1951 Chevy Figure 8 Stock Car

[bobss396]

1 hour ago, customline said:

I don't understand why the exhaust had to be routed through the cabin and not underneath like a regular car. ?. No room undeneath? Weird rules? My total ignorance? ?

No room plus it looks neat going out the side. More ground clearance since they were required to have mufflers. The cars got lower and lower over the years.

This is what I got done today. It may need some fitting. Used .010" step flashing.

I may close up part of the floor outside the frame rail... or close the whole deal up and find some small diameter mufflers. It was also good to get the noise out from under the car.

[customline]

This is way more complicated than I expected. ?.  Your workmanship is impressive, Bob. I'm following with great interest.

[bobss396]

2 hours ago, customline said:

This is way more complicated than I expected. ?.  Your workmanship is impressive, Bob. I'm following with great interest.

The aluminum box was fun. I'm leaving it bare metal.

Getting the exhaust in will be fun. I will have to do it in 2 pieces per side and join it somewhere. Probably do that before the body goes on.

[Volzfan59]

This is such a a great build. Thanks @bobss396

[bobss396]

I'm going to hit the "easy" button with the finished exhaust. I have no desire to be farting around routing the semi-flex cable through small openings on a painted body/chassis. But it will look good. I worked on it earlier yesterday but went plant shopping with the girlfriend, got home late.

[customline]

2 hours ago, bobss396 said:

I'm going to hit the "easy" button with the finished exhaust. I have no desire to be farting around routing the semi-flex cable through small openings on a painted body/chassis. But it will look good. I worked on it earlier yesterday but went plant shopping with the girlfriend, got home late.

Sometimes hitting "the easy button" is the best choice. I have actual scar tissue on my right index finger from doing that.

Plant shopping. Uhh.........nope. I'm not gonna say anything?

[Volzfan59]

Since I retired, pretty much hit the "easy button" every morning when I get up! 

[bobss396]

I'm juggling working on my yard, getting the pool open soon, working on my old Ford and so on. I'm helping my girlfriend with her house too, she lives 30 miles from me.

I have most planters, flower beds cleaned up. I planted some tonato plants and cilantro earlier. 

Got more on the car done, I'll post an update later on.

[bobss396]

More progress. Chassis is in final primer, body needs a little finish work. I decided to hinge the deck lid. 

Seat belts are parts box items, painted Vallejo olive drab. My belts were army surplus back in the day. The Seat is from Ron Coon. 

Drive Shaft is done, aluminum tube and VCG Resin ends. I'm not sure if I like the fan. Roll cage is done.

[customline]

Yeah, the fan.....what about a Flex-a-Lite? Do they go back that far? 

[bobss396]

54 minutes ago, customline said:

Yeah, the fan.....what about a Flex-a-Lite? Do they go back that far? 

Quite possible. I have some around to look through.

[bobss396]

The chassis is painted with Ace Hardware gray, which dries fast and is durable. Interior panels and dash are Tamiya TS-4 German Gray. 

The engine needs a little more work and I'll pick out a PE flex fan for it.

With some luck I'll be into chassis assembly probably on Sunday. 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice effort being applied here. Attention to detailing and accuracy are going to pay big dividends in the final build, I'm sure. Very nice work.

[bobss396]

Been working on it a bit. The chassis is almost done. I gave it a fit check with the body on. I had to give the piece I added to hinge the trunk more room.

[JimmyRiggins]

Now THATS a 51chev! Great build, I like the exhaust routing, I did a 66 chevy 2 kit up a similar kind of way, now I wanna find that kit and finish it! 
very well done

[Volzfan59]

As always @bobss396, your work is spot on. I was thinking about this wip just the other day. For me, anything with an inline six gets my attention.

[Zippi]

This is one bad looking 51 Chevy Stock Car.  I'm diggin it man.

[stavanzer]

I like it too, Bob.

Fine Work you are doing.

[bobss396]

Thanks gents, I'm going slow since I bought the '66 Belair in late May. I put away a lot of what I had out on my "bench", aka the dining room table. 

I ran into one snag on the '51... the cage is about 2 mm too high and hits the roof... BACK IN THE BOX. I'd also like to get the front a little lower, as in getting the interior tub/firewall deeper into the body. The '56 Ford I'm doing has better fit issues.

[Volzfan59]

@bobss396, Sure am looking forward to seeing that '56 Ford!!!

[Kenmojr]

Gonna be one cool stock car.