Brian's '67 FAST TRACK Chevelle at the Roadster Shop - Page 3 - Lateral-g Forums

Roadster Shop · #21 12-07-2012, 12:39 PM

It has been a few months since the last update on Brian's 67 Chevelle. We have made a good amount of progress on the build and it is just about ready to head over for body work. Here is a look at what we have been up to on this build.

Started with the bumpers and wanted a cleaner, smoother look with out veering too far off from stock. (At the request of the great Kenny Davis, they will be chrome.) The stock bumpers on these cars fit like.... they were made for a different car. They hang a few inches out past the body and really do not follow the rest of the lines on the car too well. They are tight in some areas and have large gaps in others. They are high in some areas and low in others.

Before:

After: Also start of the new upper bumper to grille filler panel

Also decided to ditch the license plate area and smooth that out to create 2 distinct bumper openings. Again, trying to keep a smoothed stock look.

Another problem with the 66-67 Chevelles is that the bumper is too short and you end up seeing a lot below it. In this case it is the radiator, core support, and dry sump tank. We fabbed a small chin spoiler to conceal everything.

Also had to fab some new bumper brackets to get the bumper tighter to the body, eliminate the bumper bolts, and have clearance to go around the dry sump tank.

Roadster Shop · #22 12-07-2012, 12:43 PM

There was a considerable amount of work required to get it to fit close to the body and follow the lines it should. It was narrowed, raised, and brought in closer to the rear body. The corners were completely re-worked so the peaks were brought inline with the tail lights. Material was also added to maintain a consistent gap from the top of the bumper to the bottom or the car.

Roadster Shop · #23 12-07-2012, 12:45 PM

To smooth out the side of the car, the customer chose to eliminate the lock cylinders and use Kindig It's flush mounted smooth door handles

Roadster Shop · #24 12-07-2012, 01:00 PM

Also finished up a lot of the smaller jobs to get it ready for the body work phase.

Mounted the Peterson Dry Sump Tank and fabbed stainless upper and lower hoses to the Ron Davis radiator. Working on the cold air intake tube now.

Wrapped up the center console, steering and pedals.