I know you are excited
 

Glad to see you car heading in a good direction. I really like the pic of it in the grass...what a stance

I see you are not even drinking the unleaded stuff, but the full leaded version of the Corona

wow that looks real good what wheels are they? the stance is bada$$ looking. nice job so far .what color or colors? :yes:

OMG that looks sick! :hail: I need a new project '56 Bel-Air HT :D

That's not a car, that's a lawnmower. :D

Love the hatchet pic. lol

looking good......

-Paul

Thanks for the props, guys. Feels good to finally be in the mode again.

The stance in the picks will be final ride height. Rockers are 4.5" in front & 5.5" in rear off the ground.

As far as the wheels, they were designed and built by Mike Desmond. He had them on his Chevelle. He desinged a different style he decided to use. He is letting me use them as rollers. They actually ended being the same exact size & offsets I needed.

Question to all - I'm using 305/40-20's out back right now. Does anybody know off a wider tire that still has some height to it? I want to keep it atleast 29" tall. I still have alot of room for more tire but need height to fill the wheel well. I have checked all my sources with no prevail...

Thanks again-
Brent

Maybe be an episode for Monster Garage, huh?? :D

Your killing me Scott!!

Very nice. That thing is built like a tank. You may have to change the name from Nickelback to M-1. Cool.

Brent that is looking very nice -R

looks nice what kind of power plant your putting in there? and what color u painting it. im sure ill see you at some shows once its done.

Thanks!! The motor is already done. Shaver Racing built it. It's a reworked 502, Pro Topline heads, Hogan Intake, EFI etc.. It's very docile compared to some on this site. Motor made 586 HP & 614 ft lbs torque. I included a few pics of the motor & wheels I'm running.

As far as paint, it will be a wine color on the main body & nickel color on the back and roof. Hence the name Nickelback.

Thanks again-
Brent

Brent, that is over the top. Love the stance on that body type. Be real badd a when done. Quality guy = quality car, cool.

that will be a beautiful car when completed! good work

Man I love that intake and the valve covers... looks great!

who
 

Who is doing the headers and exhaust? Just curious who does that stuff in your neck of the woods?

Rodger

nice my uncle has a 57 he is building he is also has a 502 in it buts its the stock crate zz502 with a carb what kind of motor mounts are you using also let me kno how the headers come out becuase im sure he gunna have to have a pair made

Thanks again guys for the kind words!!

Stuart, I was looking at your post..Your # of posts were 666 on the day of 06/06/06. I hope you didn't jinx me!! :_paranoid

Rodger, as far as the headers. Mark @ Performance Welding in Foresthill will be doing the headers & exhaust. He is only 20 mins away from me. You do some killer work. I saw the headers you built for a guy with a 32 Roadster, Mike Perry, I think that's his name.. My buddy is putting the car together for him. You guys do some killer work.

Lt1 Chevelle, as far as the headers, not sure how modified your Uncle's 57 is going to be, but he may find a set that will bolt right in. The chassis I have is custom built. There are alot of factors as to why I need a custom set done. Once I get it back I'll post some pics with the body off the chassis that will show what had to be done.

Brent

Very NICE Brent. The stance is perfect. :thumbsup:

Hey Brent, good to see the car's progressing. I have been checking your site but did not see much updates... Now I know why. It is going to be a beautiful car. Good luck on the progress. Now that I'm local maybe I'll stop by sometime.

lookin good
 

Man that thing is lookin good. Should be an awesome ride. What are you running for the custom chassis?
I only asked about the headers because they are a fun project but a total labor of love, So if your gonna labor on the headers it might as well be on a bad ass car. And not to many people do it and do it with a style and function.

I have a few guys wanting a tube chassis for a 55-57 like I have under my truck with some C6 stuff. So I'm wondering want the custom stuff looks like.

Thanks

The Motor looks insane Brent, you are building the car I want to build next. :hail: (only I want a '56 HT)

Rodger-

I had Jim Meyer Racing build the chassis. I wanted a full round tube chassis, but he really didn't want to go there. So we agreed on using 2x4 rails & use round tubing on the cross members. We moved the rear suspension up in the car 5" over stock to get the car to sit as low as it is with a 30" tall tire, yet still have 3" of upward travel from ride height. Doing this though meant we also had to move the motor and tranny up 3" as well to keep the driveline angle correct.

