Radical Rides Bandit build

[Radical Rides]

Here are a few pics of the bandit we are building its on a morison chassis with a kenne bell super charged LS motor we have set the engine way back and have flushed the front and back glass it as well heres a couple pics

[Radical Rides]

hers a couple more

[hmartin]

:twothumbs Looks sweet!

[GM_muscle]

this is a killer build. keep the pics coming.

[Radical Rides]

ill post a few more in a bit we are just getting ready to paint the main shell hopefully in a few days then we will be assembling ....ill keep you posted

[Rybar]

Looks killer Bill. Is it going to be complete soon?

[WS6]

Nice. Any more details that you care to share? I'm guessing it is riding on air?

[amargari]

Wow!! Nice to see a 2nd gen fbody getting that treatment.

[Smock67]

MMMM i always had a sweet spot for the 2nd gen birds. Call me lame but its mainly because of Smokey and the Bandit. Are you guys going with the same color scheme, or switching it up?

[Radical Rides]

It will be a smoky and the bandit theme black and gold ....and no its not on air ..its coil over ...the car has been channeled down on the frame thats why it looks so low it actually has more ground clearance than a stock one ..We are hoping to have the car finished fairly soon ...and ill fill in any details you guys want to know ...ask away and ill answer

[81TurboTA]

What does channeled down mean lol

[surreyboy]

higher res pics


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[Radical Rides]

Hey where did you get those pics? lol

[surreyboy]

i know the owner:secret:

[CruizinKev]

oh sweet!!!

[LeighP]

Outstanding build....I love 2nd gen F-bodies. My 71 is down to a bare roller at the moment and I can't beileve the amount of mods you guys have down to that body. Too cool!

[Tig]

That is going to be an insane ride. Looks amazing.

[Radical Rides]

What does channeled down mean lol
We cut the origanil floors out ...put a full chassis under the car and sank the body down as low as we could (channeled ) while still giving the driver just enough room to drive the car >>>if the owner wasnt so damn tall I would have sank it down lower...We are doing a chevy II right now and that is what we are doing to it the owner of that car is shorter so we can drop the body even farther over the frame that car will be canned yet still have good ground clearance under neath it so it will be drivable ...

[81TurboTA]

We cut the origanil floors out ...put a full chassis under the car and sank the body down as low as we could (channeled ) while still giving the driver just enough room to drive the car >>>if the owner wasnt so damn tall I would have sank it down lower...We are doing a chevy II right now and that is what we are doing to it the owner of that car is shorter so we can drop the body even farther over the frame that car will be canned yet still have good ground clearance under neath it so it will be drivable ...

Thanks those newbie questions lol can't wait to see it finished!

[Radical Rides]

haha,,,its all good you need to ask questions if ya want to know ..

[Samckitt]

Radical Rides - Where do you guys have your shop?

The build looks great so far.

[Radical Rides]

Our shop is in Surrey/Langley bc canada

[WS6]

The inner fenders, glass, metal,...?

This car looks great. I want to get my car that low one day. I figured it would take channeling it to get it that low. What did you do for the rear since the outer fenders are just on the other side of the inner fenders? Typically that keeps the back from going very low and still be functioning correctly. I'm guessing the morrison chassis design took care of that though.



Thanks

[formula]

Man oh man I love those wheels- but I may be biased. Keep up the updates for us!

[Radical Rides]

The inner fenders are all steel ...

[Phishfud]

Man does that look sweet! Love to see the 2nd gens getting attention like this. Outstanding!

[Rybar]

Nice build Paul, please keep the rest of the world informed :drool:

[Radical Rides]

Ill keep putting pics and updates as we get farther along

[Radical Rides]

couple more pics just bolting it togethor one more time to make sure body lines are perfect and gaps are mint from here it is on to bolting in the motor and such

[LeighP]

Very nice...is that a Year One F'glass nose?

[Radical Rides]

Ya thats what it started out as ...it was pretty rough though we had to do alot of work to get it fit and get it striaght nothing fit we also added the fog light holes the customer liked the look of it on the year one bandit they built

[LeighP]

A poster on Transamcountry.com had issues with the "non" fit of the Year One nose as well.....and yet another guy spent a huge amount of time fixing a VFN nose for his 77 because of poor workmanship/molding.....is it too much to ask that someone make a fibreglass nose that does actually fit the front of a Firebird?

[cefboy]

Are those rims from yearone?

[Radical Rides]

No the wheels are from forgeline ...

[Radical Rides]

The problem with someone making a good fiberglass nose is the time and money involved to make it ...by the time you find a good rubber nose and make it good enuff to pull a mold of off it is worth so much money no one is willing to pay for it ...the year one nose is a good start but it does require alot of work .. it all depends on what your expecting as a final product we spent a ton of time on this one cause we want it perfect ....We looked at pulling a mold of it but we figured it wouldnt be practical unless I had a few people that where comited to buying them ...we are more than capable of building a perfect fit nose ...but im betting for the time involved it would expensive

A poster on Transamcountry.com had issues with the "non" fit of the Year One nose as well.....and yet another guy spent a huge amount of time fixing a VFN nose for his 77 because of poor workmanship/molding.....is it too much to ask that someone make a fibreglass nose that does actually fit the front of a Firebird?

[pro-touringAK]

I just found a 81 Trans Am for cheap. I like the looks of the 77-78 nose better though. are the noses interchangable?

[tonykim]

I believe the noses are interchangeable. there's probably inner bumper structure you'd have to swap also.

[redfire69]

I believe the noses are interchangeable. there's probably inner bumper structure you'd have to swap also.

Yes, the inner structure has to go with it. Might as well take the inner tail panel and taillights (like Year One does w its Bandits) to make it really look like a 78. Sorry for the high jack.

[garickman]

any updates on this build?

[GM_muscle]

yes you can swap to the 77-78 front bumper but you will need the bumper support to. i did the swap on my 79. the radical rides bandit is bad ass keep up the killer work and keep the pics coming.

[Radical Rides]

Sorry its been awhile since I have updated its been hectic around the shop here I will get a bunch of new pics up of the car later this week

[BirdsThaWord]

Can't wait to see the finished product. That's gonna be a nice car!

[hustleandflow]

killer ride

[killer67]

What size are the 19" wide front tires? Awesome build!

[gmcdermit1]

Are those fiberglass doors? If so where'd they come from and how do they work with the window regulators and parts. They would shave a significant amount of weight off of these cars as the doors weigh a ton!

[Doug1]

Sorry its been awhile since I have updated its been hectic around the shop here I will get a bunch of new pics up of the car later this week


We're waiting on those pics!!!!!

[Radical Rides]

I will get some up I want to post em once we get the car all togethor and it is close now ..should have em all up in about a week as far as the doors they are the original steel doors

[cdoggy81]

Well how about a few teaser shots of it going together then...??? :)

[Greasy63]

Love those wheeeeeels!!!!!!!!!!!:firefire::firefire: