Introducing Project Sabre, 1971 Cutlass S Pro-Touring car

[BulldawgMuscle]

Thanks Fernando! We're in the parts acquisition/mock up stage right now, but we have a pretty tight schedule for the build so its going to have to move pretty quickly.

From Sparky:

Throughout the build, we are going to update what we've spent on various parts. We want this build to be able to be replicated, so the prices we pay will be what are available all over, rather than just a one-in-a-million deal that no one will ever find again. We will also list the parts we use on Sabre, as well as the companies / locations where we purchase them. The best part will be early next year starting to run Sabre on courses and proving that this project not only works, but will take repeated floggings.

Safety though will be of top importance. Brakes, suspension, belts, and other items are being chosen for safety AND performance, not just because they look neat.

Here we are getting started on the teardown:



The 350 removed. The firewall and undercarriage are in surprisingly good shape. I'm used to doing tons of rust repair, but there will be very little of that here. Even the factory red oxide primer is visible on the bottom of the firewall.



Somewhere underneath all that wiring and ugliness is an iron block 6.0 LQ4. We'll take care of that.



The seller of this T56 failed to mention it was painted flourescent snot green...that is going to be fun to strip off.