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Thanks for all the reply's, and suggestions.

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

I have a '67 RS/SS and faced the same dilemma. My decision was not to cut up the body, and only to do mods which could be easily reversed.

I have a '68 which has been minitubbed, and for a variety of reasons - not the least of which was trying to avoid any tire rub under any conditions - I'm running 295's out back. However, they'll match up well with the 275's up front and what I'm going for is good balance and handling, not the most impressive look in the parking lot. That said, YMMV.

We apartenly are in the same boat, sort-of. I started out only wanting to do modifications that can be reversed as well. That's the reason I got another sub-frame. Having owned the car for 26 years, I just have a hard time going at it with a knife (or plasma cutter in this case). Believe me I'm not afraid to cut a car up. This is just my baby.

I to have a 68 body that I plan to do a full on Pro Touring car out of. It was a tub chassis drag car that I bought with plans to redo the cage and chassis and turn around and sell. But have since decided to build a pro-touring car out of. It will have complete tube chassis and all in it.

Originally Posted by John510

335s on a 18x10? You mean 18x12 right?

No they are 18X10 with 335's. The customer bought his own wheel and tire and I'm just building the car to fit them.

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

Obviously you are not going to sell your car any time soon so I say do what makes you happy. Its worth the time and money. Plus the DSE tub looks stock if done properly.

I agree, I will never sell this car. But every time I mention mini-tubing the car, my friends threaten to cut off my arms. LOL

Originally Posted by clill

This is coming from someone with both Pro- Touring and stock restored cars. If you had a Z28, COPO, L78 etc I would say to leave it alone and find another car to cut on. But you have a RS 327 ? I would make it how you want it but don't start until you have a plan and the funds to do it. Once you start you need to finish or it will be one of many cars that are all apart and sell dirt cheap.

I agree, it's not a super rare car, that's why I'm going to modify it. I do have a plan, and have been acquiring the parts. I want to have everything at the shop before I start, because if it takes to long, my ADD will kick in and it'll be over. Ask me how I know.

Originally Posted by XLexusTech

How does you shock tower and inner wheel house look? those are two common rust areas... if they are hurting then Mini Tub makes sense.. ( this is what i ended up doing because my tower's were shot.

The car is solid. When my parents had the car redone back in 1990, the only rust was around the rear wheel well and the body shop patched it up. But you are correct, I haven't dug into the shock towers to see how well there are.