ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
Noice! Those little Monzas and Vegas are fast when you build them right because they're so small.a few years ago my oldest boy bought a 74 chevy monza, cal.car with a 350,two barrel carb. before he got his current job, money got tight so i bailed him. out i nearly have all parts gathered up after market block, heads,crank,roller cam and lifters @about 8 and a half to 1 should allow for turbos, i've already taken care of the sub frame connectors, 6 speed gear box, just found a 9 inch ford rear end ,out of an old bronco still needs to have a few inches taken off of each end.this should be fun , the boys and me should be able to get the trans tunnel sliced and fitted, look out .the only place you could buy one of these cars was in californa. i'v had so called hot rodders tell me they ,never built them with a v8 ,the build sheet from the back seat has won me 50.00 bucks ,and one know it all shut his mouth after seeing this build sheet.the rascal told his buddies . knocked me out of some sure bets.lately he has been slowly upping the price ,not for sale is what my oldest keeps telling 'em. it will be nice to see the faces , when these guys try to take a bite out of this turd brown little chevy.the old novas and chevy two's will out weigh it by several hundred pounds.
My favorite was my '66 Starfire sport coupe. Very mild build with a turbo 400 and .060 455 with a Comp Cams 292H and single plane intake. Much fun but she had an unhealthy appetite for transmissions; she ate 4 of them before I gave up.
I've also had a '68 AMX 4spd, a '69 Firebird 400, an '89 SHO and a few others.
Now I have a Caravan with 200k on it and all my body parts intact. I consider myself very lucky!