Project blowngoat pics

Well spent about 20 hours this weekend working on the GTO and am pretty happy with the way its coming out,i had the chassis&cages done in yellow but decided to paint the car red with yellow flames so i didnt think the yellow frame/cage would look to good the way it was.

So after about 20 hours of stripping sanding taking apart,then painting clearing and putting it back together:CRY: heres where its at right now.

The 540 should be done very soon so i'm getting really excited now that its really coming together.hope ya like it:)

sorry dont know how to put more than 1 pic in a post but heres a few more

next..............

funny car cages..........

last one....front suspension....

Kewl!

Great work, keep the pics coming :toocool:

where's the "Monica"???..hehe

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Originally posted by Troglodyte
where's the "Monica"???..hehe

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:LOL: i must be sloooow tonight because that took me a full 5 mins to figure out what you were talkin about:whacked:

It b right here...

Man that is a really nice car you got there! How did you learn to build the frames and cages like that and how long did it take you to be able to get good at it? I have always wanted to learn to make my own frames and all.

FMX i'm a welder/fabricator for a living so that helps alot,but really as long as you have patience and can weld thats about all it takes besides a few specelized tools.Did i mention it takes patience:LOL:

The frame is a chris alston chassisworks frame and you get it in pc's and it all has to be welded together but it comes with blue prints and all the correct measurments so you just lay it out and a very flat surface (or build a jig)and start taking measurments and making reference points on the garage floor. I put a center line from side to side and front to back along with a center line for my axle all chalk lined on the garage floor so that i could take all my measurments from the same starting point that way everything comes out square.

Best advice i can give ya is buy a few good books on welding and fabrication technics and they will help you to learn some of basics as well as the little "tricks" that speed up the process. Besides that a tubing notcher is a must have for doing cages like this.

But again patience can not be substituted on a project like this or any project for that matter,its takin me 4 years to get to this point.

And thanks for the kind words guys...it makes me feel good after all the hard work!
BG:

Where do you get those frame peices at? I might have to look and get a frame for something if I can't find a good solid car out here.

If your wanting to build a "pro street" style car that really the best thing to do. Then you can buy a car for cheap and strip it down to the shell and go from there.

heres the chassisworks link they make the good stuff:3dSMILE:

http://www.cachassisworks.com/

BG

Thanks a lot man, I will check that out.... I wish I could find an old car around here for sale but can't... I was thinking about maybe buying a frame like that and a body somewhere and then get my own engine from a junk yard and all. It would be lot's of money but fun as hell and I would learn a lot.

nice work.i too am a welder and fabricator for a living.from 7 to 330 i work for a construction company, 4pm to 730pm three days a week, i help my friend build race cars and set up his super gas 33 roadster.is this a street car or is it race?i plan on building a street strip 65 mustang , alston chassis, powered by a big block chevy.again, nice work!!!:D

Thanks O64 this is a race/street car i plan on hittin the track a few times a month and the rest of the time doing cruise nights and cruzin the local ave (woodward)with it:3dSMILE:

BG

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Originally posted by Streets
Nize work BeeGee.. I'm impressed... :p Kinda makes me wanna go out "in da weeds" and find muh old home built Asphalt Modified 18 point cage car (like I don't have enuff 2 dew now) and see if'n I kin blast the thang and make it look jest as puurdy agin.. I should oughta take a pic of it b 4 I blast et tho.. Ya think??

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Careful Streets. Ya' might get bit by the racin' bug again. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: **)

I may B in the same shape by the time I finally get mine on the road. :CRY: :CRY: :LOL: :LOL:

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Originally posted by Streets
Nize work BeeGee.. I'm impressed... :p Kinda makes me wanna go out "in da weeds" and find muh old home built Asphalt Modified 18 point cage car (like I don't have enuff 2 dew now) and see if'n I kin blast the thang and make it look jest as puurdy agin.. I should oughta take a pic of it b 4 I blast et tho.. Ya think??

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Yeah boy lets see a pic of that thang streets:D

Would you believe i started out just puttin a 8pt bar in this car with a half back....then decided to go bigger on the motor and added a 10pt conv....then decided to go all out on the motor and ended up with what you see now.....damn cars been through 3 transformations already and the farthest its been out'a the garage is just to take that pic:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

BG

Damn, looks like you done a lot so far then. Oh well though, it will all be worth it I am sure. Just think of it this way, if anyone here gets pissed because they can't take their car out or nothing, just think of me and how I don't have any vehicle or hot rod to drive and how much it would suck to be me.... that will make ya feel better. lol

Hey thats right....dosent he have a post somewhere called "stealin cars"?:LOL:

My car hasn't been takin out of the garage for 3 weeks or so but, if I really wanted to I could take it for a spin.

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Originally posted by Streets
:LOL: I ½ expect ya to STEAL someone's ride someday FMX... :LOL:

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No way streets. You know as well as I do, if Anyone on these forums is gonna snag any, its gonna be me. Im the only one ATM without roadworthy(In the states eyes:p) wheels. You had better keep an eye on the Bucket!:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :whacked:

I always talk about stealing cars and all and always wanted to learn how to do stuff like stealing newer cars with those new alarms and locks. I won't steal any though, just want to learn how to.

Its not that hard. Trust me, a lot of my relatives have a lot of "odd" knowladge.

Wan't to share some of that knowledge?

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Originally posted by Streets
Hahaha Dave. wouldn't get too far tho, it's the only bright YELLOW Pail in Western NY and everyone knows it's mine.. 'sides... the 1st time ya punched it.... ya'd crap yer jeans..hehehe:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

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Now now there streets.... No need to brag. :LOL: