How much did you narrow that cowl you whipped up a couple months ago? I was marking some lines on mine for something similar and am looking at taking about 8" out of the middle. thanks, dan
I'm just a hack and know nothing about building a car so take this for what its worth.... I cut 6.75 inches out of my cowl top. When I held the original cowl top in front of me I figured about 30" would be a good width for a one-man modified. We'll see if I'm right as the project moves along. Here is a pic. It is hard to tell much about it without more of it present to show the scale. This and the engine/trans is all I have right now though. JH
Hmmm... Tom, your car is killer, but I'm thinking of going narrower on mine. Did you have to narrow your ch***is to fit the body, or did you do it vice versa? you'll have to send more photos for your page on my site: http://danielstrohl.com/gallery.asp?id=38 Harrison- maybe I was thinking of somebody else. you didn't whip up a Model A-based cowl and show pictures on here a couple months ago? Maybe I saved those pictures somewhere... thanks guys, d
The way mine is now as long as the wife and don't gain any more weight it's still a two person ride. I made the ch***is fit the body. When I get the hood done and make up my mind on the wheels and tires I'll send you some pics.
Haha. Yeah, I'm a skinny single *******, so I'm going one-man. My mulletude AMX will be for chick cruising... d
I'm a skinny old single fart too but I'm going the other way. The body on this one will be a few inches wider to accomodate the fat-***ed honeys I see everywhere I go..... I hope the Iron Duke has enough "oomph" to pull us around. Thanks to "fat***buick" for converting my CAD scratchings to JPEG's.
I went round and round with a cowl steering set up for my RPU (and posted several pics of the bracing I made to make it work) but it isn't a modified. This cowl top is the only distraction I've had from my RPU. Maybe you were thinking of someone else. JH
I use a 2.5L (151) out of an '80 Monza ( it's a cousin to the Duke ) with a 5 speed stick. It seams to have enough "oomph" to pull us around.
TomH....that makes me feel better. Mine is from a '79 Monza and has the 77mm 5-speed overdrive behind it. With a 3.78 rear and a weight (what I'm shooting for) of 1200 lbs. it might be quick enough. I'm warming it up slightly too. Weber 40mm side-draft on a sheet aluminum intake, slight cam upgrade and port work, and an Offy-style exhaust header exiting through a Supertrapp muffler. You can see the intake design in the CAD top view I posted above.
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