tarafied1
Well-Known Member
Okay, I have an idea. Maybe a really bad idea, Let me know what you all think.
As you all know I acquired the 67 POS from Dave with the original intent to make a trailer out of it. Dave stripped it down pretty much to just a shell but threw in the trunk lid and rear valence and tail lights and left the 4 lug 6 banger suspension.
Maybe I have been drinking too much one night and thought, "I could build a real cheap Drag car out of this thing"
I have traded a fuel filler (which I still have to make/modify and send out) to Ryan for the trunk hinges and left end cap. I also traded some fuel fillers to janschutz (which I also still have to modify and ship) for a peace to repair some rust in the trunk channel. I also just bought some 68 parts from jrherald420 for pretty good price, (which I plan to go get this week) most of which I don't need but could use on the POS. janschutz is parting out a 67 and is willing to sell a lot of things I might could use/need also. I have in my own stash, the rest of the front clip, two hoods, a back window, one side rear window, bumpers and brackets, and lots of little stuff. I still need doors, a steering column, a 8" or 9" rear, windsheild, the cowl and panel below the rear glass, and I'm sure a lot smaller items I don't have. I can do basic wiring and won't need a full interior. I might try to make it street legal so I won't have to trailer it.
So right now I have very little invested cash.
I have a 1977 351W and C6 in a running motorhome I could strip (it's just sitting in the woods on my dad's property in Eastern KY and now I bought a used 27' camper so I don't need it and it's not worth anything to sell. I live between two drag strips, one in Clarksville is an 1/8th mile and the other in Bowling Green is a 1/4 mile but they do run the 1/8th. SO I was thinking I could slap together a cheap 1/8 mile car to beat-on and have some fun. The POS is rough in some weird places but solid in most of the normally rusty places. I still need a lot of parts and it would take some work but if I continue to collect parts cheap or trades and do all the work myself I wouldn't have a lot into it, it wouldn't be all that quick and it doesn't have to be pretty but it could be a lot of fun. I could paint StangFix.com on the sides since most of it has been made possible by the forum.
What do you all think? Do it or just stick to making a trailer?
As you all know I acquired the 67 POS from Dave with the original intent to make a trailer out of it. Dave stripped it down pretty much to just a shell but threw in the trunk lid and rear valence and tail lights and left the 4 lug 6 banger suspension.
Maybe I have been drinking too much one night and thought, "I could build a real cheap Drag car out of this thing"
I have traded a fuel filler (which I still have to make/modify and send out) to Ryan for the trunk hinges and left end cap. I also traded some fuel fillers to janschutz (which I also still have to modify and ship) for a peace to repair some rust in the trunk channel. I also just bought some 68 parts from jrherald420 for pretty good price, (which I plan to go get this week) most of which I don't need but could use on the POS. janschutz is parting out a 67 and is willing to sell a lot of things I might could use/need also. I have in my own stash, the rest of the front clip, two hoods, a back window, one side rear window, bumpers and brackets, and lots of little stuff. I still need doors, a steering column, a 8" or 9" rear, windsheild, the cowl and panel below the rear glass, and I'm sure a lot smaller items I don't have. I can do basic wiring and won't need a full interior. I might try to make it street legal so I won't have to trailer it.
So right now I have very little invested cash.
I have a 1977 351W and C6 in a running motorhome I could strip (it's just sitting in the woods on my dad's property in Eastern KY and now I bought a used 27' camper so I don't need it and it's not worth anything to sell. I live between two drag strips, one in Clarksville is an 1/8th mile and the other in Bowling Green is a 1/4 mile but they do run the 1/8th. SO I was thinking I could slap together a cheap 1/8 mile car to beat-on and have some fun. The POS is rough in some weird places but solid in most of the normally rusty places. I still need a lot of parts and it would take some work but if I continue to collect parts cheap or trades and do all the work myself I wouldn't have a lot into it, it wouldn't be all that quick and it doesn't have to be pretty but it could be a lot of fun. I could paint StangFix.com on the sides since most of it has been made possible by the forum.
What do you all think? Do it or just stick to making a trailer?
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