Projects Plan II - 62 Chevy II Drag Car

.in AZ, this car is a real piece of crap.

I will take two piles of crap please. Car is coming along quickly so I would say it is already quick.

 

Looking real good, I like the fact that there is a budget and your really making serious progress. I'm watching over on Bangshift too, can't wait to see you hit the track!


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Fun build to follow. Thanks.

 

Glad you like it!

Got the floor sitting in place again and tacked at the rockers. Need to make some new frame rails to fill in the gap in the back, and get everything patched back together.

 

Can't wait to see this done! This is a great build!


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Oh ya! Now it's officially a party in full swing.

 

I think your particular Nova is a great choice to do the altered wheelbase thing with! Would be a shame to cut up and alter a nice rust free car, and much of what you're doing will allow for rust repair at the same time, so a win-win situation.
It's definitely going to look much nicer when you're finished, and have saved it from the scrapyard!

 

Looking really good, going to try to find some donor rear floor pan, or do you already have one?

 

The nova gets a second and more interesting LIFE! great build and pics.

 

Thanks!

I'll just use flat sheet metal to fill it in. might put ribs in it, might not.

 

Are you going to have a lift off trunk lid, or are you saving the hardware for the torsion bars?

 

HELP!!! I can only see red X's

 

...I 2nd that!...please send me 2or3 piles of Arizona "crap"
you guys are spoiled and don't realize it.

neat lil project by the way, love those 62-4 Deuces.
BTW, a good name for your car "Plan II"

 

trunk lid is likely to be hinged with no torsion bars, bracing cut out to lighten it, and I'll add a handle to make it easy to open...and a prop rod to hold it up.

I'm going nuts on weight reduction. Free horsepower. But I haven't got any fiberglass parts yet, I'm trying to keep it all steel. I got a used set of bumpers from a friend...each one with brackets weighed 22 lbs. I trimmed the rear brackets down, and got a new repop bumper for the rear since it was bent up pretty bad (new one cost around a hundred bucks) and it's down to 17 lbs with the cut down brackets. One case when thin chinese metal is good. I'm planning no front bumper.

 

Got the rear floor tacked in several places, including the new sections of "frame rail".

 

got the floor filled in the trunk, and also in the former rear footwell area, where it was kinda rusty.

Work still in progress picture



Looking at front wheels....found some new 15x5 aluminum slots for a reasonable price, but I'd sure like to find some old ones, 4 or 4.5" wide, for a half reasonable price.

 

Yeah, I lucked out at one of the Pamona swap meets and got a pair of Ansen sprints for $120. Actually $200 for all four but I didn't need the rears (7").

The relocation looks good. Are you moving the wheel well or stretching it?

Mike


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I am planning to just take a radius chunk out of the wheel well, leave the original notch in back. It'll look funny...and weigh less...and take less work. Being a lazy, cheap ass who wants to go fast, that's the perfect solution.

 

Nice work Jim! Coming together quickly! Those skinny 15" slots are tough to find, and always a bit spendy. The skinnier they are, the higher the price goes! I was lucky to find the 15x3.5 Ansens for the front of my Austin, but had to give $350 for the pair, which kinda hurt.

 

Awesome

 

ditto on that, I was lucky to find a pair of Fenton Gyros (15x3.5) for 200 when building the Henry J

 

judging from the quality of your other work i bet you rethink that odd wheelwell---looks great and man you are quick...

 

got to look at what the odd wheelwells will look like, sort of. Trimming required.

 

Does not look that odd till you have a go at the exterior. Are you planning on closing some of the rear any? BTW, The floor looks great!

 

I was planning on leaving the rear of the wheelwell alone. Once I radius the front around the tire, we'll see how it looks....subject to change without notice.

 

I think I'd just cut the radius and then fill in the body behind to match the radius, not try to make it look stock. I think some of that flat sheet would work just fine on the flat Nova body.

 

Hey Jim,

I have a question about the two trunk filler panels that you made (post #173, top picture). How did you form the gentle radii at the top and bottom edges? I'll be making similar patches for my 41 so I'd appreciate any guidance! Granted mine will just be plain ol' rust repair, not wheelbase alteration!

Thanks,
Ed

 

i may have a set of wheels you might be interested ... set of american racing outlaws, if you looking for something like that ...

besides that, nice progress on the build ...

 

I just found a piece of tubing about 1-1/4" od, clamped the metal to it with vise grips at both ends, and bent it.

 

thanks!

Outlaws are a couple decades too new....but if you have any aluminum slots about 4" wide, I could sure use a pair