took my 68' BB project for a spin!! vid
06-12-2013, 02:07 PM
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Drifting
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took my 68' BB project for a spin!! vid
finally after "several year"...LOL, and starting with a complete basket case (bare frame up restoration) i took the car for a spin! This is a short video of me arriving back home....
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06-12-2013, 10:55 PM
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Looks and sounds great...is it a COPO car with the delete doors option? Couldn't resist that. All kidding aside your work looks amazing. Can't wait to see it totally completed.
06-12-2013, 11:52 PM
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YES! although it was up and down the driveway a couple of times before, this was an extended run (on side streets,etc) for the first time. ran and drove great! it came to my house about 4 years ago on TWO flatbed trailers....PO had taken it completely apart, then became totally overwhelmed with the project.
06-12-2013, 11:56 PM
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Drifting
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thanks Blair (and everyone else ) for your comment....some of the parts came from you! Yes, that is my 20 year old son, not so patiently waiting for dad to GET THIS THING DONE ALREADY!! LOL. he's a great kid, and will get his chance to take it out. Rick
06-13-2013, 12:28 AM
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That does look and sound great, you've done a great job. Not a lot of people can build a car out of a bunch of boxes!
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06-13-2013, 04:34 AM
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Drifting
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YES! this is a very rare COPO car built for a GM executive, it was the prototype for the astro ventilation, they scrapped this version for a more refined version and added doors and a hood. thanks for noticing! LOL
ps, thanks for the complements! Rick
06-17-2013, 07:05 PM
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It sure looks and sounds good, Rick! I'm jealous, my ZZ4 is as quiet as a church mouse. I have 2 1/2" exhaust, but the roller cam is very quiet, and it quietly goes pop,pop,pop at idle. My 327-350 made all kinds of loud noises. Lou.
06-17-2013, 07:10 PM
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Looking good so far and sounds great. Good luck finishing her up.j
06-17-2013, 10:15 PM
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Very good!! Thanks for sharing. It brought on a Deja Vu moment for me. I couldn't wait to drive my '68 after finishing the chassis and getting the body back on and engine running. So with no bumpers, hood or top, I bungee corded the doors shut (because they had no glass or latch mechanisms in them) and sat on a milk crate while I took it for a spin. It was about 30 degrees outside but I smiled all the way around the block.
My neighbor, who is a cop, saw me pull up the drive in the half assembled car. He just shook his head in disbelief that I had done something so blatantly illegal in front of him and smiled.
My neighbor, who is a cop, saw me pull up the drive in the half assembled car. He just shook his head in disbelief that I had done something so blatantly illegal in front of him and smiled.
06-18-2013, 07:58 AM
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Looks and sounds great
I would definitely put some doors on it though
I would definitely put some doors on it though
06-18-2013, 08:10 AM
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Razman,
That is genius! I am going to try your no-doors air conditioning option in my black/black bb no AC coupe in south Florida. I might actually be able to drive it during the summer down here that way..... But seriously, a 68 bb project like that, what a wonderful experience for a father and a 20 year old son to share. My 30 year old son will drive 80 miles down just to help me change the oil in "his" vette. I have to keep reminding that I am still alive!
Really nice work.
That is genius! I am going to try your no-doors air conditioning option in my black/black bb no AC coupe in south Florida. I might actually be able to drive it during the summer down here that way..... But seriously, a 68 bb project like that, what a wonderful experience for a father and a 20 year old son to share. My 30 year old son will drive 80 miles down just to help me change the oil in "his" vette. I have to keep reminding that I am still alive!
Really nice work.