Cavalier project

[Dburk]

New project

[NYLIBUD]

Nice,I like what I'm seeing already.

[iBorg]

I've often wondered why more of these kits haven't been converted into pro stocks. This is one to watch. At first I thought the hood scoop was incorrect but Warren Johnson ran one very similar.

[Dburk]

34 minutes ago, NYLIBUD said:

Nice,I like what I'm seeing already.

Thanks Ron

[Dburk]

46 minutes ago, iBorg said:

I've often wondered why more of these kits haven't been converted into pro stocks. This is one to watch. At first I thought the hood scoop was incorrect but Warren Johnson ran one very similar.

I don't think this was a popular body style or kit. You are correct about W.J. and his Firenza. I went with the old scoop because it went with the looks of the body better than the current pro stocks. The body is actually from a promo model that I found on ebay

Edited August 30, 2018 by Dburk

[Adhsdad]

Where did you get your Weld wheels from? Looks good so far.

[Dburk]

1 hour ago, Adhsdad said:

Where did you get your Weld wheels from? Looks good so far.

VCG Resins & Aluminum Parts

[NYLIBUD]

I know it's not a Cavalier,but close enough.A buddy of mine is selling this car.Quick 9 sec.

[Casey]

On 8/30/2018 at 1:24 PM, Dburk said:

I went with the old scoop because it went with the looks of the body better than the current pro stocks.

It's funny to me to hear someone refer to the rounded/areo style scoop as "old".   I suppose now it is, but in '87(?) or so, this new style scoop was quite different from the more squared off scoops with predated it:

The above hood scoop was found in the original 1/24 Monogram Pro Stock kit, Bob Glidden's 7-Eleven T-bird, and would look very appropriate with the angular, non-aero lines of the early Cavalier bodystyle IMHO.

At any rate, good to see someone using the early GM J-body as the basis for a build. 

[NYLIBUD]

I agree the older square hood scoop would go perfect on the car.Now everything is Outlaw/Cowl hoods,which I think look great on any car.

Edited September 1, 2018 by NYLIBUD

[iBorg]

Ron I disagree with you. I hate the noses people are putting on the hoods of the car.

[NYLIBUD]

5 hours ago, iBorg said:

Ron I disagree with you. I hate the noses people are putting on the hoods of the car.

Yea but if you don't have a cowl hood,and no scoop,how do you keep the motor under the hood?A lot of guys are using those plastic clear scoops.I don't really like them.

[Dburk]

Update

[Scott8950]

Are you using the chassis from the Pro street j2000?

[Tom Geiger]

Nice to see someone using the Cavalier!  Those kits are still out there cheap, and it’s actually a pretty decent kit to build. 

After I built mine stock,  people started giving me kits!  Like they found a place to dispose of them without the guilt of throat away!