What can be done with $800 and some friends-UPDATED

First you go buy some crome molly tubing ,Than you call some of your buddys and sell them
on how much fun it would be to build a race car ,than you look at your stack of parts and there stack of parts and take one night a week and call it race car night. Theres a reason why you see old race cars with more than one name on painted on the side of them, because with out all them names most people can't afford to build a race car and don't have all the talant it takes to build one, but if you can pull your buddys together and come up with a plan its a hell of alot of fun.
We are about half way done with are car and hope to have it done soon.
If it wasn't for the help of Mike,Josh,Josh,Dave,Pat,Steve and Howard ,this would still be $800 worth of tubing setting on the floor.
Marshall

 

You definitely need to keep this thread alive with lots of pictures.

 

Still looks like $800 worth of tubing laying on the floor to me. How about some pics!

 

quit being a big taeser...jeffrey

 

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Oh yeah, that's better! Nice work, gentlemen!

 

Do you plan on more triangulation between the upper and lower
tubes in front half of frame?
Bill.

 

I was waiting for the pics with the strippers in it, but those look good too.

 

Cool! I love it!! Looks like a lot of fun to me. Lippy

 

Nice work Marshall (and friends). I'm looking forward to following this thread.

By the way, I got the Topolino delivered last week. Thanks for being so patient while I arranged transport. Got my mind working overtime on how to build it. Sounds like all I need is some friends with money, parts and time (any volunteers?)

I've got some questions for you about the Topolino. I will call you one of these days when I have some time. I've been bustin' ass on my '54 ford trying to get it on the road for billetproof next weekend. I might make it yet.

 

That looks like it'll be a TON OF FUN! Nice work, fellas. Is this a HAMB drags car?

 

How come your not using that quick change from the first picture!?

 

holy 12-port jimmy Batman. is that the Fontana/Skinner head? nice work guys. ditch the nine-inch though...needs an early Olds/Pontiac rear axle (and i'm a Ford guy)

 

I was waiting to see how long that would take ,Horning 12 port
Its getting the 9" because were going to beat this GMC for all its got, and 9"are lighter than an olds and there are a ton of parts.

 

OK, spill about the 12 port. all the details please

 

this thing is bitchin, some cool fab work

 

Isn't that what it's all about?

 

I would like to see some pics of the Willys in the background.

 

Willys ?theres a willys in the back ground? spiders give me the willys

 

Nice work and that thing looks like it will be a bunch of fun when it's done. I agree with running the nine inch though. Lots easier to find budget minded gears and pieces for it than a Pontiac or Olds.

 

To hell with the Willys... You got a GMC 12 Port!?!?!? Hot Damn!




More please, Kinky6

 

The willys belongs to Amocat speed shop ,It's the GM Auto sales willys from Renton
Washington , It's being restored buy Josh and Steve, and were going to race it too.

 

Great idea!

 

I like the looks of the cage with that body.Driver setting down in the car looks good.

 

the top of the cage is not on it yet

 

looks like were neighbors, you must be on the east side of canyon rd.

 

Remember. "It's not the first time you break it, that pinches the budget, it's the fifth or sixth time." Looks like a blast! Must have details on 12 port build plans.

 

Sweet!!!

 

The level of talent on this board, never ceases to amaze me. Like the use of a solid platform to build a chassis. Are these old ones from bodies shops of yore or did you build/fab it? 12 port, flow through, head looks very zoomy. Nice use of resources.
Is this chassis design from a blue-print of your idea? Is the engine position low enough? Thanks for sharing.
JT