Modified mockup and Altered '63 LeMans

I've quickly found a way to fill up the space in my new garage. Not so much a mockup, more like a pile of stuff for me to trip over and knock down.





Can you see it?



And my dad (Drkgrn57) started work on his '63 LeMans AWB.





Duct tape is great for mock-ups.

 

Badass on both counts! What are those wheel covers on the first one?

 

Thanks! Those are Spun aluminum discs.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/spun/

made by our own Kevin Lee

 

We're gonna have to work fast to make the Roundup.
Do you have a motor yet?

 

Yup...got a small block and a saginaw 3-speed.

It could be together in three months...

 

Awesome Tempest!!!!

 

Badass Fidgi! the roadster is gonna be the balls, wont take much if you got the parts, thats gonna be awsome.. i wish more ppl used the spun caps to.

 

I agree wholeheartedly! My first car was a 63 Tempest I bought for 50 bucks when I was thirteen. I have contemplated finding another and do exactly what you are doing with this one. Please keep us posted! Great stuff!

 

Your mockup looks just like my rpu when I started! Dig the Tempest.

 

that tempest rules hard.

 

Sounds like we should restart the tuesday night thing.. where's your new house?

 

Thanks for all the coments. Hopefully they will both turn out pretty cool.

For the record though, despite it being a "Tempest" Lemans, Tempest's have two stacked round taillights and the Lemans has just the slots. Would have been nicer to find a Tempest, but the price was right on this one.



George - New place is off of Centerville...not 5 minutes from your old house in Rowlett or your shop.

 

bttt

 

hey, yall need another 63 lemans? i got one that i was gonna make an awb out of ,but i found something else... its cheep....

 

eric,
i still have that 33 truck back wall if you still want/need it.

 

Man your going to need a whole lot of model glue before you drive that thing.

 

I am fidgeters dad, the lemans is mine, and yes I may be interested in another lemans, especially if the windshield is good. PM me.

 

Is dad keeping the Transaxle out back? That was the thing that I always liked about those cars. As an AWB I would think that set up would make for harder launches as more weight over the back wheels on top of the short WB.

 

RAD Tempest!!!!

Cool MODEL mock-up for the modified too!
Nothin' like havin' two projects going at the same time.......

 

Cut the windshield frame off today and got the new one roughed in. Came from a mid/late '30's Ford pickemup. I think it needs another inch out of it.

 

too much fun.

 

That 63 LeMans needs a 57 Pontiac rear with ladder bars & coil overs.
Drop in a IAII(Pontiac) 505 CI motor and hang on to your hat...
Just my opinion...but I don't own it...
I've always played with the notion of 63 LeMans/Tempest Pro-Street car. Drive it on the street....and run mid 10 second 1/4 mile times..
Go for it !!

 

I think the windshield looks pretty well proportioned as it is. The inside curves look like they match up pretty well too. Looks like it will be pretty badass when it is done.

 

that looks awesome!!

 

Minor update...Drug my frame home last night...you ever get something and not look at it for like a year? Then realize how much work it's gonna need? Oh well, I'll get it done. Roundup '08 FoShizzles!!

 

I've always wanted to build a 63 Lemans all out drag car. Thats on my to do list before I die..

 

Seems To Me You Are Halfway There! Looks Down Right Fun To Me. Got Any Ideas For The Seats. It Would Look Kick Ass With Some Old Bombers.

 

I did the Tempest!!! Taimless Tiger all the way.....

 

It will have full upholstery and the paint will be glossy. And there will be lots of chrome goodies on it.

 

Doesn't look like much but I got a lot done today. Used some of my tax return for my very own die grinder and some other miscellaneous tools...cut the x-member and front crossmember out of the frame. I'd assembled the front end earlier this week, thanks to a good pair of wishbones from our own Flat Top Bob. Chromed F-1 backing plates came from a HAMB-lurker who got them from another HAMB-er. Going to have to pie cut the rails at the firewall so they'll follow the contours right. Cut the remainder of the subrails out of the cowl...guess it's going to be slightly channeled up front. Super secret weightless motor...patent pending.