Full Size Pro-touring???
 

Any one building one to be different?
Impalas
Big buicks or Pontiacs
Chrysler
Ford
Full size trucks

Basically something other than 1st gen camaro or firebird?

I think my project is different & that’s why I chose this car to build.
It’s a ’71-’73 Mustang Fastback
This is my 1st rendering I’ve drawn just to give you an idea. (this is the 1st drawing I've done since high school)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...Concept_01.jpg

I'm putting togther an estimate for a 67 chevelle wagon with a aluminum brodix 632 and ATS and global west suspension with coilovers.

Rodger

We hope to have this car done next year for 2009! 1963 Ford Galaxie, 4.6 Mod motor, 4r70w trans, 9", Ridetech air ride, Rushforth custom designed wheels, etc, etc! :)

http://members.cox.net/dblegle1/Galaxie_rendering.jpg

Call Jeff a pioneer with this car,

http://www.schwartzperformance.com/cadillac.htm

It kicked a$$ before anyone called it pro-touring.

61 Bel Air baby! one of these days when Pro Tour is considered an old fad it might see the light of day! :)

There's talk of DW Motorsports doing a 67 Wagon soon too. Jason Rushforth is working on a rendering....

'68 Buick Riviera in the works...

http://v8tvshow.com/index.php?option...d=25&Itemid=75

You are so right! I am pretty sure Jeff caddy would still beat the $hit out of many fbodys as well :bow:

has anyone done a 50's or 60s caddy? Or a pro touring 62 bubble top 409 chevy

62's have been done, In fact Doug Schults built a bitchin 62 Impala Hardtop with a fuel injected 409 about 4-5 yrs ago. 50's or 60's caddy???... Although they are complete sex... especially the 61 Cad...those damn caddy's have enough sheet metal chrome to make a Peterbuilt jealous.

This link has some pictures on the 2nd and 3rd page of my 62.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...?t=9523&page=2

Larry, it's not "Full Size Pro-Touring", I believe the politically correct terms you are looking for is ~PRO-BALLIN'~ or ~G-Ballers~.

Holla




LOL!!!

Wow GREAT looking car man! I love the color combo!

Most know about my Caddy, which was sold a few months back.
Full size Ford under construction for 2008 HR Power Tour.
Twin turbo Boss 302. Tremec
Thanks

My '65 409 Impala is semi pro-touring. It is a numbers matching car so I didnt want to cut it up or change anything I couldnt easily put back. I built it about 6 years or so ago. Built 409, Richmond 5 speed, slotted/drilled four wheel discs, air ride technologies system, Hotchkis suspension.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...ImpalaRear.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...5Frontside.jpghttp://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d.../65409shot.jpg

Shawn I absolutly love that car! Any luck selling the other red car?

I love the 62, but i would love to do a 55 Cadillac coupe de ville. I know of one just sitting up here in northern california, never seems to go any where. I would love to see a 5000lb land yatch showing up cars half the size. I would say the thing that work against you would be the long wheel base and weight. Its just a idea I had and some may not agree with it but oh well.

Beautiful car! Very tastefully done! :bow: I like the fact that you went with a moderate size on the wheels. 16" looks just right on that :thumbsup: . I would imagine that this is worth a small fortune, being that 65 was the last year for that motor?

Jeff,

How are you handling after market brakes on the stock spindles? Or
are you using a different spindle? I saw from your web site that you're
keeping the frame/suspension mostly stock (with the Nascar heritage
duly noted), but companies like Baer & Wilwood don't support galaxies.
Are you using Mustang/Granada spindles? TIA.

I'm eagerly awaiting the completion of this car!

I wished I had seen this before I sold mine 3 years ago for pocket change.:lolhit:
Dammit man, That is an awesome ride....

On your air ride are you using bags? If so how do you like the ride/handling? What hotchkis pieces are you using? And if you had to do over again would you use air ride again? Would you stay with the bags or switch to the shock waves? Thanks for your reply

I know this isn't protouring, but the car was on air and with some serious mods this car could have been. This was my brothers car when he was 18-19 and I was 13-14 at the time. When I have the envision of building a pro touring caddy it's that body style. The car was ahead of its time interms of bagged caddys at the time. (2000-2001 circa) The car was bagged, body dropped 8 inches in the trunk area,4 inches in the trans tunnel,and 2 inches in the floor. It sat on 20 inch mondera davanti's,and had two 1950 buick super grills made in two one. (13 teeth in total)

We pulled up in front of your booth in 2001 at the august west coast nationals and laid the car out and Ill never forget everyones faces. It made the company dually look like it was lifted. The air ride stuff is for a way different purpose though. Air ride is handling and going low, not laying your rockers on the ground and going dragging. The car had terrible handling and rode terrible, but I miss the car because It brought my brother and I together.

I am building a 1962 chrysler imperial convertible. I almost hate to call it pro touring but it is more pro touring inspired. It is pretty rare one of 514 made so I dont want to do anything too drastic. I am looking into making up a big brake setup I would like c5 brakes but may go with some from a newer dodge daytona pickup since it is the same lug pattern. I am going to do some basic suspension mods to tighten things up. also looking into wheels and tires. I guess it would be kinda more of a retro mod if you had to call it anything. either way it's just something you dont see very many of.

