New Guy - SE Michigan Area

[MIEngineer]

Just thought I would drop a note.

I have been looking over this site [and a few others] for a few years on and off.

I finally decided to register since I am pulling my car out of storage for the season and the builds I've seen in person or in print [in PHR and so on for the last several years] have been very appealing.

I have a 71 LeMans that is a decent lower mileage driver. Upon purchase I decided to go through stage zero to get everything working properly.

The day I bought it.



When I first purchased the car the suspension was tired. There were over half a dozen coil spring "helpers" in the rear coils at the time of purchase. Stock replacement springs in the front and rear along with new KYB front shocks went in.

I have upgraded the suspension with Hotchkis stabilizer bars and lower trailing arms. I added the Edelbrock upper trailing arms at the same time.

I planned to go with adjustable upper units but that will happen later on - I spent some modification funds on a few legs of the Hot Rod Power Tour for 2009.

When I do some front end upgrades I will probably modify the rear end components.

A family friend helped me out since he has access to a lift to make life easier [and he has a nice Nova - thanks Rick].

I've contemplated selling the car but I will see how that goes - I wouldn't mind a nice late 60s/early 70s blazer convertible or a 50s truck/suburban project with LS power.

Here are a few photos of my LeMans from a Power Tour stops in Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky.











A nice clean slate underneath to work with...not a fan of rust so this works well.



I am thinking of adapting the wheels from my G8 [and upgrade the brakes] since the G8 will have some new rollers and it might give the car a more interesting appearance.



-Dan

[wellis77]

Welcome Dan. I like the Lemans.

[jon72vega]

Welcome.
The LeMans is cool!

[BuddyP]

Welcome to the site, I'm 2 hrs away just south of Coldwater, MI

I was up at metro park last summer for the power tour as well but not with a vehicle. The GXP wheels would be pretty cool.

Nice choice of wheels on the Av too, just sold my '03 last August... haven't replaced it yet.

[1971CHEVELLE]

Welcome to the site

[CruizinKev]

welcome aboard!

[MIEngineer]

Thanks for all of the feedback and comments everyone!

The Avalanche is one of my favorites, currently my daily driver.

I picked up another car as well.

A 70 SX convertible...big block!

Not sure which one will get the works eventually...but nice to have choices. The LeMans being a base would be a better candidate...we'll see!