THE "Firechicken"

[bottledbird68]

Did some more tear down today. Cars starting to look empty:

No more wilwoods. Zo6 binders coming soon...


Pulled the rear, springs and all. Hopefully it'll sell soon and it's hello 9"/truck arms


Anybody want a 3.5" mandrel bent header back exhaust? I love it but I don't think it's gonna clear the new suspension:


And that's all for now. Hopefully finish gutting everything this week. Waiting on some other stuff to arrive and it's on to the rebirth

[bottledbird68]

And just to add them to this thread here's a pic of the new wheels:


And the hot rods to hell truck arm kit sitting in the crate

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

SAWEEETTTT!!!!

[bottledbird68]

Finally opened the trunk for the first time in 2 and a half years the other day.
A bit of a mess, but it's all going bye bye:


Got the old fuel system torn out and ready to move onto it's new home. Traded all this and some cash for my pickup


And the empty hole. Going back to a stock trunk floor and stock style tank so I can have some storage space back. I plan on going on a lot more road trips once it's done.


And just cause I had too. This is inside my wheelwell. I don't burn out, ever lol.

[DavidS]

Looking good!!!! Those wheels look terrific!

[ls6monte]

Nice Matt! It's getting there! That last pic kinda looks like my wheelwells in the monte! lol

[frankzlt1]

thats awesome its getting done, i like the last pic, how many years of rubber build up is in those wheel wells. hahaha thats freakin great.

[bottledbird68]

Originally Posted by frankzlt1

thats awesome its getting done, i like the last pic, how many years of rubber build up is in those wheel wells. hahaha thats freakin great.

Well, I've owned the car for almost 18 years, it's been sitting for the last couple but there's 15 straight years of summernationals burnouts and other random playing around here and there. I've purposefully never cleaned them out lol.
Gonna have to now though. It's mini tub time to clear the 295's I'm planning on running in back. Guess I'll just have to start over

[bottledbird68]

So, after waiting a few weeks I finally got my shipment from S&W race cars.
Steel tube formed rear frame rails, new front subframe tie in bars, new rear down bars so I can run a back seat, and some extra tube for a diagonal on the main hoop and whatever else I may need.


Also, finally picked up the vette Ignore the trailer strapped to the roof, my landlord wanted me to grab it lol


And started tearing it down today. Looks pretty simple with all the plastic and fiberglass parts torn off:



Did a bunch of measuring today too. Think I figured out a game plan. Believe it or not the frame rails before and after the control arms on a c5 and a first gen are actually within a half inch of eachother.
Tomorrow I'll most likely get the front clip cut off and finish stripping the vette chassis. Once I get them side by side I'll be able to finalize some things.
This should be a huge improvement over the 40 year old technology that was there:

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

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