an inch out of the cowl!

Well, I am reverse-justifying my 4" cowl. It was there when I got the car. :D

But, I have grown to like it, I must say... everyone and their mother runs the 2" cowl these days. :P

I do love this 3" idea... and with that, back to the story of this badass car...

Here is a teaser update until this weekend after I finalize a few plans and loose ends. Car is being fast tracked to debut at GG Columbus and we have to get to Tracy's May 1 so things are going to move very fast from now on.

This is the start of what a Musclerodz wide body treatment looks like on a 67-68. By doing it way I have done the first step, you will not notice the rear is wider unless it is parked next to a stock one. We are also completely reworking the rear lower quarters and lower valance. More to come......

Mike looks killer :thumbsup:
Keep the pics coming :yes:

Looking good! What size rear tire can you run when the quarter is stretched like that?

Awesome Mike. I've been picture starved on this one; thought maybe it was going to fly under the radar! The fender stretch (width) looks really good....:thumbsup:

345 but could easily go bigger.

Awesome, on a 67 too...thanks Mike.

Looking good! :thumbsup:

We were waiting for you to post first. The lateral-G crowd is tough :lateral:

I like how you moved the light also.
It makes it much less noticeable

Thanks, that was the plan so you did not notice it had been moved unless it was parked next to another one.

Mike, Where is your shop located? I live in OKC and would like to come by and see you about a car.

office is at 2113 s santa fe, but I am rarely there. My fab shop is south of norman in the goldsby area. Give me a call and will give you directions.

Will do...

Guys ......I saw this car in person today and let me tell you .......It's gonna be BADD ......the amount of work is unbelievable ! I can only hope my car turns out 1/10 as neat as this one is gonna be . By the way very nice to meet you today Mike ..... appreciate the tour ! There is some really cool stuff goin on at Musclerodz and he treated me great on the parts I bought from him .
Tommy Lee

One of the things I really like about this approach, besides the beauty, is that you can run a wider tire on a wider track. Nothing scientific that I can quote on my part, but I just think it will run better on a track than a more narrow rear. Kinda like the width and stance of an Indy car. Any opinion on that?

Oh and...
:ttiwop:

13" wheels on a 345 PS2 :unibrow:

Hold your horses Ron! The sooner I finish it, the sooner you get spanked on the auto-x. So your ego might appreciate some delays.

The car looks awesome! How big of tire up front?

Well Ron that sounds like quite the throw-down challenge. :unibrow:

Yeah it does. Considering it's from Killer 'Nando (sounds like a guy from the movie Conan or Blazing Saddles but we know better :lol: ), I'll take that challenge. Besides he's the only guy on this site that rivals me in 'late w pics' and project delays. Plus his front end is waaay too heavy w that huffer...

But for that to happen:

- Fernando would have to unload all his show hardware. Winning!
- Fernando would have decide he's actually ready to nick up Mike's beautiful paint job.
- Fernando would have to figure out a way to unload his car off the trailer without scraping his exhaust!


I'll see you both on a track this summer. And not just AutoX, Fernando...:)

(Just don't invite Todd or we're all toast)

If I remember correctly the front tires are 275 /35 / 18 .

Good stuff Ron. I really look forward to seeing both these cars soon! Maybe August for the next Socal event that's brewing? :unibrow:

Sounds right. I would hope they are at least that wide with a 345 rear.

Thx Dave-O....didya catch the Charlie Sheen reference? :P

:rofl:

If Todd is there, I'm out with a blown head gasket ;)

hummm. Same concept im going for :( Mine will have some stripes on it too though

Fernando, when are you bringing it by? I want to check it out,need some ideas for the firebird:_paranoid

still aways out, we lost some of our help recently and shop has got nothing but crazy busy. Will be back on it full time hopefully first of august till its done

Mike and Fernando updates???

Come on Fernando almost "pe' na tabua" time :)

Been working on it this week. Planning on posting a few updates very soon.

:lol:

Mike is working his tail of on it - the wait will be worth it

Been over a year I see... what's going on with this one? Hopefully still going...

Still going, it just got slowed down a bit. We are back on it though and will start updating it here soon.

Cool, Mike. :thumbsup: