Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 08:33:14 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 08:33:14 PM
A customer of ours dropped this beauty off for final body work and paint. It's setup for a non blue oval power train and has the corresponding suspension under it as well.
Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 08:36:23 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 08:36:23 PM
The IRS has been narrowed 13" and those are 315/35/17's underneath.
Title: English Toy
Post by: Thunder Chicken on March 15, 2015, 08:38:36 PM
Post by: Thunder Chicken on March 15, 2015, 08:38:36 PM
I like it. So, LS power?
Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 08:41:54 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 08:41:54 PM
Yes sir. It's out of a Z06. 6spd, all the suspension and brakes. The center section is out of a 2012 camaro.
Title: English Toy
Post by: Beau on March 15, 2015, 08:53:51 PM
Post by: Beau on March 15, 2015, 08:53:51 PM
Though not a fan of non Ford power, that thing ought to be able to leave it's shadow behind at times...pics when the paint is dry? :D
Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 09:13:06 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 09:13:06 PM
Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;446104
...pics when the paint is dry? :D
Yes, there will be pics when painted. Probably not of it completed as the owner will finish all that and the interior as well.
Hopefully by the time it's ready for paint, the owner will have finally made up his mind on the color :beatyoass:
Title: English Toy
Post by: thunderjet302 on March 15, 2015, 09:47:13 PM
Post by: thunderjet302 on March 15, 2015, 09:47:13 PM
Needs a 392 HEMI. Vintage engine would be perfect in there.
Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 10:11:07 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 15, 2015, 10:11:07 PM
Quote from: thunderjet302;446117
Needs a 392 HEMI. Vintage engine would be perfect in there.
LOL, there isn't enough room for the vintage 392. The engine bay is literally the width of the hood. The Z06 engine going to be pushing 600+ hp and in a barley 2000 lb shell.
Can anyone guess what the yr/make/model is??
Title: English Toy
Post by: thunderjet302 on March 15, 2015, 10:23:38 PM
Post by: thunderjet302 on March 15, 2015, 10:23:38 PM
Notch the engine bay sides ;).
Title: English Toy
Post by: BornInAFord on March 15, 2015, 11:50:11 PM
Post by: BornInAFord on March 15, 2015, 11:50:11 PM
Quote from: 1BadBird;446128
LOL, there isn't enough room for the vintage 392. The engine bay is literally the width of the hood. The Z06 engine going to be pushing 600+ hp and in a barley 2000 lb shell.
Can anyone guess what the yr/make/model is??
Title: English Toy
Post by: 50tbrd88 on March 16, 2015, 09:10:31 AM
Post by: 50tbrd88 on March 16, 2015, 09:10:31 AM
Wow that is really going to be a neat ride when done. Man, I've got to say you always share the coolest stuff. I'm jealous! You must love your job!
Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 16, 2015, 10:39:35 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 16, 2015, 10:39:35 PM
Quote from: BornInAFord;446145
Hard to say for sure, but looks like circa 1950 Jaguar XK120. Pretty special little car...
ding ding ding almost dead on. It's a 58 XK150 good eye. This particular car is a retired racer. I've got to get a ride w/video in this beast when it's done
Quote from: 50tbrd88;446159
Wow that is really going to be a neat ride when done. Man, I've got to say you always share the coolest stuff. I'm jealous! You must love your job!
Yes, yes I do LOVE my job :evilgrin:
Title: English Toy
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on March 19, 2015, 03:23:01 PM
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on March 19, 2015, 03:23:01 PM
Quote from: 1BadBird;446109
Yes, there will be pics when painted. Probably not of it completed as the owner will finish all that and the interior as well.
Hopefully by the time it's ready for paint, the owner will have finally made up his mind on the color :beatyoass:
LOL been there done that... I had a buddy paint a '86 Stang GT for me and he kept threatening to paint it Henry's color(black) if I didn't give him a color... Well it was orig black, then silver, and next burgundy when I got it(all in like seven years) and I owned a burgundy '86 Grand Marquis, so that wasn't going to happen... Finally on the way to work I spied a new Teal '93 Cobra Stang and it hit me THAT"S THE COLOR!!!
The Jag is way cool even with Chevy power, I'll take a LS over a mod motor any day... Kinda kick myself as I had a chance to buy a wrecked van(and not that bad, but frame was Z'd) with the 6.0 & like 25K mi for $1000 & I passed it up... That was just before I bought the Comet, If I'd have already had it, it'd likely be sportin' Chebby power...
Title: English Toy
Post by: 50tbrd88 on March 19, 2015, 03:29:04 PM
Post by: 50tbrd88 on March 19, 2015, 03:29:04 PM
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;446351
it'd likely be sportin' Chebby power...
Boo!!! I really like the LS engines...they just need to stay in GM vehicles! lol!:rollin:
Title: English Toy
Post by: 1BadBird on March 19, 2015, 08:52:42 PM
Post by: 1BadBird on March 19, 2015, 08:52:42 PM
Quote from: 50tbrd88;446352
Boo!!! I really like the LS engines...they just need to stay in GM vehicles! lol!:rollin:
Well........The owner is a GM man thru and thru............. He didn't want a "finicky" Brit engine and "No way" was he going to put a blue oval in there, although he loves the boss's 521.
And on another note, The owner has decided on a dark metallic green. Finally!!