Not so typical Pro-Touring Cars

[bosses son]

I was looking through our old customer photos and came across cars we did the chassis' for that I would consider Pro-Touring. The aren't your typical PT cars to begin with but they turned out pretty cool. Enjoy!

This 34 Ford was build back in the 80's and finished in 1990. Its got a full tube chassis. The motor and trans out of a 928 Porsche. A-arms, knuckles, hubs are all had built stuff front and rear. Brakes are 930 Porsche, rotors are sphearacone. It is a fiberglass tub with full steel fenders. The wheels are a 1 off spindle mount magnesium wheel by Momo. Just about everything on this car is one off hand built stuff!




















This is a 1936 Packard that we built a chassis for and incorporated all the C-4 Corvette suspension. It has a Viper V10 with a T56 six speed. This car it the ultimate sleeper! Lots of fun with unsuspecting suckers!









This is a 1968 Checker Marathon. It was built as a personal car buy the same guys that made the Checker Cabs. This car got C-4 suspension front and rear. LS-2 with a Magnacharger blower and 4L65 trans. We pushed the motor back and down to make the car a front mid engine setup. Corvette Grand sport 13" front rotors 12" rear with a hydro-boost power brake unit. PS Engineering wheels, and some trick ducting work under the hood by Dave Wheeler. This car screams!









This is our latest chassis that we have just finished for a 59 Chevy convertible. The rear of the frame had to be completely redesigned to accommodate the C-4 suspension. The center of the X got allot of work to give it some more structure and let the drive shaft fun through the center of it like it use to. We coated the outside's and the bottom with 12gage to help stiffen up what was a very flexy frame. It is going to get a LT-4, six speed, and all the suspension out of a donor 96 Vette that the owner had. The owner of the car just got the chassis so i dont have any pictures of the done car, but it is going to be the best driving 59 around!

This is how the frame was originally.


Here is how it turned out.

[preston]

Wow ! Those are some really neat cars. Thanks for sharing.

Whenever I see these cutting edge beautifully done cars from another era I can't help think - what happened to them ? Are they still out there being stored away and driven on special occasions (or regularly) ?

Fine cars like this probably are, but its amazing to me that the magazines can be filled month after month with expensive innovative cars that never show up again at least nationally.

[twosaturns]

I'm surprised you didn't fix the inherent problem w/ the '59; the X frame. not very ridgid, and doesn't provide any side impact protection. unless you incorporate a cage, and then I don't see how you'd tie it in the the frame.

[vanzuuk1]

Wow...nice

[vanzuuk1]

Wow...nice

[78 Type-LT]

That pack is a beauty....

[bartlett]

I love the old cell phone molded into console in the 34.

[Nomad_K]

Those all look fantastic - especially partial to the Packard and the '34.

[d110pickup]

I remember the '34 from Street Rodder way back when; and I thought it was amazing then. Wasn't it built by a (not the) Paul Newman?
Does the same guy build Prerunners & desert trucks now?
Mike

[bosses son]

I remember the '34 from Street Rodder way back when; and I thought it was amazing then. Wasn't it built by a (not the) Paul Newman?
Does the same guy build Prerunners & desert trucks now?
Mike

yes it was built by the "other" Paul Newman not the actor. I am his son, and this is what we do now.

http://www.newmancarcreations.com/

[d110pickup]

Dang; I impressed myself with that memory!
Was I correct about the desert trucks?

Man, I really loved the '34, that was cutting edge when it was built. And except for the cell holder it's still very impressive.
The Checker wagon is pretty neat also.
Mike

[iadr]

Beautiful cars, all of them, really tastefull, and look liek they run hard.

Was Greg Fleury involved in that Porsche drivetrain one?
There was a mention in Hot Rod about one he was doing, when it was at about the half way point. Never saw it complete. Same car?

[bosses son]

Beautiful cars, all of them, really tastefull, and look liek they run hard.

Was Greg Fleury involved in that Porsche drivetrain one?
There was a mention in Hot Rod about one he was doing, when it was at about the half way point. Never saw it complete. Same car?

talked to Paul and he remember that car you are talking about, this is a different car.

[bosses son]

This is a project that is still in the works, but i thought it appropriate. It started life as a 1933 1 1/2 ton Chevy pickup with a steak-bed on it. We had originally planed on making it a single rear axle truck that used the C-4 suspension front and rear. We boxed the Frame, not that it needed it ( it was 3/16" C channel). We had got the frame done and the front and rear suspension in. Put the cab on and the owner decided it needed more. He wanted to make it a duel axle truck. So it went back on the frame table and we chopped off the rear 6' of the frame and did a total redo and incorporated 2 C-4 independent rear suspensions. The second suspension is just a tag-a-long, but i think its a its pretty cool deal.

right now its at the sheet metal guys shop getting a total update. The cab has gotten stretched to make 33 sedan doors fit on. The grill and front hood are being sculpted to fit around the LS-7 and 6L80 that are going in. The plan is to give it full fenders and running boards. The bed is going to be something reminiscent of a early 30's tow truck.





the truck with only one rear axle

[ThomBombadil]

I drive my daughter to school in the Checker most days.



QUOTE=preston;673690]Wow ! Those are some really neat cars. Thanks for sharing.

Whenever I see these cutting edge beautifully done cars from another era I can't help think - what happened to them ? Are they still out there being stored away and driven on special occasions (or regularly) ?

Fine cars like this probably are, but its amazing to me that the magazines can be filled month after month with expensive innovative cars that never show up again at least nationally.[/QUOTE]

[Ripped]

This is a project that is still in the works, but i thought it appropriate. It started life as a 1933 1 1/2 ton Chevy pickup with a steak-bed on it. We had originally planed on making it a single rear axle truck that used the C-4 suspension front and rear. We boxed the Frame, not that it needed it ( it was 3/16" C channel). We had got the frame done and the front and rear suspension in. Put the cab on and the owner decided it needed more. He wanted to make it a duel axle truck. So it went back on the frame table and we chopped off the rear 6' of the frame and did a total redo and incorporated 2 C-4 independent rear suspensions. The second suspension is just a tag-a-long, but i think its a its pretty cool deal.

right now its at the sheet metal guys shop getting a total update. The cab has gotten stretched to make 33 sedan doors fit on. The grill and front hood are being sculpted to fit around the LS-7 and 6L80 that are going in. The plan is to give it full fenders and running boards. The bed is going to be something reminiscent of a early 30's tow truck.





the truck with only one rear axle

Are you driving both rear axles, or is one going to remain undriven?
Itwould be quite a techical achievement, to make a corvette pumpkin with an output shaft for the second axle.

Nice work BTW