Mid Engine Charger...

[ATaylorRacing]

Your next project will be to put a mid engine V8 in a fwd L body....kind of like what the new owner of Four Play did back in 1985....had a stock truck 440 in the middle, stock automatic with FMVB, zoomie headers sticking out where the rear tires/wheels used to be, and a 9" Ford rear end behind the car! Of course, the car was a VERY rare 81 Plymouth Euro sedan! The new owner kept the 2.2 with 4 speed stick up front, using it to drive the car to and from the track....he used a tiny driveshaft after he got to the track to hook up to the rear. He built the car to run 12.0s, the bottom of Pro bracket back then.

[vipernbox]

Ok... I know this doesn't look like progress.. But the parts car charger is finally in the shop ready to be a test dummy for the chop top part of the project.. and this daytone is in the shop to become an organ donor to keep many projects around the shop alive...

Most importantly to this project though it is donating the t-top parts.. The ttop roof section is dimensionally smaller than the charger roof. This makes that portion of the chop quite easy. Plus I get ttops out of the deal.. I LOVE ttops..

Yeah.. I know.. it isn't going to stiffen up the car nor make it any lighter. I know.. but what good is blasting down country roads if you can't have the wind in your hair and sun in your face.


Pictures for reference.

[Reaper1]

but what good is blasting down country roads if you can't have the wind in your hair and sun in your face.

That's what motorcycles are for!

Oh, and don't you just LOVE how T-top cars are complete hack jobs!?

[vipernbox]

Oh, and don't you just LOVE how T-top cars are complete hack jobs!?

Complete hack jobs.. Riveted and glued together.

[moparman76_69]

I like how your "parts car charger" is a daytona.

[vipernbox]

On one side of the Daytona is the 87 GLHS.. and off to the other is an 85 Shelby charger. The dune buggy and the mid engine car are buried in the back of the shop.

[2.216VTurbo]

You know at this point a post after almost a year in your build thread *is* progress in itself Sometimes projects are sooo back burner you don't even think about them Start thinking about them again and things start to happen

[vipernbox]

And another one bites the dust. Still need to pull those wheels and cut the gas tank... But there it is.. note the tops of the fenders are gone.. I found a perfect place to use that shape.

[RoadWarrior222]

Sometimes projects are sooo back burner you don't even think about them

I have projects like that, so stealth I can't remember where I put anything for them, and so deep black, that even I don't know where the money is gonna come from. I think I must hit myself with the flashy thing every so often, so I don't accidentally talk about it in my sleep, 'coz sometimes I'll search my own threads and be all "Holy frack, I forgot about that!"

[vipernbox]

I have the worst automotive ADD... What has kicked all this into gear again... I want to start another project.. I want to build a Tornado Catamaran using cedar strip construction... The kicker here is I promised myself I wasn't going to start until the major project around here are done.

Right now the newest project the Spirit R/T is up on the lift. It is getting all new shocks/struts, brakes, vac system, headliner, deep cleaning, suspension bushings, ect...

After that comes the 87 GLHS. It needs a powerplant.. I have options..

Then the 89 turbo van (Rudolph 1 seen in the background above) gets an engine.. Or it gets the engine currently in the 5 spd van and the 5spd van gets a built engine.

Somewhere in there the dune buggy gets put back together.. I have pretty much all the parts.. And thinking it is going to get the VNT engine... Just gota screw it together.


Then the Mid engine car...


And even worse.. the first big hobie regatta of the year for our area is April 27-28... and I am running it. Oh yeah.. three kids.. a wife.. Running my own remodeling bizz...

But 2013 is my year.. This stuff is going to get done! If anything on the above list interests anyone.. it is all for sale!

[RoadWarrior222]

Well that clarifies, it, you definitely have a catamaran problem, everything else seems normal.

[Bardo]

So what happened to this?

[vipernbox]

I don't really want to talk about it...


The Sailing habit keeps getting worse... The Spirit R/T is knocking, Two Turbo Vans to keep running, a Dune buggy which ain't done, projects around the house, a successful business to run, three kids, wife.... Ect ect ect ect....


honestly the Maserati engine ended up in one of the turbo vans because I figured it would take less time to swing it in there than to build an engine..


So... I just bought a 2013 Hobie 16... Sailing season starts late April... and from May through september I have an event almost every weekend..

The Dune buggy (sand rail with a VNT engine) simply must get done.. Then I need to tinker with the Masi van, and the Spirit needs an engine.. and there are a few boat projects to be done...


So yeah... Uhhhhhh....

[Turbo224]

Im glad you're getting back to this project, it's one of my favorites!

[zin]

A wise man once told me, "you can't eat a whole cow in one sitting, but you can, one steak at a time! ".

It's a worthy project, I hope to see a few "steaks disappear from the freezer " this year!

Mike

[DetroitTurbo]

Hey man, cool project. Hope you have the chance to make some progress on it. The masi van sounds cool also. I've seen a few sand rails with 2.2 turbos, pretty cool!

[5DIGITS]

Love it !
Very Cool Indeed !!!

[Turbo224]

Any update on this thing?

[ucku]

did u ever finish the glhs charger

[2.216VTurbo]

ViperNBox last activity 3-20-15