Thread: Hello from Central Oklahoma

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Originally Posted by carolina man

I have been lurking here for a little while. I am getting ready to get a 48 Chevy Coupe in January so I will be doing a lot of reading here and to see what I can fall into for ideas for it. I have to say the car is rough and a basket case but body is solid and all there.

Seriously, the car appears to be the perfect candidate for a rat rod. A front and rear clip from a G body would work well and would give you motor mounts for a SBC. The front and rear track of the G body cars will be very close to the front and rear track of your project car. Track is the measurement of the width between the tires as measured from the center of one tire to the center of the other tire on the same axle. The G body track varies a little from one car to the other, but generally speaking is about 59 inches front and rear.

Pontiac Grand Prix (1982–1987)
Pontiac Bonneville (1982–1986)
Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon (1986–1987)
Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser (1982–1983)
Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais (1978–1984)
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (1978–1988)
GMC Caballero (1982–1987)
Chevrolet Monte Carlo (1982–1988
Chevrolet Malibu (1978–1983)
Chevrolet El Camino (1978–1987)
Buick Regal (1981–1987)

Buy a whole car that is running, cut it up and use everything you can. What you can't use (glass, body parts, etc.) you can sell off to reduce the cost of the donor. This is amateur hot rodding at it's best.

Here's an example from craigslist....$1000 and you have everything to get the little coupe on the road.....plus you have glass and sheetmetal to sell off.....
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4117166414.html

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