Wow, cool project. I hope your dad can handle the power your building into this car. The chassis looks so cool. Will definitely be following this build. I have to get a buddy of mine to follow this as he has an original Tri-Power 64 and says it's the hottest GTO out there. Don't think so now.
Best wishes on a successful project and a great present for your dad.
Well everyone here's a quick update on what's been going on with the car, we got back from SEMA and decided to go ahead and get started on this car. We ended up narrowing the trunk for a total of 10 inches, then widening the wheel wells 5 inches per side we also narrowed the under seat area 5 inches per side as well. Within the last week of being back from Sema we ended up doing all these modifications, which included hanging quarter panels narrowing the floors, narrowing wheel wells etc. We are trying to get the car back on the chassis as fast as possible. In a attempt to save some time on fabrication we decided to chop the rear frame rails off and redesigned them slightly. The rear frame rails are being narrowed roughly 2 inches per side, this allows us to re use a factory axle transition of the factory floor. While this does not need to be done to a RS chassis normally we are doing it so we can reuse the factory front floor pan area. I do not recommend an average Joe doing this, unless he has a frame table and experience in modifying frame rails. The only reason we are going through all this is we are after a completely stock appearing 1965 GTO trunk.
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1965 GTO convertible
2009 GM Design Award winner
Triple black with Subtle yet massive Modifications.
That should hold a serious tire in the rear. Cannot wait to see this car in person. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance to you on this build.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
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