Thanks Jimi

Can't wait to see your car out there.

Chris's 66 Chevelle Win's DesMoines Goodguy's
 

Chris,Congrat's on your autoX win at desMoines.The chevelle was frickin faster than Sh$t.This thing worked awesome all week end.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Scott M.

Great vid, car looked super capable.

What was the top speed you hit there?

Well,I got a chance to see Chris and Lynda's 66 Bad A$$ chevelle in person this week end and WOW!! it's awesome.I want one just like it.We followed Chris & Lynda after Dinner Sat.night Seeing the car from the rear w/those hugh 335's out back sitting as low as it does,it is very intimadating.Way cool.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Scott M.

Scott

Thanks for all of the positive comments about the car. We are obviously extremely pleased with the results ourselves. It was great getting to meet you and Teresa this weekend as well. Never had a chance to talk to Kevin at all. We'll have to make sure we get some time at the next event.

Chris, you're really lucky to own a car buit by the RS, enjoy it, the video is so cool, and so is the car, congratulations!

I think we will be coming to Indy.Or at least I will.Hopefully we will see you there.:thumbsup:

Don't let Johnson see that, he might vapor lock on us!

I do feel very lucky to have a car like this. I owe a big thanks to Randy Johnson at D & Z Customs for building the Chevelle and passing it on to us as well as the Gerbers at Roadster Shop for taking it to the next level. When we bought the car from Randy last year we thought it was the coolest '66 out there. Never thought we would be rebuilding it a year later, but what a difference. The street manners with the new chassis and IRS are so much better and the stance is killer!

Getting out on the track in Des Moines...

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Ken

New shoes for Columbus!

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Those wheels look great on there. What sizes are they and the tires?

These are brand new from Weld Racing. RT-S 74s, 18" x 9.5" front and 18" x 12" rear. Tires are 275/35/18 and 335/30/18 Michelin PS2s.

Damn,I really like this car.!!.I am headed over to EBay to find one,RIGHT NOW.:_paranoid Chris the new wheel's are killer.What back spacing are you running on the front wheel's.:thumbsup: Scott M.

Scott

The Roadster Shop chassis has a more narrow track width from stock so my sizing may not be a very good reference for someone with a stock frame. The new Weld wheels are 18 x 9.5" in front with 6.6" bs. We had to run a small spacer as the exact sizing we needed was not available. The Kenesis wheels have 6.375" bs on the front, same size wheels. The rears are 18 x 12" with 7.6" bs.
Good luck Chevelle shopping. It would be really cool to see more of them out at the events. Helps balance out the Camaro population.

That is such a nice car.:hail:

SUCH A GREAT CHOICE OF WHEELS! :D :unibrow:

Man,I have to say it agin.I LIKE THIS CHEVELLE.What is so cool about Chris and Lynda's 66 Chevelle is it just look's like a real nice restored chevelle.No body mod's,it has all the beauitful trim GM's designer's gave it.It's got an awesome stance,But man it is quick,drive's and handle's as well as any PT car I've ever seen around a Goodguy's Autox.I can't wait to see it agin at the next GG.Great chevelle Chris and Lynda.:thumbsup:

Congrats...That car looks like a blast to drive. And congrats to the Roadster Shop for taking care of Chris and Lynda..

Awsome car.i wounder what front lip you are using on the chevelle.

christoffer sweden

Chris is running a complete R-S FastTrack IRS chassis under his Awesome Chevelle.The thing work's great.R-S really did there home work.:thumbsup:

ok maybe i used the wrong word:_paranoid i wounder what the black thing under the front bumber comes from it locks like camaro spoiler..

The front spoiler is from Spoilers by Randy. Check out his Ebay store. For the money you cannot beat it.

Chris it was nice metting you and your wife.

Car looks killer.

I felt out of place being next to your car and 2 down from marks.

Thanks for the nice comments. It's always nice meeting people from the forums at the events. You should never feel out of place when you are amongst friends either. It's all about getting your car out, whatever it may be, and enjoying it.
Thanks for letting me borrow a couple of tools as well.

same here. it was cool actually talking to and seeing the cars that are talked about on the forum. i was parked behind you with the 69 camaro. Hope you got the rear diff fixed.

bad94- it was cool talking with you too and thanks for the tire gauge.


thanks mike

Thanks for your help i orderd one from randy i hope it will come soon.

Stielow said he got to drive the Chevelle at the Heidt's track event and loved how the car handled. Really noticed how well the IRS worked going over the rumble strips in the turns...Congrats again guys.:cheers:

Thanks Charley

It was really awesome having Mark drive the car for a couple of laps. I probably should have let him try to catch James after Mary gave Mark the "you're number one" sign as they passed by, but I wanted to drive one more time. I'd like to see Mark make more than a couple of laps at another event to see how quick he could make this thing go. The Chevelle had already exceeded our expectations in every way and having Mark put his stamp of approval on the end result just seals the deal.
We started with what I thought was one of the coolest Chevelles ever, built by Randy Johnson at D & Z Customs, and the incredibly talented crew at the Roadster Shop managed to make it even better.
Thanks to all.

One of the nicest 66's out there
 

Chris, it was nice to talk with you and Linda again at GG's and at the Crown Plaza. You have, what I think, is one of the nicest Chevelles out now, really. I don't know what it is, but it just is. Maybe the "no frills," look that Randy gave it, or maybe its the killer stance that the RS guys gave it. Maybe its both. So clean, so understated, so nice.
Hope Tony and I can hook up with you two in Chicago, on your home turf. Looking forward to showing you what we've been working on :unibrow:

Nice to get some feedback from Mark, he knows his way around cars and the tracks too.

Man such a nice build, great work and love the stance!:thumbsup:

Latest update with a new video and some pics we put together of Chris' '66 while out testing the Chevelle IRS setup at EL Toro.

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Very nice.I really like this chevelle.:thumbsup:

Awesome video. Reminds me of Top Gear productions quality. Very nice car.

Great video, the car came out awesome.

Thanks!

Funny you should mention that as Top Gear US uses El Toro for some of their shoots!

I can't get over the stance. That car sits right.

Great video!

Is this car headed to optima? I sure hope to see it at the event. This car might be better than the green chevelle you build a few years ago.:thumbsup:

Sweet vid. Car is beautiful :thumbsup:

I love the 'simple', classic, vibe of this cars appearance vs. some of the other RS rides.
What happened w/the 1st set of wheels that were on there?