My 68 C5 Project - Lateral-g Forums

68RS350 · #1 07-07-2009, 09:17 PM

I have been lurking and working on this project for awhile. I finally have made enough progress to share some pictures. I started with a rusty shell and have replaced some sheetmetal. I have also chosen to build a full tube chassis with C5 components. I have lengthened the torque tube 6" from a stock C5. Also have 6.0L out of a 2000 Chevy pick up truck. Recently I have been working with Matt and Steve at Art Morrison to build a front subframe for my car. I just received it today and got it roughly mocked up in place on the car. I couldnt wait to see the suspension on so I decided to put it on. Here are the pics!! Enjoy!!

almcbri · #2 07-07-2009, 09:21 PM

welcome to

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Sounds like a cool car.

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68RS350 · #3 07-07-2009, 09:38 PM

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68RS350 · #5 07-07-2009, 09:48 PM

ElkyZO6 · #6 07-07-2009, 09:52 PM

That is one nice looking subframe. Please keep us updated

Al Moreno · #7 07-07-2009, 09:55 PM

Very nice

68RS350 · #8 07-08-2009, 06:41 AM

Here the process I used to lengthen the torque tube. First I made a jig to time the bellhousings.

Then I cut the ends off with a plasma and mounted them on our Bridgeport and milled the welds till the rest of the tube came out. If you look at the third picture you can start to see that we were getting close to milling off the weld.

68RS350 · #9 07-08-2009, 06:43 AM

Then once I had the ends milled it was time to bolt the bellhousing ends to the jigs and put the new longer tube in. After the tube was inserted I welded the bottom the jig together with 1.5"x1.5" sqaure tubing so I could transport it and take it to the weld shop. The ends are parrallel within 1/16".

**Rybar** · #10 07-08-2009, 02:04 PM

Nice work, and really cool project