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Originally posted by milner351 View Posthaven't had the car a year yet.... I don't think I'm doing too bad for a working Dad with a wife that travels a lot.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Originally posted by Beagle View Postshit, I haven't even begun to take Monica's car apart yet. How's the Fiat?
That said, last I checked, it was just as fast as every project you've started on hereLast edited by SuperBuickGuy; October 16, 2012, 01:04 PM.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Originally posted by Russell View PostSo how is the competiton stacking up? I have around 3k in my Capri it went 143 mph
on the other hand i have 1800 (what i paid for the thing) in the grand prix and it goes low 14's lol
ie it's stockLast edited by Mater; October 17, 2012, 03:27 AM.Originally posted by Remy-Z;n1167534Congratulations, man. You've just inherited the "Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes" from me. No question.
75Grand AM 455:Pissed off GrandMA, 68 Volkswagen Type1 "beetle":it will run some year
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Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Postjust as fast as the Buick, your point?
That said, last I checked, it was just as fast as every project you've started on hereFlying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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Originally posted by Beagle View PostMonica's moves under it's owners' power! I have gotten around to immobilizing it yet. :P
No offense Beags, my fox hasn't moved under its own power since I've had it, and that has been a few years now.Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Originally posted by MoparBilly View PostI love looking at all the stuff guys do to keep costs down, and I'm all for using up my leftover parts stash, but somewhere along the line, it's sad to admit I lost my taste for the kind of machine I would end up with for 5K.
Last year, in a multicar trade with 2 of my brothers, I ended up with the 67 Belvedere that one of them had just finished Drag Week 2011 with. As a point of reference I gave up 4K in boot, and a clean, painted, project 70 Barracuda. I then dumped 3150 dollars in parts alone into it before my daughter drove it on Drag Week 2012. I still have improvement plans tha will keep me wrenching and spending on it right up until Drag Week 2013.
Where did I go wrong???
Anyway, the LeMans will be a decent looking car, have quite a bit of power, and it should drive quite well once its all done. Its in the shop for the winter, up on dollies, about to pull it apart and start fixing rust and taking it to bare metal. The engine is on a cart waiting to go in, but I think I will blast the frame and paint it first. I have gotten spoiled working on clean stuff lately, so this one will get a frame off too. For me that isnt a big deal, its just cleaning and painting with cheap tractor enamel.
I went 11.71@115 for around $4500 in an over geared 3800lb car, it ran out of steam at the 1000' mark. The LeMans should be quite a bit closer to 3000lbs and geared right for the powerband, and running a very similar engine. The only problem it might have is getting it to hook.
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Originally posted by STINEY View PostThere SBG fixed it for ya!
No offense Beags, my fox hasn't moved under its own power since I've had it, and that has been a few years now.Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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Originally posted by Huskinhano View PostThat's nice Ron!
What I REALLY want to do is my own interior. Upholstery is TERRIBLY expensive. I'm gonna figure out a cheap, yet aesthetically pleasing method to do interior…. Either that, or we sit on milk crates.
Can you say big block and a 4-speed? I can…. it's gonna happen…. soon.
It's really no different than trying to glue them back on after she has her way.
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