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Originally Posted by The_Jeremiah
Thats lookin pretty cool. You are going through a lot of work. Is that your own garage in the pic where you were mocking up the new tires ? thats a sweet facility, your pockets must be bottomless : )
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Thanks for the complements on the car. As for bottomless pockets that is far from the truth. I saved a long time building and collecting parts for my 78 malibu race car. I sold that a few month back and all tht money is going in the 66. When we bought our house it had a 900 SF wood shop in the back yard. I converted that for car use by adding bay doors and a concrete parking slab. The lift was free. A shop was going out of business. I bought all he had and and resold all but the lift and a few thing I kept.
If I really had deep pockets you wouldn't see all the used parts with a spit shine. My BTR 455 or twin turbo DX motor would be sitting on the stand waiting to go in. I have less in my whole brake system than many guys are spending on one caliper. My wheels are about 1/2 of what many pro-touring guys are spending. Instead of calling up someone and ordering a turn key 5 speed conversion kit I was only able to buy the trans and clutch. The rest is used parts modifed and refurbished. I'm using stock spindles instead of a ATS. I could go on all day. I could be doing things very different if I was not on a tight budget.
