Projects 49 coronet sled

so im fairly new here,and i spend most my time on motorcycles,i did post an intro about a year ago.well this car is a '49 dodge coronet that i got about 10 years ago.it was in mint unrestored condition,i got it for $1500,and i felt kinda bad when i took it apart and started chopping it up.what i originally planned was to put a 3208 cat motor in it and triple turbo it.i put an '85 corvette front end on it,got the engine mounted in it,built the stainless headers,then i got busy on other projects...didnt have any money to dump into it,so it just sat in the corner for years.so the other day,one of my business ***ociates,was hangin out,and he said it was such a waste to have such a cool car that would only run once a year at bonneville,i forgot to mention,i was buildin it for bonneville.
so i thought about that for a couple days,figured i'd maybe dig through all my stuff and just put a different drivetrain in it,and get it goin.
my son and his buddies are like 15 years old,i havent pushed them towards bein gearheads,but they beg me everyday to come to the shop in the afternoons to learn this stuff,so i figured,what the hell!

 

Well, it looks pretty cool so far........

 

wtf did you do to that car.

 

im sorry about the lousy pics,i gotta re-organize my shop tommorow to create some space,i have some major body mods planned for this thing,it will take a sharp eye to know what kind of car it is!

 

heres the load of fenders hood and stuff,ready for chopping!

 

Please explain the windshield and the timing cover ?

 

Wow that looks like a spaceship

 

Wow, that motor must weigh a ****load

 

ok, i try and build everything without spending money,so i dont know what hotrod buiding etiquette rules are,but i got this car for free a few years ago,the guy said it ran when he parked it.so i figured it might work for a drivetrain...i'll obviously have to get the teenagers some degreaser and wire brushes...maybe a pizza or two.

 

Did you put a cat motor in it?

 

We need more input.What is the engine?why is it set back so far ?What's the deal with the exhaust,windshield,timing cover? Very interesting.

 

Kool,I'd build the olds!!

 

so i found these wheels out at my brothers house,didnt check to see if the bolt pattern was right,but there were four wheels and theyr pretty cool.

 

sorry people,i was so busy loadin pics on this slow computer i didnt notice the comments.the front window i shaped like that cuz i wanted it to look like eddie munsters forehead.yeah its a cat motor,the reason i set it back so far was cuz its so heavy,and i was gonna make this a land speed racing car,so i was gonna sit stuffed in the back seat somewhere.i got a semi truck for free,so i pulled the motor and put it in here.but i sometimes have kind of outrageous plans,and do stupid ****.i'll try get some better pics tomorow.i usually work pretty fast though,so i could see most the body mods done in a month or so in my spare time.i gotts kinda try n work on customer stuff during the day.

 

Looks interesting so far! pm me with original parts you don't need, maybe I can put them to use.

 

i may be interested in parts off that olds if you buy the whole car pm me............john

 

those late 70s lincoln wheels shine up nice.. on late 70s lincolns. other than that they wont look good on much else. and they match a mid 80s big chevy lug pattern like the cadillacs and such.

 

http://www.myspace.com/my/photos/album/myphotos
there's a few pics on this page from a few years ago when i had the car more together.i dont know how to move the pics around so i just did the link

 

this is fun..

 

you have a lot of work in that car, and its very interesting.. but i have a feeling in a few more pages this will be a locked thread.

Hope im wrong.

good luck and keep us posted. it does look interesting.

 

LMFAO!!!!!!! Never in my ****ing life i thought i would hear a car being customized based on the looks of Eddie Munsters FOREHEAD!!!!! LOL that made my day... im sorry tooo funny

 

HaHa .. Eddie will be impressed .. lol

 

i'd like to see where this goes,keep us posted

 

well,lets cherish the short time we have. hah!
ok,got a bunch done today,i'll load some pics,it'll take me a couple minutes

 

so i spent the lions share of the day tryin to re-organize my shop and get it out of the corner.got the engine out and put the car at the front of the shop,that way when its nice i can roll it outside and work on it. but i created enough room to work on it inside as well.