Garage built Cars???

[cantcatchmitch]

lead, that vert is looking good! im more the drag race kinda guy myself so i really dig that look, although the stance on the hardtop is absolutely killer!

[69c4x11]

We hit a stride on this thread for a while !!! All right, hit it again with updates on some of these cars ??? Don't let this Homey- Boyz thread die !! { i would update mine, but the patio project from hell is ongoing},I at least finished all the sheet metal, gas tank , in the trunk area, and got the Fhat-mat down,, in my Nova,,

[wellis77]

Just a list of parts a half-mile long waiting to go in...

[Beach Cruiser]

Working on the ls1 harness, havn't learned yet how yo post pics from my iphone

[jr4452]

My car will be all built at home by me. I plan on doing the paint myself also, but probably will rent a paint booth to do it, the wife will kill my ass for stinking up the house... AGAIN. ha ha... I have some pics on the project updates forum.

[Rod P]

My Car (project Plain Jane/1sickT8) was built completely at home purchased for 100 dollars, built in my 2 car garage, in 14 months time





I built the motor myself



transmission



body panels



electrical



interior



rented a both for the Paint and did the stripes at home



Car Name

Plain Jane / 1sickT8


Suspension & Brakes;

Hotchkis 2" Front coils
Hotchkis 1.5" Rear Leafs
Hellwig Hollow rear adjustable sway bar
Hotchkis 1-1/8", Hollow Sway bar (front)
Hotchkis Machined Tie Rod Sleeves
Hotchkis Sub Frame Connectors
Hotchkis Rear Shock Tower Brace
Hotchkis Chassis Max Handle Bars
Hotchkis Premium Steering Rebuild Kit
Complete welding of all seams on the factory sub-frame (for strength) and then Glass shot peened to reduce torsional chassis stresses (Peen-Rite)
Global West aluminum body mounts and stainless sub frame bolts
Global West 6 degree Upper tube arms
Proforged Tall upper ball joint
DSE lower Arms
QA1 single adjust shocks Front and Rear
AGR 12.7:1 gear ratio Billet power steering box
ARG high volume steering pump
Derale Power Steering Fluid Cooler
Magnefine Inline power steering Filter
Corvette front brakes, caddy rear brakes
Coys C55 wheels 17x8” front 17x9” rear

Engine;

Seasoned, GM 350 engine Bored 30 over and surface Decked (010 4 bolt block) and stroked to 383
Cast Flat Top pistons(2 Valve Reliefs 10.7:1 w/64cc heads)
ARP Main Bolts
ARP 134-7901 Oil Pump Driveshaft
Melling M55HV (high volume) pump with matching pick up tube for oil pan
Patriot Racing Heads 64cc CNC ported
Comp Cams Roller rockers and Comp Cams Hardened Push Rods
Holley Street Dominator intake
Edelbrock 1406 carb jetted (.098", .101", .071"x.047 orange middle hole) or for race events a Holley HP
wilson Carburetor Spacer 1”
Holley Red Electric Fuel Pump
3/8" Stainless Steel Front to rear fuel line
1 5/8 in. Holley Headers
Safety wired header bolts
2.5” Mandrel bent Aluminized Exhaust Front to rear with H Crossover
HITACHI Mini Starter (high torque)
MSD pro-billet dizzy
MSD 6AL box
Accell 8.5 Ceramic plug wire set
Prothane's poly urethane engine mounts and ARP engine mount bolts
ARP stainless engine complete bolt kit
Made 4 You spark plug wire holders
Be Cool Radiator
Aluminum over flow bottle
16” Electric cooling fan and aluminum fan shroud
Spectre Air Intake box
Spectre aluminum pulleys

Transmission

Richmond Super T-10 is a four speed (1st gear is 3.42, 2nd is 2.28, 3rd is 1.46, and 4th is 1 )
T-Rex no jump second gear slider
Prothane 7-1604 transmission mount
621 bell housing
Zoom clutch
Centerforce aluminum Flywheel 158 tooth
ARP Flywheel Bolts
Hurst/Indy 4-Speed Shifter (7 1/2” tall shift arm)
Lakewood shift fork
Lakewood pilot bearing
Stock balanced Drive shaft with Currie Enterprises U-Joints
Factory 8.2 10bolt (3.08 ratio)
Trunk Mounted Optima Battery

Interior and exterior

Corbeau Forza seats
Morris Classic Concepts 3 point seat belt
Talbot Vintage racing mirrors
Detroit Speed and Engineering 7 speed wiper kit
Detroit Speed and Engineering 68 RS electric headlight Door update kit
Billet RS grill kit
Tri-Bar Halogen headlights
LED Tail lights and front turn signals
Ride Tech/Air Rides billet fuel cap
American Autowire Classic update kit full car harness
Auto Meter instruments
Covans Classic dash panel
Cool IT thermo tec insulation
Southern rods hot rod heater (smoothed firewall) with custom single switch control
Grant GT steering wheel

and then Daily driven and Tracked (below Plain Jain Hanging with Jenny Craig and Sucker Punch)

[Mrfixit]

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Do you have any more pictures of your beautiful 68? love the hockey stick stripes. In one picture you show an orange dash and another a black dash. Which way did you go?

[RussMurco]

The only thing I've ever had done on my cars by someone other than myself is paint, AC work, and alignments. Everything else was done by me, and until a few short years ago in a single-stall apartment garage! I still want to do everything myself but time and energy are becoming more scarce then before.

I'm still no body man so the new Firebird project had one big stipulation - the car had to have clean - straight sheet metal to keep paint and body shop expenses to a minimum. Although it will still be built in my home garage (a detached 2-car affair) I still have access to an incredibly well equipped machine shop with digital scanners, numerous CNC mills, an engine shop, dynos, and other tools so I guess I'll be blurring the lines between home-built and pro-built, but the results are not in yet so we shall see! lol

[69c4x11]

Bump!! Keep-um coming !!! PS -- Roll Tide!! Mobilehomers. Beats the Crap out of the Goldendomers !!!!

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