Stormer
Old Man with a Hat
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Well, I got her home & put away in the 18X81 that I rented to keep & work on her in with a few of my other toys.
Its time to start very carefully planning the build. I've been looking into brakes & suspension since I'll do that first. I need to make some phone calls this week since there's not much out there designed specifically for this car. I'm sure that I'll end up fabricating a lot of the brackets to ditch the leaf springs, etc.
I found a world class shop that will do the body work & paint for 20K or so. I am pretty relieved that I can get it done for that. That will be the very last thing I do though. That same shop can handle all of the electronics, etc. but I'm gonna also talk to one other guy that I know.
I'll probably end up with a 6.1L or a 6.1 based 426 from BES out of Indiana. I'm not sure if anyone makes a bell-housing for 6.1 to 727 or not or if I'll have to go NAG1.
I'll keep posting progress photos on flickr (Stormer's 73) as I go.
Time to start the disassembly. Wish me luck.
Well, I got her home & put away in the 18X81 that I rented to keep & work on her in with a few of my other toys.
Its time to start very carefully planning the build. I've been looking into brakes & suspension since I'll do that first. I need to make some phone calls this week since there's not much out there designed specifically for this car. I'm sure that I'll end up fabricating a lot of the brackets to ditch the leaf springs, etc.
I found a world class shop that will do the body work & paint for 20K or so. I am pretty relieved that I can get it done for that. That will be the very last thing I do though. That same shop can handle all of the electronics, etc. but I'm gonna also talk to one other guy that I know.
I'll probably end up with a 6.1L or a 6.1 based 426 from BES out of Indiana. I'm not sure if anyone makes a bell-housing for 6.1 to 727 or not or if I'll have to go NAG1.
I'll keep posting progress photos on flickr (Stormer's 73) as I go.
Time to start the disassembly. Wish me luck.