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Looking good, Pro Z !!!! Gonna be a real fine Maro when you get done. Hope you find some time to stay at it this year.

Looking forward to the pics Dannie.

Pro is starting to have a car showing up in his shop! Very cool !

I have the paint and the parts to get started, just haven't gotten my space yet. Working on it hard, I hate seeing it just sitting there.

Got everything tacked together sept' for a few gussets. Body is off to get at the jionts for welding.

Lot a pipes to melt together.

That is alot of pipe to wrap into one little space. Now you have to weld them all? You'll be doing that for a few days alright. Looks very safe though, and ready to go fast huh?

ProZ, you're in a whole 'nuther world. I hope it goes fast after all that work. Are you sure you would not do better being a professional welder? I appreciate your decent comments about my tires (only 9 1/4" wide) and when I recall the planning and measuring I did for just one added crossmember and a driveshaft loop, that was kindergarden by comparison. Amazing work!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Yea' Brick the toughest part will be NOT missing any joints .... there are a bunch for sure. Once I get it welded as far as I can on the jig, I'll build a rotisserie so I can rotate the chassis to get at the rest.

Thanks Don, welding as a hobby is plenty good for me. If I had to do it for a living it would be too much work. I usta' B a welder for Winnebago Ind. and as a year around job it wasn't so much fun. Knowing I can walk away from it when I want makes it much more enjoyable.

Whats your plans for building a rotisserie? Are you going to do it all from scratch? small_block and I are thinking about building one for a 'cuda project we are going to start. We where thinking of using something like how a engine stand works and just figure making the size it needs to weld to something solid. Any ideas are more than welcome.

Only a few more little things left to make it complete.

Actually I had kicked around yellow,(not literally) but I think I'll be going with dark blue or black. Then again I could change my mind again, never know.

Car looks great Pro60. I bet you're counting the days till the track opens up again !!!!! What's your son doing to his maro this winter?????

Hi Dave, It's so frustrating to know that I am ready this very minute, and I still have 92 days to go, but who's counting.

The Camaro is just going to be freshened up this winter. He is getting new rear tires, and wants to release some of that power that is locked up in that engine. Now that he has been in the 10's, he wants to get into the 9's. I wonder where he got that from. hehehe

hello everyone. congrats to everyone just finished building there car.

I have many projects going right now, " as always to much to do".

Im getting close to finishing my 1959 imperial crown 4dr ht. here is a before pic

and the next pic .

the car has came along way since these pictures were taken.
as soon as I can find the disk I stored all of restoration pics I will post them unless I have to take new ones. but then you wont see the work that had to go into this car.

stay tuned. will post an update soon.

I'm doing a 54 Chevy Pick-up. My wife's actually.

It started out as a sight unseen purchase. She wanted a truck to pick up gardening supplies, her hobby.

She sent a buddy of mine 50 miles to look at this for her. He called her and told her to by it. She had HIM write the check, and the old owner delivered it to my home. I asked everone that was hanging around my place if they knew what this was all about. I had intentions of building her a 65/67 shortbed. She wanted a 54 because that's when she was born.

A few days later I test drove it. NO WAY she was gonna be able to drive this monster...a 1 ton chasis. That was the begining, 3-1/2 yrs ago, and a lot of pocket change.

It wasn't suppose to be a show truck either. But every time I talked to someone, they ended up talking me in to top quality stuff.

I'm all the way up to re-installing the windows, then start the interior/sound system. I hope to have this project completed by mid spring, for all the local get togethers.