Altered Wheelbase 59 StudeBaker Lark Build Thread

I bought this car for cheap awhile back and started to collect parts to build it. The engine will be set back 17% with a 15" altered wheelbase front wheelbase was moved forward 1 1/2"
Heres what I started with


After engine and tranny was pulled out I set the sbc mock up engine and four speed tranny in the firewall


After fabbing the engine mounts I cut the firewall to make room for the cross ram intake and started to make my fender well exit headers

 

I cut the front of the frame off and made new frame rail to install a willys front axel I machined out to accept 40 ford spindals

 

I worked on the tilt setup for the front end and moon tank placement.........I made a slide/tilt for the front

 

Not a hugh sbc guy but i think you work is awesome. Keep the pic's coming.

 

New bushings were pressed and the king pins fitted I was able to roll it out of the shop

 

Next rear inner wheel wells and floor section was removed for the rear alter



outer quarter panels were cut and Body was lifted of the chassis

 

Pretty bad ass.

 

After the chassis was removed I cut 15" out of the frame


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Chassis was cleaned and set back under the body

 

Wow, those headers are about as untuned as you can get...you're definitely not concerned about performance, are you?...the fab work seems pretty good though, and I dig the tilt frontend...

 

Heres some pics of the quater panels being filled in



The under side of the trunk drilled out

 

May as well put a steering brake in it; with that much setback and that much wheelbase alteration, it's just going to be a wheelie car...

 

This is going to be a car that I can drive to the track /car shows and drive it back home........... i'm working on the roll cage this week and will post pics as I go.

 

awesome car, but are you sure those are fenderwell headers and not like firewall or door exit headers......hahahaha.......very nice work

 

I'm aware the headers are not equal length and they the will get swaped out for a nicer set later. my main concern right now is getting it drivable......And yes i'm concerned about performance

 

I can find only one problem with your build----------It Ain't mine!!!!!!!!!Sweet

 

Awesome project. It takes a real man to cut one up like you did.

 

This thing is bad-ass
I'm a big dare to be different kind of guy and this certainly falls into that category

 

Can I drive it? I promise not to turn over 8000 rpm.

 

Heres the engine I built for it..........327 bored 30 over (331 cubic inch) venolia 13.5 to 1 pistons,steel crank, h-beam rods, ported and polished fuelie heads,under cut racing valves, solid lifter camshaft, windage tray, the intake is a edelbrock cross ram that will have 660 center squirters bolted to it, ronco magneto

 

Wheelies on the street....

 

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Very Very impressive.
That will be a real headturner, and not your normal looking gasser either....
Hurry up and finish....

 

Very cool !

 

Pretty wild. I dig it!

 

Great stuff coming from that hanger of yours. Guys- deucegasser built the Stick City Comet if I'm not mistaken, and if you've seen that car you know what he's capable of pulling off!!!

Can't wait to see this one done!
Dale

 

The 65 comet I built dales talking about......

 

You mean this one........




Yes, Mike (Gasser55) built that car...

He can actually build some cool stuff when hes not working on Ramblers! lol..

 

Looks like Mike beat me to it!