Well, I just wanted to come here and post about my project. It has been in the making for over two years now. I don't have a cool project name for it like Menace (Wish I would have thought of something like that), however I have always called the car "Fast Orange" (like the hand cleaner and because the car is orange and fast, lol).
Well just to give some highlights of the build so far, the car is being nearly stripped of all of it's badges. It will sport a Lingenfelter built LS7 with a dry sump system, backed by a T-56 Magnum 6 speed. The chassis is a tube chassis built by SRIII Motorsports (in fact SRIII is doing the bulk of the work on the car, www.sriiimotorsports.com). They do fantastic work. I will be running all C6 corvette suspension with Z06 brakes, HRE wheels for a Z06 (many of the used parts as you will see are from the C6 Z06). I have subtle body changes that might make it difficult to recognize the car as a '75. I will be adding quite a bit of modern amenities such as power adjustable and heated seats (Z06 seats) auto headlights, cruise control, A/C (car never had it), adjustable speed wipers, aftermarket hood with struts to aid in opening and closing, fully adjustable traction control w/launch control, and much more. We are trying to not leave any detail from being looked at.
The car once put together will then to go The Recovery Room for it's interior (whom have done interiors for several Riddler award winners, http://www.recoveryroomrodinteriors.com/main.html).
I have owned the car since I was 16. I re-did the car once and the overall look was really nice, however there were a few things that I wasn't happy with as far as how the car drove.
Attached is a photo of how the car looked after it was redone the first time. There is also a picture of the frame that was built for my car for the current build.
This is a video of how the hood raises and closes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aYV9oPC1Ic&feature=youtu.be.
Well just to give some highlights of the build so far, the car is being nearly stripped of all of it's badges. It will sport a Lingenfelter built LS7 with a dry sump system, backed by a T-56 Magnum 6 speed. The chassis is a tube chassis built by SRIII Motorsports (in fact SRIII is doing the bulk of the work on the car, www.sriiimotorsports.com). They do fantastic work. I will be running all C6 corvette suspension with Z06 brakes, HRE wheels for a Z06 (many of the used parts as you will see are from the C6 Z06). I have subtle body changes that might make it difficult to recognize the car as a '75. I will be adding quite a bit of modern amenities such as power adjustable and heated seats (Z06 seats) auto headlights, cruise control, A/C (car never had it), adjustable speed wipers, aftermarket hood with struts to aid in opening and closing, fully adjustable traction control w/launch control, and much more. We are trying to not leave any detail from being looked at.
The car once put together will then to go The Recovery Room for it's interior (whom have done interiors for several Riddler award winners, http://www.recoveryroomrodinteriors.com/main.html).
I have owned the car since I was 16. I re-did the car once and the overall look was really nice, however there were a few things that I wasn't happy with as far as how the car drove.
Attached is a photo of how the car looked after it was redone the first time. There is also a picture of the frame that was built for my car for the current build.
This is a video of how the hood raises and closes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aYV9oPC1Ic&feature=youtu.be.
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