Im trying to identify who built and/or raced this body I purchased it at a <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Phoenix</st1lace></st1:City> swap meet in the late eighties I thought it was an old circle track body and didnt even question the guy I bought it from of it origin or racing history after I started getting the project car under way with an Es*** frame and started to share pixs of the progress I was informed by several people that it was likely a Lakes car at one time the research Ive done seems to indicate the same conclusion first the workmanship and the time spent on the body is amazing the body was channeled six inches over a narrowed frame the rear radius rods connected through the holes in doors it has what appears to be a mounting hole on the p***enger quarter to hang the exhaust the subrails were left intact and the frame mounts bolted onto the subrail the body is tubed to strength the firewall opening was reinforced and had a bolt-in reversed firewall the tubing replaced the relieved area were a turtledeck would have attached without being stock bodied it would have been limited to the Modified cl*** which was later recl***ed as Streamliner the last pix shows the car now - it would have been six inches lower in its original form... any leads would be appreciated
With no numbers on the outside or timing tag's, it's very difficult.You had better start reading every old Hot Rod magazine you can latch onto, as that's what I would do.
The Jalopy Journal
