74contraption

Thought i would share my car that i designed and built out of aluminum. Ray in Oregon

SocalC5Z

Very cool...now fill in the details!

JonC5Z

Whoa. Very nice. How many hours did you put into this project? What power plant did you go with?

Kubs

This looks incredible!! Nice work! Would love more details as well.

fleming23

Most projects like this end up looking terrible. Your project looks fantastic! Good work!

Suns_PSD

No words.

I can't believe you built that.

So amazingly cool!

Black 03 Z06

Cool indeed. Nice workmanship.

74contraption

What this is is a bucket list car. Built lots of cars and modified plenty.
Did enough sheet metal fab to kinda get the hang of it. Said some day..............well i made myself take this on. The design is all the things i liked from different cars of the era. 5 years and lots of frustration and learning here it is. trimmed the c3 down to 2600lbs with the alloy body work. 50/50 weight dist. 383/415hp tremec 5spd. stops,goes and corners. The tires are the limits. I just cruise in it. Thanks for the kind words, Ray

George Washnak

You, Sir, have some serious fabrication skills. It really does have a 50's vibe going and I love it.

BrianCunningham

Wow, just wow

KnightDriveTV

Very well executed, well proportioned. Nothin like owning a one-off.

moose.b3

I'm always amazed when somebody does something like this. Very nice.

rabrooks

Awesome style, same for your talent. IF you have that kind of talent you should do that to a c6z. Then the entire car is aluminum. Maybe I'll donate mine to the cause

74contraption

I have been thinking about basterdizing a late car. I'm scared of the electronics and air bags etc.............Ray

John B

Wow You have some fab skills!!

74contraption

Thanks, I brought this c2 home and it was to go under the sawzall like the c3. It's in 3 chunks and has a restored frame under it and the nom 327/4spd. I started to save it............ some day's maybe not. Ray

brkntrxn

Very nice work!!!!

74contraption

Today I did what I should have done when the frame was out. The car was built with the 4spd and I then did a 5 spd. I put it in from the top...........Had to fab a aluminum tunnel that was removable and it went in through the passenger door. Now that it's together and have put 2k miles on it i decided to do the removable cross member thingy.
Hindsight . Ray

74contraption

Here in a warm shop on a icy day. Made a fancy bar. Most likely would not fit if it had a shroud and PS. And a pic of my frozen yard art. Ray

63Corvette

Congratulations 74! I agree that you have outstanding aluminum fabrication talent!