The Roadster Shop 57 'vert in the current issue of Super Chevy is really nice. Lot's of good ideas on it. I like the treatment on the exterior trim and also the front fenders have been cut short at the bottom and the rocker extended forward. It is a small change but looks great.

you da man too Kenny!

Thanks for posting pics of mine Jody!!


Frank-
The one you are talking about in the Eaton booth was built by Dutchman Motorsports out of Portland, Oregon. Although no recent pics on the site I posted a few I have. Owner is Todd - real nice guy. I dealt with them on my 57 and also my 55. If you have any questions about mine - let me know.

http://www.dutchmanaxles.com/projectnew57.html


http://gi159.photobucket.com/groups/...EMA2009034.jpg

http://gi159.photobucket.com/groups/...EMA2009035.jpg

http://gi159.photobucket.com/groups/...EMA2009040.jpg

Thanks for the compliments.
We tried to do something outside the box for a '57 convertible... 150 trim instead of the standard Bel Air trim, matte silver instead of all the chrome, and tried to slim down the monstrous bumpers as much as possible.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/Raw00012.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_0257-1.jpg

Very nice, love the matte silver trim, really tones the bumpers down to not look so massive.

Everyone has an opinion... I love that car, except for the bumpers :lol: They are ugly I think, but hey, the car was not built for me :thumbsup:


Jason

I think the entire car looks "lighter" than stock does. It looks great!
:thumbsup:

funny thing is I took that photo just to play with settings on my camera, figured out why pros only take photos of shinny cars with no hills or building in the back ground.

Not the prettiest 57 but I think I thrashed on mine a little more than most TriFive owners.

These are with my 18's and 19's so your customer can get some proportion ideas.

http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...s_last/s-3.jpg http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...s_last/s-1.jpg http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...s_last/s-6.jpg http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...s_last/s-7.jpg

Race Video from that autocross
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/B...evy_709382.htm

And a few of the fun bits, one of our TriFive C4 Corvette Suspension Chassis's
http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...sis_2/007s.jpg http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...sis_2/008s.jpg http://www.hotrodjim.com/immages/pro...sis_2/013s.jpg

-Russell

almost forgot this one, so I went in a little too hot, I had set the car up to understeer for the autocross, with a 115" wheel base and street tires (pilots) you can't get crap for lateral grip in a real tight autocross course and have enough room to calm down the slide so I had some big meat up front (275/40/R18) and I would run up to the corners, shut it down, rotate and punch it. But then the unexpected happened, they put this huge smooth loop in the middle of the course. The course designed has a thing against corvettes and the bigger cars and all of his courses were always really tight all the time. So I went in hot hopping to drift it, you can see how well that worked.



-R^3

While it wasn't exactly done in a Pro-Touring style, my father built this 2-door post car about 10 years ago. It's got about 15k miles on it since then. :) It's definitely more of a sleeper, but it has a full aftermarket frame under it with all of the amenities (AC, Cruise, CD changer, etc).

57 2-Door Post

Here are a couple of pics:

http://carbuff.homeip.net/57_chevy/full/image05.jpg

http://carbuff.homeip.net/57_chevy/full/image62.jpg