Somewhere around 700 rwhp is more than enough.

Floors, firewall, and trunk look great.

Jody,

That's a super clean car to start with!

Andrew

That's good news Jody. I know that makes you happy to have one less thing to deal with.

Jodi,

I am so excited to see this project and looking forward to all of your updates !!!!

On the inside and underside. Wish they would have treated the outside the same lol.

Why do I picture some old lady driving your car looking thru the half moon of the steering wheel? lol

Floors look in great shape nice place to start. If there was anything I wished I had known when I started my build was get the best car you can find for a starting point. Going to be sweet.

Took the dash and wiring out this morning. Somebody left me a tip... :G-Dub:

No surprises under the gas tank.

I mean, what'd you expect Jody? :lol::lol: It's a California car. Most of those are always a great starting point.

Now I'm at the beauty part of beauty and the beast. :thumbsup: This week I should have enough stuff arrive so I can start test fitting the chassis and drivetrain.

Jody, that $5 looks to be an old one. What’s the date on it?
The 12 bolt in this car must have been swapped in? Interesting...

The bill is from 81. I didn't think the 12 bolts were hard to find in these, my buddies 72 small block non-SS had one too. I can't say for sure, but other than radiator hoses and an aftermarket radio, this car has no mods. At least it's something I can sell to buy more parts. :idea:

Got the Baer brakes yesterday so I did a quick mock up so I could get the front wheels on and the chassis on the ground. Everything fit perfectly, no drama or "hotrodding" required.

Next up I'm going to pull the body off and get it on a rotisserie to do the inner tubs and cut the tunnel for trans clearance. Then get the body on the new chassis and finalize engine placement with the adjustable motor mounts.

Looks so good


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Sweet Jody!! What are your wheel specs?

x2..... And Tires? Looks like 315/335's?

Wheels are 18x9.5” w/5.875”bs front, and 18x12 w/6.25” bs rear with a 57" rearend.

Tires are BFG Rivals 275/35 up front and 335/30 rear.

Love the wheel design. Simple yet stylish. Not to mention FAT! Good lord those rear tires are wide.

Not taking long at all to get it rolling! Looks great... And yes... Those rear tires are huge! [emoji106]

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Moving fast!

Andrew

Jody what transmission are you running?

Glad to see it's finally starting to take shape. Going to be sick!!

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God dang that is awesome!

It's a Magnum T56 from American Powertrain.

Waiting on parts, so I figured I'd get some of the dirty work done for Painter Jim. Removed all the undercoating. I have some ABC Performance tubs coming so I didn't spend any time striping the inners. Next up is to do the tub swap when they get here later this week. Then I can set the body on the new chassis, figure out how much of the tunnel needs to be modded for the T56, and set the final engine position.

Looks great to me. Is there any rust repair needed to the lower panels?

There is a very small area behind the drivers rear wheelwell, other than that it's just dents lol.

Great progress Jody...

Looks great!

Congrats Jody, it’s shaping up very nicely! I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I started with something that nice! Keep the updates coming...

Great update,
Looking forward to see how the tunnel mod is done

wow another almost rust free Chevelle! car looks like it is coming along great! here is a link to a transmission tunnel modified to run a t56 you might be interested in on saving some time!

https://www.tinmanfabrication.com/in...rod/prd164.htm

The bottom looks really clean. Looking forward to the build.

Well, the Hooker turbo manifolds clear but too close to the Roadster Shop frame for my liking. So I found Zach at GP Headers. Super nice guy to work with, custom stuff is NOT an issue with them, and turnaround was only 2 weeks. Welds are beautiful and looks like it'll fit nicely, but won't know for sure until I get my front drive and fender/radiator setup on later this week. If it needs tweaking he'll handle it. Pricing was also very good in my opinion.

Hot Dam !!!

That looks awesome.

Wow that is looking hot!

Well, that doesn't suck!!

Wow, sexy!

that is some sweet stainless work!!!!!