Planning a new build, 65 GTO or 67 Chevelle, what do you guys think?

[PhillySpeedNYC]

Originally Posted by Roadster Shop

The chassis is designed to take a 345 tire on a 12" rim in the rear. You only need to do a 3" mini tub to accommodate this tire/wheel combo. You can retain your entire interior and trunk floor. We simply split the inner and outer wheel house and then add a 3" strip in between them.

Sweet the shop that is going to build the car will work with you guys direct on this once i get the donor. I spoke to them today they said they will send you the body blasted and primed so you can build the chassis to it and then ship back. Im pretty psyched to get this project going. How long would it take you guys to make the chassis, install it to the body and paint the suspension and underside of the floors with your chassis?

[Roadster Shop]

Originally Posted by PhillySpeedNYC

Sweet the shop that is going to build the car will work with you guys direct on this once i get the donor. I spoke to them today they said they will send you the body blasted and primed so you can build the chassis to it and then ship back. Im pretty psyched to get this project going. How long would it take you guys to make the chassis, install it to the body and paint the suspension and underside of the floors with your chassis?

Current lead time is 4-6 weeks from deposit to delivery for a production chassis. We really would not need the body here for anything since this is a standard chassis for us... unless you were looking for us to do additional metal work like mini-tubs, trans tunnel, smoothing the firewall, etc...

There are a few other things to discuss before painting the frame and final assembling it. We should really discuss the exhaust, fuel lines, tank, mini-tubbing or not, and several other areas that might require welding or drilling on the frame before painting. When we are building a car, we will build it roughly 90% in bare metal and then take it apart and paint the frame and underside while the body is being painted. That way everything has a place and has been accounted for. Nothing worse than realizing you need an extra exhaust hanger (as an example) and having to weld a tab on a freshly painted chassis!