Beautiful Roadster and love the stance on that Nomad. That Nomad interior is very very tasteful. Nicely done! :thumbsup:

Here is a 61 Starliner that we just completed a custom Fast Track chassis for. We were able to build a driect replacement chassis that greatly lowered the ride height, can handle the John Kaase Boss 429 motor, accomodated a 12" wide rear wheel, and utilized all of the stock mounting locations with no modifications.

We have been uploading all of our custom chassis to a new section on our web site dedicated to the unique, custom, and 1-off chassis builds that we have done over the years. http://www.roadstershop.com/custom-chassis

Original car
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture218592.jpg

Original chassis
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture219613.jpg

Mocking up the body on the new frame in order to test fitment
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture219623.jpg

Completed chassis
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220142.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220164.jpg

Speed 33 looks killer guys! That rear end shot looks amazing!

Starliner look absolutly badass! :thumbsup:

Any updates to the Lincoln?

Very Nice.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I love that Nomad and the C-10.

Another busy week coming to an end. We have 2 new arrivals in the turn key build side. Both are very unique vehicles and should be great builds.

First is a 63 Fairlane. The plan for the exterior is 100% bone stock. We are having 1-off wheels CNC'ed to look like the original low option hub caps only in 18" diameter. This car is going to be the ultimate sleeper with a Jon Kaase Boss 429 engine with 8 stack EFI and Roadster Shop Fast Track IFS/IRS chassis.

Just getting started on the disassembly and chassis design this week.

Approximate ride height the customer is looking for.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ideHeight2.jpg

Disassembled and fixtured on a chassis table to start the frame build.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220395.jpg

Mock up of the Boss 429
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220325.jpg

The second is a 66 Suburban for a local customer. He really liked what we did with the 57 Suburban we did last year and wanted something similar. We are just going through the planning phase now so a lot of things are still up in the air. It is looking like a large cubic inch big block will be the power source. Currently trying to balance drivability with the big HP numbers he is looking for. Full Fast track chassis, 6 speed auto, shaved and smoothed exterior with a few subtle body mods that are still being worked out. More to come soon!

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220326.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220328.jpg

We were also able to wrap up the 70 C-10 and get that off to upholstery. Here are a few better shots of the truck than I posted last week. Still need to fab up inner fenders and finish the dress up on the motor when it comes back from upholstery.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220252.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220249.jpg

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Looking great, can't wait to see more pics of these builds.

Outstanding!
I really like the enthusiasm for each project that comes out in your post.

I love that C-10, can't wait to see it finished.

The Starliner was picked up last week and headed back to Michigan where the customer will be completing the car I will try to get some updates along the way or have them post some pictures as it progresses. it should be a reall nice build. Here are a few shots before it left.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220412.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220381.jpg

The fairlane chassis is just about completed as well. Final fitting the body on the frame adn designing a few of the crossmembers to clear the floor.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220497.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220498.jpg

Another exciting new arrival was dropped off when the Starliner was picked up. This has been a personal favorite for quite some time and we are really excited to have a 59 El Camino in the shop. This car will be getting one of our Fast Track production chassis for the 58-64 Impala's. Power will be from either a LS3 or an LSA. The owner is looking to have a reliable, unique, and fun daily driver.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220400.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220398.jpg

You guy's have some Very cool project's happening.Keep up the outstanding work.

How many projects do you have going at the same time?

Thanks Scott. We have a pretty good mix of projects going on. Eveything from 32/33 Fords, a few Tri-5 Chevy's, a few late 50's/early 60's cars, and a collection of Chevelles and Camaros. It keeps it different and exciting around here for sure.


Right now we have 18 active full builds going. There are about a half dozen smaller jobs like component installs, maintenance work/upgrades, and custom chassis design/installs. There are a few shop cars that get intermittently worked on and a few projects on hold around the shop as well.

i have abs system on my Charger, those are fantastic.

This will be a sweet ride with the Boss 429
 

I hope you can point us to where the owner might post some build updates.

Here are a few shots of the interior on our C10 truck that just came back from upholstery yesterday. We wanted to keep the interior inline with the exterior of the truck. So we started with Stock 70 Chevelle buckets and the original factory center console. The seats were slimmed down and then bolstered more than the originals. Everything was then wrapped in black leather with hound's tooth inserts in the seats. A few more details to wrap up and this one is completed.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220249.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture220828.jpg

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Nice! And best of all - it looks just like something the factory should have offered.

As usual -- just superb.:thumbsup:

Very Nice those seats look very comfortable.

Timmy likey! build thread please!:woot:

The interior on the C-10 looks awesome! Can't wait to see this one back on the road again.

Truck turned out fantastic. Like Weld said, just like GM *should* have done it.

What wheels are those?

I like it.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

very nice killer job!!!!!!!

We are working on this new math equation for our C10 before the Optima Faceoff at Road America: 345 x 4 = ?

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...%20C10/c10.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture223602.jpg

This little guy showed up today also - :unibrow:

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture223608.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/DSC_0054.jpg

wow that is some engine....Who makes it?

WOW!!!!! But we need more than just a picture :yes: Come on! I think I will be in your area next week, I need to stop in and check that out?

The motor is for a pretty cool project we are working on:

http://www.delahayeusa.com/bellafiguracoupe.html

http://www.delahayeusa.com/bellafigu...dstershop.html

The motor is a V16 loosely based on a BBC design. Heads and intake are LS based but re-worked for more HP. Cast aluminum block, crank, pistons etc. There were only 2 of these in the world which were built for an offshore power boat. They were originally around 1700hp and pushed the boat to a record close to 200mph but this one has been de-tuned to 1000hp for the car!

Thanks for the extra info. I love it....we will require a video when its running.:thumbsup:

That engine is wild!! , truck should be blast as well with those grippies

We ended up getting a little carried away with this truck recently. The original plan was to build it as a a cruiser with some AutoX capabilities. Our Mustang track car is not completed yet and needed something to play with for the beginning of the summer so....

We pulled out the 400 HP LS6 and replaced it with a 565 HP LS3. Pulled out the 9" and installed a Speedway Mod Lite Floater with Wave Trac posi. Changed the 225 front tires to 345's and the mini-tubbed the bed to replace the current rear 295's with 345's as well. Adding almost 10" of rubber to the front end of the truck should make a pretty significant difference!

That looks pretty wicked Phil :hail:

What the....how the....why the....:faint:

Sounds like you're stepping that truck up a notch. Put that Boss9 out of the Fairlaine in it and it will really run.:rofl:

A few more updates on the C-10 now that it is just about wrapped up.

Out with the old.....
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...10/photo-1.jpg

In with the new... Turn Key Engines 585 HP LS3 and TKO-600. And a little bit of tire in there as well!

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture223661.jpg


New Speedway Mod Lite floater with Wilwood 13" brakes.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...10/photo-2.jpg

Mini-tubbed the bed to get the wider tires int eh back and then finally got around to bed lining it for a nice clean finish.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture223623.jpg

345/30R19's on Forgeline's on the front. Full turning radius, no modifications to the body or suspension, and 13.8" of rubber on each side!

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture223667.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...10/photo-4.jpg

A nice comparison of the original front tires and the new front tires.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...ture223701.jpg

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