1962 Chevy II "Runt"

[71datsun1200]

very cool project !!!

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

sweet ill be watching this one cant wait to see more . keep up the great work!!!

[Chas SCR]

scratch built the shock towers and upper A arm bracket. The shock and spring is in place using the lower one with a mono ball.

[cobraman]

There is some very nice work going on here.

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

Lower pic showing the nascar style front swaybar coming out to be line up to the center of the frame rail. The upper pic is showing the swaybar arm that has 2 bends in it one down and one over to line up with the tab on the lower strut arm. This will be hooked up with him joints and will be a working part of the car. The tie rod will come from the bottom and run just under the first bend to connect to the spindle.

[vintagedragfan]

very nice work on this Chas! really love what you are doing with this lil Nova!

[mopar68]

Wow Chas, I'm liking this one ALOT

[Chas SCR]

Thanks guys, getting the tie rods and steering made today. Then it is really ready to go into paint and doing all the machine parts. Still have to make the mono balls for the upper and lower controal arms.

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

you can see the arms coming off the spindle, They are lined up just passed where the rod from the lower controal arm and the swaybar is. The tie rod runs just under the swaybar arm and will be connected to the Sweet steering box.

[bryan_m]

lookin good chas, nice suspension work!

cheers

bryan

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

The top pic is showing the front lower roll pan and detail work done to it. The wing covers bolt up to the inner fenders and cover up the wires and stuff as they do to hide things like this for the show car styling. Also you can see the bolt holes to the lower pan that covers the steering rack and front swaybar, this will have .020 bolts in them for detail. The middle pic shows the rear shock tower added to the frame rail. For the last pic is showing the front trailing arm tabs to connect to the lower controal arm..

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

The center console is made and painted top body color and has the AC dials, also you can see in the circle part is where the custom shifter will be. In the dash you can see the gauge plate is now made and is two tone black. This will house 3 gauges and then there is 3 more smaller ones in the center of the dash and have to make the DVD player screan to fit into the bottom part.

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

Just put on the first of 4 coats of black to all the parts and body and chassis, This will give the bronz a good base once done and also the chassis will have 3 diffrent colors plus the flat black to the high lights in the rear inner fenders and also parts of the chassis and front roll pan.

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

Center console with ac nobs and center dial put in. Now need to paint them black, You can see the inner fenders as after the clear coat is done this will be done in all flat black and the lower spots in the inner fenders be tape off so it gives a embossing look to it.

Chassis with the first of 3 coats of 7900 Du Pont clear, showing off the gloss black with the Toyota 4U3 Sunset Bronze.

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

[Chas SCR]

Making the shifting lever, this does have a leather boot on it that fits down in the hole in the center console. The shift nob is sanded down to have 5 flat spots and also has 3 custom holes in the lever its self.put together and ready to be installed.

Chassis after having the flat black put on. This is a Du Pont Hot Rod black that does not have to have any clear coat as when it drys it's very hard and not easy to chip away, Polishing out the low parts back to gloss black.

With all the high spots done and the full rear of the chassis now complete done in paint. The front roll pan I will show in the next pic.

[jbwelda]

totally spectacular!

[crazyjim]

The chassis is a model all on its' own. Gorgeous.