April 3rd to April 19th.

[J-(Chicago)]

Here's where I'm at. I took a week off for friends, rain, wound healing, and relaxation, but things are moving right along. Frame will be blasted and 1st coated tomorrow.
1- Start
2-disassembly
3-scraping/cleaning/grinding
4- Fabbing up body carts
5- Body mounts

[J-(Chicago)]

-interior gut
-Beer and pizza for the boys, for helping me lift.
-rolling chassis

[J-(Chicago)]

Sandblasted the whole chassis yesterday and por 15 painted it.
top coat primed it today. I'll get some pics.

[Oldsguy]

If you are going to do just the frame and then put the body back on, yes, for sure. What else is planned though?

[J-(Chicago)]

There's still a LOT to do. I have to patch a rear floor pan, sandblast the whole floor, Make a new dashboard, make a new non ac heater box to cover the firewall hole, box the frame in the middle, weld in a dual hump crossmember from a 96 impala, cut and weld 2 pairs of inner fenders to make one good pair, all of the body work, all new lines, fuel cell, seal off the trunk from the driver area with sheetmetal, re run all harnesses, put in floor dimmer headlight switches, convert to buckets & automatic floor shift, new suspension, manual steering conversion, swap motor brackets onto the new motor, re fabric the headliner, wheels,tires, scrape off all undercoating and paint under the body.

That's just what I can think of off the top of my head.

Anyone want to change their votes ? lol.

[jeffrey]

......Just voted "no"..........


However, if you prove me wrong, I'll not only buy ya a beer, I'll hand it to ya.

Jeff

[Oldsguy]

Oh man, you have a lot to do then. I modify my assessment, you won't get it all done in time my friend, however, if I am wrong I will also buy you a beer or better yet, bring you one of my own "Burn-Out Stout".

[nohn]

I don't know too much, but getting that much done in that amount of time. You will have to work yourself crazy. If you get it done I will send you a bottle of wine from Italy.

[Oldsguy]

Ha!

If nothing else, this guy is going to be drunk soon!

[J-(Chicago)]

Originally Posted by jeffrey

......Just voted "no"..........


However, if you prove me wrong, I'll not only buy ya a beer, I'll hand it to ya.

Jeff

That's gonna be a long hand off from Mississippi. Go go gadget arm.

[J-(Chicago)]

I think money is going to be the big factor in getting it done. My tax return is already spent Hopefully that economy stimulus package pulls through. Luckily, most of the kicks in the balls money wise have already been overcome. Motor, trans, rear end, and new suspension parts were already purchased/completed a month ago.

[jeffrey]

Originally Posted by J-(Chicago)

That's gonna be a long hand off from Mississippi. Go go gadget arm.

For some reason I thought you were gonna take the car to Byron, I musta had it confused with a different thread.

[The_Jeremiah]

Just voted yes, do yourself a favor, get OFF the page, and GO work on it ! LOL just teasing. J, What exactly are you doing to the car ? Are you making a drag car ? or just swapping a big block into it ? What all are you doin ? im intrigued, what is the purpose of the car ? lol

[J-(Chicago)]

Jeffery---Yeah I'm hoping to have it at the Byron IL track on Sept 1st.

You coming??!


The Jeremiah---
I guess the purpose of the car is just a nice sleeper street cruiser. Kind of a ''in your face'' to everyone building $25,000+
15 second quarter cars while talking smack about my 80's B-bodies. I'm taking every bolt off of the car and painting it, and getting every bit of rust on it disintegrated. I want to have a brand new nice fast car when I'm finished for under 9 grand.

The motor is a 72 350 with 7a heads. I had a bowl blend, 4 angle valve job, and changed the exhaust seat radius from 45degrees to 30degrees. Performer Rpm intake, and bored .030 for some Flat top pistons. Lunati 318A3 cam.

Nothing too outrageous, but motor should be making close to 400 horse.
Here's the head flow numbers before and after the machine work.
Int. Ex. (Stock)
.100 55 40
.200 105 75
.300 148 105
.400 170 135
.500 180 145
Int. Ex. (Machined)
.100 80 66
.200 145 109
.300 185 147
.400 207 170
.500 209 180
My current carb is a Holley 650 double pumper
Gear ratio is a 3.08
Haven't decided on the trans yet. A th350 will probably gain me a few tenths, and a 3.73 a few more but I have a built and kitted 400 that I'm just dying to put into something. I'm hoping for low 13's

[J-(Chicago)]

Only stock suspension that will be used are a arms and steering spindles.

[J-(Chicago)]

Here you go ladies and gents 3 days of progress. I sandblasted the frame to bare metal, por 15 painted, 1st coat primed, 2nd coat primed, and 1st green topcoat layer was layed down just before sunset today. Some of you military guys might appreciate the color choice I mixed the color myself and think it looks awesome.

[J-(Chicago)]

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[jeffrey]

[quote=J-(Chicago);31520]Jeffery---Yeah I'm hoping to have it at the Byron IL track on Sept 1st.

You coming??!/quote]

Yeah but I'll be in the Stang, it travels better than the 'vintage cars'.

[J-(Chicago)]

Rain yesterday and today
I'll try to get something else done however.

[J-(Chicago)]

Frame is finished with paint. Going to box it and put in the new crossmember this weekend. (and repaint the sh1t I burn off lol)

Inner fenders are done, ready for paint. Bumper inserts are blasted and primed.

I have glue and fabric for the headliner and am going to start it now.

[The_Jeremiah]

J, that frame looks awesome, i especially love the color. Too bad it will only look that nice for a month or so : ) then it will be caked in dirt

[Aussie67Delta88Custom]

J-chicago,
You are welcome to come on Down Under and give my 67 Delta 88 Custom the J-treatment !

The fools who have it wont have this much respect !

I voted for "rob the bank" but thats because that was what I had to do ... legally though at 8.9% !

cheers and beers from Australia

[J-(Chicago)]

Thanks for all the great feedback guys.
I'll keep the pics coming.