Project WidowMaker - The Chevelle Build Thread

[72mach1]

That is one sweet frame. Awesome work.

[93Polo]

whats your address? Im having my frame shipped to you

this is porn for an A-Body guy.....

My reply on Team Chevelle was thats hot!!

Good to see an A-body that'll give these F-body guys a fight.

[FadedSS]

awesome work man! cant wait to see this thing all finished up!

[67goatman455]

i would hang a picture of your frame on my wall if you had some really nice photos done of it. very nice job

[bonecrrusher]

That frame looks awesome!

[wellis77]

I love this build, looks great! I just went through the entire thread. Very nicely done.

[m6z]

Nice. I think my next build will be similar.

[The WidowMaker]

i finally get to go home and see the car tomorrow after 72 hours at work. i plan to start smoothing the cowl and doing some work to the underside of the body since it will be on the rotisserie. i also havent heard back on the wheels, but they should be coming back soon.

Tim

[1badchevelle]

i also havent heard back on the wheels, but they should be coming back soon.

Tim

That's not good.

[The WidowMaker]

i got the body on the rotisserie today, but spent the rest of the day cleaning the garage. its amazing how much crap floats in even though i do my work on the driveway.

ive been asked about the exhaust and swaybars here and elsewhere, so i took a couple more pics.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Wow that is gorgeous has the red grown on you yet or are you still thing black maybe?

[Big Eddie]

I've been following this build for a while now....all I can say is AMAZING WORK you are putting into this car. Can't wait to see it finished!

[chunger]

Dude, forget about putting the body back on. Just take that frame to SEMA and wait for the orders to pour in!

[The WidowMaker]

Wow that is gorgeous has the red grown on you yet or are you still thing black maybe?

the car is supposed to be red, but my gut keeps telling me black. one of the reasons i stayed away from black and silver is because i was supposed to paint it in the garage. now that its not happening, it opens black back up again. and hell, i could even paint it all the grey color. it will probably end up red though.

[Fl Buick]

Hey Tim...
I'm just now getting into the measuring and such for the final ride height of my build plan. The "C" notch you did; any elaboration on that? It's the shape that caught my eye, so I am wondering what you did to get the clearance.
By the way, I'm with you on learning to do and doing everything possible in our own garage. My favorite thread for sure!

[Yelcamino]

This is a really nice looking build!

[70 Chevelle]

You just can't beat black. Listen to your gut.

[mc84_zz4]

I like both black and red, but you could end up with a deep, deep burgundy instead....
The possibilities are endless.
The frame is a work of art! Awesome updates, thanks!

[sixty5hellvell]

the front sway? thats a bunch of speedway engineering pieces and too much of my time. i would pay the $800 for the dse bar if i had to do it over. cost about $400 to build and it took a TON of time for the pillow block mounts, delrin bushings (that i need to remake) and to get the damn arms bent correctly. i should have also spent the money on the ridetech heims which would have allowed for a little more room.

its 38.25" long, 1.5" .120 wall, 49 spline. they wouldnt sell me the 48 spline since it was too close to the dse bar, and they supply them to dse.



I am interested in how you made those pillow blocks and delrin bushings, I plan on doing a simular setup with cheap used nascar parts and some good old fabrication. Your frame is very impresive , I went the tubular backhalf route with a overkill rollcage but yours is much more practical.

[Tiger]

Tim,

thanks for the pics. I'm using Vbands as well but I got two different brands and one brand wont seal. are you happy with yours? if so which brand are they?