Plant Engineer
Veteran Member
In January my dad, who's getting up there but still does good engine work, asked me if I wanted to take on a project he started and abandoned 8-9 years ago . He built a L88 head 496 for it with a very mild solid lifter flat tappet cam. Maybe 450 HP. Ladder bars but the chassis and body condition was poor to be kind. Its been sitting out in the open in the pacific northwest for the whole time and needed a LOT. I made the decision to...
1. Gut it from the front seats back
2. build a 10 point cage
3. restomod light interior
4. build a 4.10 spooled Dana 60
5. 3000 stall Edge converter
6. Build a rollerized really beefed up TH400
7. Change essentially all the sheetmetal except the roof panel\
8. Tear the engine down, change over to a very healthy hydraulic roller Vic jr, Fitech fuel injection ( still gathering parts ) etc. Low 600 HP range build.
9. Lots of other stuff.
10. Paint and everything else done by me and I want it done by the end of the year.
I'm intending this to be a street car but well into the 10's when I drive to the drags.
This is my progress at the 3 1/2 month point...
1. Gut it from the front seats back
2. build a 10 point cage
3. restomod light interior
4. build a 4.10 spooled Dana 60
5. 3000 stall Edge converter
6. Build a rollerized really beefed up TH400
7. Change essentially all the sheetmetal except the roof panel\
8. Tear the engine down, change over to a very healthy hydraulic roller Vic jr, Fitech fuel injection ( still gathering parts ) etc. Low 600 HP range build.
9. Lots of other stuff.
10. Paint and everything else done by me and I want it done by the end of the year.
I'm intending this to be a street car but well into the 10's when I drive to the drags.
This is my progress at the 3 1/2 month point...



