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[am73grand]

I've read a bunch of threads by Tyrone and got inspired to pull this out of the box and get it on the bench. He had alot of good tips in his builds. I don't want a pro mod or outlaw as I wanted a carpeted interior and two seats.

I started by putting the race car wing on the stock '58 body. I also opened the trunk.

 

I used cage parts from various kits to get a decent pro-street style cage/frame

 

 

I've got a good start. It's all been mocked up, the interior fits the body perfectly. This will have a blown and injected Hemi. It's actually only my third drag car.

 

Thanks for looking!

Edited by am73grand, 14 April 2013 - 07:16 AM.

[Roadracer]

Nice start! Will be a great looking Plymouth!

[wrecker388]

Sweet! Love where this is going!

[tyrone]

Great Job so far Ron... Looks good for your third drag build.. I know I wasn't doing builds like this on my third one... keep it going...

[vintagercr]

I'm looking forward to see the progress shots

[cobraman]

Looking great ! Keep er' going .

[W-409]

This will be interesting! I can't wait to see how this turns out, the start looks excellent. I hope we would see more of these '50s and early '60s cars built this style.

[Bill Edman]

keep it up

[am73grand]

Thanks guys! Here are a few more pictures of my progress. The cage was pieced together from various sources:

The blue pieces are from a wrecked Subaru rally car. The pink are from the Matt and Debbie Hays pro street T-Bird. The white pieces are Evergreen rod .100 diameter. The Evergreen rods are a little big but I think once everything is in primer it will look OK. Plus I am not opening the doors so they are going to be hard to see anyway.

Here are the seats and the engine/transmission. The engine/bellhousing is from the US Army top fuel dragster. Tranny is from the '55 pro sportsman kit. Seats are from the Subaru Rally car.

I have a really different idea for the paint on this one.....Depending on what I do for paint I may use these wheels and tires on the front.

Thanks for looking

[Green Duster]

I like it!

[Dragfreak]

Very cool!!! any updates on it? and if you don't mind where did you source the wheels?

[vintagercr]

Great start!

[crowe-t]

Ron,

 

Excellent start on this one!  I like the look of the cage.

 

Mike.

[vintagedragfan]

yea Ron ,Tyrones stuff is incredible, it will inspire anyone who looks at it, I like what you have done, I think this will be sweet!!

[am73grand]

Got the door panels done.....here's a look:

 

 

More coming soon!

[crowe-t]

Now that's COOOOOL!!!

[Truck parts]

Very nice start.I will be following this build as you go.

[am73grand]

Very cool!!! any updates on it? and if you don't mind where did you source the wheels?

Thanks!

 

The front wheels are slot car items from Pro-track. They fit the kit tires almost perfectly!

[am73grand]

Got some more done on this one:

[am73grand]

Ok so I finished this one up today. Please be aware this is only my third drag car build and I still have a lot to earn.