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Old 05-17-2009, 09:38 AM
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After years of trolling these websites and collecting ideas and parts,i am finally going to start my project.66 Chevelle using a Howe stockcar front clip,morrison tri bar rear suspension,shortened 9in floater rearend with widefive hubs,front tubular upper and lower arms,tubular spindles,rack n pinion,widefive hubs,15 x 15 widefive beadlock rears and hopefully 15 x 10 widefive beadlocks up front,adjustable jacking bolts on every corner with 5" coilsprings. 2 x4 one off chassis w/ morrison style center member w/ exhaust cutout on the pass side and exiting in front of rt rear tire,nascar style.No rollcage some sort of a backseat, fully fabbed firewall and floor, no big $ items,383 stroker w/ a stick,4-5" rideheight,and massive tires tucked under.
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Old 05-17-2009, 08:19 PM
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Why no cage? I'm building a street car now, but I'm planning to do a cage, but I've struggled with the decision. I'm just interested in you reasoning as to why you're going cageless.

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Basically gonna be a art morrison max-g chassis which has outer rails and inner rails and alot of crossmembers making it plenty stiff.Also want the interior space not to be clutered by a cage and the body and chassis to be sep units,just a matter of preference Jerry,I have a full cage in my race truck,thats where its needed this is gonna be a sunday driver not a must.Later Rich

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Old 05-18-2009, 05:43 AM
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Sounds like a cool project. Keep us posted, Rich.
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Nice project, I love 66 Chevelles Keep us posted.
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Worked On The Car A Little Bit Over The Last Couple Of Months,front Clip Is Centered And Squared,front Suspension Mocked Up,fr And Rr Wheels Mocked Up,body Reassembled To Get An Accurate Fr Wheel To Wheelwell Centering So I Could Locate Rearend Centerline,art Morrison 3 Link Is Here And Mocked Up To Locate X-member,time To Lift The Body Off And Build The Chassis
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I'll be keeping an eye on this build
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Blue70,you have the car that I was looking for before I found this 66,your cars look good and thanks for the interest in my build. My shop has been real busy lately so not much progress over the summer,but I'm ready to get back to it.Rich
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Blue70,you have the car that I was looking for before I found this 66,your cars look good and thanks for the interest in my build. My shop has been real busy lately so not much progress over the summer,but I'm ready to get back to it.Rich
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I can't wait to see this project as is develops.




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