RPM Hot Rods presents "The Runt" 1962 Chevy II

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Its been a while since we have posted any of our latest projects so here is one we are really excited about. Gerry Kerna is one of our long time customers who we built a 1941 Willys for a few years back. Gerry came to us this time wanting to build a car that SHE (yes I said she ) could compete with in the Goodguys autocross and other road racing events. She always wanted an early Chevy II so the search began. We found an all original 1962 Chevy II that we quickly picked up and brought back to the shop to go under the knife. With performance and handling being one of the top priorities of this build we called our friends at The Roadster Shop to have a custom chassis built. We told them we wanted to run a 335/30/18 in the rear and a 275/35/18 up front and they quickly went to work. The car was torn apart media blasted and mounted to the frame table to be cut apart. Once the body was mounted to the chassis it was time for the sheet metal work to begin. The floors, trans tunnel firewall and wheel tubs were fabbed up,installed and it was time to pull it off to table and set it on the earth for the first time to get a look at its killer stance. We massaged the bumpers so they fit tight to the body and are currently building the roll cage. Power will come from a 416 cube Mast Motorsports LS3 that at this time is making 600 Hp. We are very anxious to have this car out this year tearing up the autocross tracks and competing at the Optima Street Challenge. Stay tuned for more pics and info as we go..