65 chevelle derby car

[camarofreak82_427]

well i have my pics from yesterday and a few from today. i cut the rear down a little but i still havnt found much of a way to raise the front so im leaving it for now i started scratch building a trans cooler tonight and i have to run to town and pick up somthing to use for wire tomaro because i cant do much until i get my starter and other stuff wired up. its a slow going prosess it seems. i do have my line up for next years contests though i have an 89 silverado my 57 300c and a monico so far that i will start this winter

heres a pic of some of the battery box prosess

heres it finished. i installed it without drilling holes for the wires so its a pain to do in the car

heres the start of the tranny cooler there wil be tranny lines and fan wires to it im also scratch building a brace to hold it in place

and i started choppin stuff up tonight no turning back now!!!!! gotta hack up the monico tomaro to convert it to a fury wagon. well see how good my body skills are

got the front end done. turned the tires in a touch

[JunkPile]

I'm gettin' derby fever! Keep up the good work. Making styrene look beat up is just not that easy to do. I feel your pain. Have fun!

[camarofreak82_427]

lol come over to scale-demoproboards and build derby cars with us the more the marrier. atleast if its supposed to look beat up u dont have to worry to much about messing it up lol. i love building derby cars my skills have improved so much in the last couple months.

[tvandmoviecars]

if you do the monaco wagon "clean".. love to see it repopped in Resin... got at least 2 projects I would love to do based on a mnaco wagon.

[dyl_w@comcast.net]

I love the headers

[camarofreak82_427]

im converting this car for a contest n its supposed to be wrrcked but im sure ill do a derby car conversion again thats not wrecked but this is my first time ever doing any body work or a conversion at all lol idk how itll turn out. N the headers are from carsons custom model parts there the same ones used in the mad mudder kit

[camarofreak82_427]

well i did start on the body mods about got them finnished its a 78 monico wagon now, i got the front clip installed excepth the hood it had to be narrowed a little bit but came out great i think for my first conversion

got the front off the monico

cut the fenders off and put them on the chevelle

narrowed the cowl pannel to fit between the fenders

whyle waiting for all that to dry i also got the fan for the tranny cooler built

[camarofreak82_427]

i narrowed the door pillers a little

then i raised the body line of the window up to give it more curve

then i wided the rear piller and added a curve to it. i still have a lot of body work left and a lot of sanding just to crash it lol.

this is my forst conversion hopfuly im doin it right lol

[camarofreak82_427]

well i did a little more research and i desiced to change a few things, i broke off the raised body lines because the car i looked at was a monaco but the wrong year wagon.

then i widend the center post a little bit

i had to narrow the hood a little along with the rest of the front end pretty easy task

glued the hood back together

on the test fit i had to add a small strip to the side to make the hood a touch wider in the front. its not perfect but its getting crashed anyways

all the body work finished but the sanding. next comes some dents and bending lol hopfuly it goes with the image in my head. also picked up wire to finnish the motor and get the cage installed maybe this weekend if possible.

[camarofreak82_427]

i started doing sime wiring in the last week. such a pain in the ass lol

heres the finnished trans cooler and fan

some battery cable and more wiring pics, i have all the grounds done and still have positives to do

[camarofreak82_427]

then i cut the front frame rails off and am making my own

heres where im at tonight i have all the trans lines ran and everything but positive wires

i cut the rear wheel cylinders down to narrow the rear stance since it was way towide looks much much better now

heres the mock up

[camarofreak82_427]

i got a good deal of stuff started tonight notheing to spectacular, scratch build radiator shroud and headlight pannel.

i still have a bit of work to do on it but i just wasnt to motivated tonight lol

also for the tenth time started building chakels for my learf rearend after a few trial and errors i think i got it. might be a little big for scale but i think it looks pretty good

ill take more pics when its finnished.

[camarofreak82_427]

sorry i havnt updated in a whyle. been nice out so i have been busy. i got the rearend done and the core support finnished with headlight buckets and ratchet straps i think it looks really good for scratch built

i got the rearend done. it was such a pain in the ass. dont want to do this agail lol

and since thats basicly all there is to the chassis i started doing body damage. i didnt realize how hard it would be on a wagon does anyone have any tips on bending a wagon. sedans are a little easier lol

[Jantrix]

Wow. I've never seen a derby car build this in-depth. Usually we see some melted up bodies and bad paint and the headers and that's about it.

My advice? Don't bent it up any more. It looks right just as it is. Why all the shackles on the leafs?

Edited August 16, 2012 by Jantrix

[JunkPile]

I can almost see the mud flying, smoke rolling, and metal crunching!

Hey Brandan, be careful not to get too much heat on the body.

Looking good!

[camarofreak82_427]

The shacklys.are to stiffen the rear of the car and keep the leafs from coming apart and holds them together once the rearend goes up im sure theres other use for this trick. Thanks for the comments guys im takin my time on it. As for the body i already bent it up a bit more i want to keep it so u can tell wat its is still so its not to mangled up lol

[camarofreak82_427]

i read ur posts i think it turned out pretty good. i still have some work to do on the hood and front fenders to get them to look right but i dont think i destroyed the look of the conversion either heres some photos of the damage, still have a lot of work to go though

i know alot of you didnt want any damage but i was already commited once i read ur posts. i dont think i destroyed the look of the conversion

[camarofreak82_427]

Sorry i havt put nuthin up latly oll post pics when the contest is over n go onto a little detail. Its pretty much done now ill prolly add more before the contest. I wnt forget my thread lol