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Old 09-19-2015, 01:58 PM
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Since my 62 is on its way to Barrett Jackson Vegas thought I would start a thread on my next one.
Quick background. I bought car at an estate auction 80% done. Gentlemen commissioned build at local high end shop and passed away before completed. Work done so far is exceptional.
I'm installing a 525hp LS3 Leather interior,
Car has Morrison chassis,new 9" rear end with Strange center section.. Underneath of car is gorgeous. All welds smoothed,all stainless plumbing,rack&opinion steering,4 wheel disc brakes,coil over suspension, I'll post pics as I go. Here's a couple for now






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Wow.

Love the attention to detail there.
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Looks very clean! Looking forward to watching the build.
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Glad to see you posting this Bruce, it's a beautiful car!
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Very cool!
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Going to be a very nice ride!
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That's a no expense spared build that was going on. It sure doesn't look like there are any corrections or re dos. It just needs to be completed. Outstanding! Please keep the pictures coming.
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Very nice! I will enjoy watching the build.
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I fell in love with pic one.
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Originally Posted by 3JsVette
That's a no expense spared build that was going on. It sure doesn't look like there are any corrections or re dos. It just needs to be completed. Outstanding! Please keep the pictures coming.
Only Re-do is I took out motor that was in it. It was a brand new never run in car all Aluminum 540 CU.IN. big block with Kinsler fuel injection. In fact if you guys remember a few years ago Baldwin Motion built a red 69 Camaro called a super coupe. This was a duplicate to that motor. It made 750 HP on the dyno. An LS makes this car much more driveable and user friendly.





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Hay Bruce, high end build. "Ya Think"
Car is beautiful and with your skills to finish it will be outstanding. I agree LS3 is the ticket

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Excellent work !!!!!!!
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Make the guy that passed proud! Looks like it will be a top-end car. I look forward to seeing the progress.
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Congrats on your acquisition. Interesting, a good friend of mine has a '54 he has been working on as well....retro rodding it. Project has gone dormant though for a while....I will post a few pics for you to compare against.















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Originally Posted by gilbybarr
Congrats on your acquisition. Interesting, a good friend of mine has a '54 he has been working on as well....retro rodding it. Project has gone dormant though for a while....I will post a few pics for you to compare against.














That's gonna be a nice one. It's a little farther along than mine. If I was that far I'd be done with it in a month. What's the reason for the delay?
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Dang, those are two beautiful project cars!

Live well,

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Got my accessory drive. I like to use March Pro Track


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