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Hot Rods Project X project

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Utahvette, Feb 22, 2024.

  1. Me too. I have the sets of reprints of Project that PHR sold, and often wonder about the Pontiac powered Deuce.
     
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  2. Silva
    Joined: Apr 28, 2005
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    Well done! I remember Project X vividly. Thanks for allowing us to follow your build.
     
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  3. Rand Man
    Joined: Aug 23, 2004
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    Yeah I can’t believe I missed this thread. I had a yellow 57 Chevy like that for the first few HAMB Drags. it had just received that yellow paint job when I bought it so I just went with it Public opinion was about 50-50. They either loved it or hated it.

    I subscribed to Popular Hotrodding magazine for about 10 years starting in 1976. You bet project X was influential for me. my favorite version was the Hollywood Knights movie.
     
  4. Utahvette
    Joined: Sep 4, 2012
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    Sold the rev limiter chips from the MSD box on E-Bay. Total down to $3364.90. Transformed my battery to look like a DieHard . I used some black ABS and trimmed it to fit. Then took my hot knife and melted a margin around the perimeter. Cut some holes and glued on some caps I had laying around. Had some stickers made. I'm assuming they had a battery hold down at some point so I put one on mine. This stuff may not be perfect but until somebody builds a better Project X clone it'll do. Still not settled on an air filter. CIMG4302.JPG CIMG4303.JPG DSCN5432[1].JPG DSCN5433[1].JPG DSCN5435[1].JPG
     
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  5. DDDenny
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    Remember these?
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  6. Moriarity
    Joined: Apr 11, 2001
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    Looked through my old project X books and not a single picture of it with an air cleaner on it IMG_4564.jpeg
     
  7. Johnny Gee
    Joined: Dec 3, 2009
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    from Downey, Ca

  8. Moriarity
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    Haha, I didn’t look through number one because it didn’t have the L88 then…
     
  9. DDDenny
    Joined: Feb 6, 2015
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    No non L88 Corvette (or otherwise) ever did either!:D
     
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  10. RodStRace
    Joined: Dec 7, 2007
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    Nice job on the battery cover! You are nailing the details.
     
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