I'm using stock spindles, we make our own one off stuff, when others don't.

Radlark- It is on bags from airride. As I said I built it about 6 or more years ago. It has the big red valves w/4 switches and large tank and compressor up on spare tire shelf in truck. It actually improved the handling over stock!! The Hotchkis stuff is upper and lower rear trailing arms and front swaybar. If I was doing it now I would probably do the shockwave if they have them for it. They are a good product.

Thanks to the rest for the nice comments.

Thanks for your reply I am looking to to do the shockwaves that ART have designed I am just awaiting the release of the kit.

We did all the fab work on a 52 caddy a few years ago with all global west stuff with coilovers and a four link. It had a ramjet 502.

We are working on a chopped 49 caddy fastback with a 2007 blown northstar with XLR suspension. It is pretty bad ass. I'm working with Fikse on some super cool wheels for it right now.

Neil Lea in Centre Alabama is doing bubble top for James Eudy, it will have an all aluminum 409 with a Procharger on it. It has a morrison chassis and it might be in Columbus this summer.

We are working on 4 67 chevelle currently or they are on the board for future work currently. So Full size Pro-touring is alive and well.

Rodger

one-off -> product?
 

I don't know if you could do it economically (there's just not that many galaxies),
but I have to think there would be a market for an adapter for something
common, like PBR calipers, to stock galaxie spindles.

The stock (65-67) Kelsey-Hayes 4 piston calipers are really good,
but few galaxies have the disc brake option (who wants disc brakes on
a 2 ton car?!). The common swap has traditionally been from 77-79 T-birds,
but those can't be easy to find anymore either.

While I'm ruminating... nobody makes a *easy* drop spindle for
early mustangs/fairlanes/falcons/etc. Fat Man makes a drop spindle
based on the granada, but you have to source parts from the junk yard, etc.
Not "easy".

Rodger!

Why don't you ever post pics of your truck?!? That thing is BAD@SS!!!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...17-2007030.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...17-2007026.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...17-2007021.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...17-2007020.jpg

Cab mockup before he powdercoated the frame!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...2-28-07009.jpg

John

What about the big truck in the background of the pics that John keeps posting of your badass truck? is there a link to that? What about some details? TIA:hail:

Snubby? That is a cabover with a blown big block for a guy in Hawaii. The big block goes behind the cab. It is more like trying help an injured puppy back to life. That truck was cut up by a guy with one leg longer then the other because the roof and door were miles off. We are having to redo everything. I never understand how somebody could think a door that does not shut is acceptable work. The customer had no idea either, I noticed the roof being off before we got it off the trailer.

Rodger, I got passed on a bridge last summer by a bright orange CO w/ a rear mounted blown BBC...scared the hell out of me when he nailed it in evening traffic! Those are pretty cool trucks when done right!!

Twin.... that is one sweet car man! By the way we are developing a new front kit for the 65-70's that will consist of a larger tubular lower control arm that eliminates the strut rod along with a new sway bar with posi link end links. We also have the rear stong arms....Super nice stuff for the big cars. It should be ready to ship within the next week or so.:cheers:

I guess you can't get more full size than this,plan is to fully shave,sucide the rear doors and run air ride all the way around.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...0/IM000783.jpg

I have had it for about a year and have started tear down,but a bigger project got in the way.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...lloween007.jpg
32X40 with heated floors.I should be back on track this summer on the build.

plan for the rear is to use this frame section to replace the rusted out section
4-Link Rear Frame

http://www.pulleyengineering.com/Cat.../4linkrear.bmp


and then use this for the suspension.
4-Link Rear Frame


http://www.ridetech.com/productinfo/images/ars13500.jpg

usin the ARS13500 system,haven't worked out the front fully yet,but it look like it'll be using some mustang parts,but I'm still working that out.

Great build! Both of them!:thumbsup:

John

That is what I have been saving my pennies up for!!! Woohoo!!!!!!:thumbsup: :woot: :cheers:

Sweet ride, nice simple frame design( frame rails it's self), that suspension is killer with the inverted bags on the rear. can't wait till its completed

It will never handle like a smaller car, but I still dig the look of my LCC. We used this to prototype a kit for the Lincolns, so it has all our ART goodies (including some electronic stuff I can't show off yet!)

Since the kit was designed I picked up a 5.4L supercharged motor and trans out of a Ford Lightning. It's not in the car yet, but it's cold outside so I can't drive it anyway. Like I said, at 5500lbs, it'll never out handle a Vette; but top down cruising is a nice respite from driving all Bret's cars.


http://ridetech.com/photos/13630T.jpg

Leno's Toronado certainly qualifies. I'm always disappointed in a car like that though that is a top notch build and gets a lot of press, then you never see it again. From all the articles I read they wrung it out one day at the test track , but doesn't sound like it was ever fully proved.

I would love to do a rear drive full chassis (stock they are FWD) '68+ El Dorado in black, but the only way I can justify the expense and time to do it right is to drive the car a lot when its done, and with the fuel situation I am just not looking at doing 5500 lb cars with big block motors anymore.