There is a guy up this way that build round tube chassis' for tri-fives. He is set up to do it with LS-1 motors & vette suspension. I wanted a big block and with the Vette susp you have to run positive offset wheels. I really did not want to run positve offset wheels. I wanted to deep dish "Hotrod" look so to speak. A sacifice on my part I guess, cause I know the Vette stuff handles awesome. I enclosed a few pics of the my chassis & the round tube chassis. It's a nice piece.

Brent

wow
 

That is one of the best jim meyer chassis's I have seen. I love the look of tube chassis stuff. Rigidity though is an issue. But some design and though can make that happen. the tube chassis you showed is Mike Graham's. I guess he is trying to develop a square tube chassis for tri 5's through the guy who did his original chassis. We have done quite a bit with the corvette stuff in trucks, including C4 and C5-C6. You can narrow the width with some geometry refinements to work on the roll center. I narrowed the width of my C6 stuff under my truck to 60" and bought a custom rack from Woodward.

Well you latest project is lookin good, maybe if we both will finish our projects someday. I'm shooting for SEMA.

http://www.mbusa.com/media/images/ma...int_1_main.jpg looking good ricochet, what's the color on the interior gonna look like? if ya don't mind my input i would think a two tone color would be nice, maybe a black with a a black cherry suede and some white stiching

I'm always up for input..God knows I can use all the help I can get!! :D WE have a few ideas in the works for the interior. It will be nothing like the 57. Should be pretty cool though..Hopefully?

Thanks for kudos Rodger. I'm very happy with the chassis Jim put together for me. Jim is great to work with. I like the fact that he will work with you on building a custom piece. I'm very impressed with the chassis under your truck. AS far as SEMA...I'm not even going to try at this point. I'm going ot keep plugging away & with a little help I think I'll be done sometime next summer.

progress
 

nice to see you and i are back making progress...

keep the pics coming........you know i will

lookin good
radrambler

Thanks!! Actually feels good making forward progress for once! I worked n the floors today. I'm hoping by the end of the week I'll have floors done from the back seat to the bumper.

Nice to hear you're back on treack as well.

Congrats on the wedding!! Have you guys had the baby yet??

Brent

Not Yet
 

thanks ..its great to be working on the rambler again.
THE BABY IS DUE FIST WEEK OF OCTOBER.....Avery is HER name ....YES IM HAVING A GIRL .....help me lord. :lolhit: ....im thrilled ...cant wait till shes here....
ill be posting pics regular......

radrambler

Looks great Brent. I like the square tube/round tube combo better. The all round tube design just looks flimsy. It probably isn't--but it looks that way. Your chassis looks way more purpose built.

Thanks Steve. I'm really pleased the way it turned out.

Making some good progress on it now. I'll be posting pics later.

Well I had to dig this thread out of the archives!! Been along time since I have had any updates. Well here are a few new pics. I have the firewall, tranny tunnel, rear floors & trunk done for the most part. I still have to make some side pieces just in front of the tubs and weld in the trunk floor. Once I get the tank dimensions figured out I'll finish that. I'll be pulling the body off to send the chassis out for headers & exhaust in a couple weeks. At that time I'll put the body on the rotiserre and finish up what welding I have to do under it. Then first of Feb I'll mate the body back on the chassis, hang the doors, fenders & start fabbing the motor compartment. I have a solid game plan - just going to take awhile to get it all done. Everything is a learning curve - but I'm having fun!! Feels good again to have forward progress!!

Brent

Here are a few more...

Car Looks Great. Cant wait to see more of this Project. :thumbsup:

Looks great, Brent. :woot:

Progress is good, Brent.

Brent that is really looking nice. This calls for a...

:woot:

:thumbsup:

Alex

The progress looks great Brent, can't wait to see it further along... :thumbsup:

Brent, I knew you were into cars, and lots of them. However, when does it stop? My god... some of you people need rest, mental and physical. Another over the top car! This thing is way out of my engineering league. Too Much III?

Loooooooooooooking fabulous. :thumbsup:

R.P.