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1957 Chevy
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Roberts 1957 Chevy 283 Power pack / 572 CI Pro Touring Conversion.
Not to be out done by his brother in law Bruce with the 572 CI 67 Chevelle. When Robert took a ride in Bruce’s Chevelle, He pulled his restored 57 Chevy in to Prodigy Customs for the same treatment. This one I am going to hell for according to the restoration guys, LOL! This car just scored 975 and first place IN THE RESTORED ORIGINAL DRIVERS CLASS at Classic Chevy Internationals National Convention in2007. This car came to us on Gangster Whitewalls, 283 Power pack motor with 2 X 4 barrels, overdrive 3 speed. Now, All that original drivetrain is out and the new ALL ALUMINUM 572 CI / 758 HP Bill Mitchell motor and TKO 600 are in. Along with the monster 758 HP beast, a Moser 33 spline 12 bolt went in, along with a coil over rear suspension conversion with the springs moved inboard so we could fit 315 drag radials under it on 17” TT2s. Up front we did a rack and pinion conversion, along with tubular upper and lower arms, and a QA1 coil over conversion. We also added a Gen IV Vintage Air and IDidIt Column for a little more comfort inside.
Robert drives the wheels off this thing booking over 3000 miles in less then a year. And this year at the 2008 Classic Chevy Internationals National Convention, in the modified class, he scored 10 points more, 985.
Congratulations Robert!
21 files, last one added on Apr 17, 2008
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Russ's 67 Camaro
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Russ 67 Camaro is like a YOYO that keeps coming back for more and more work, through a few different owners over the last year and a half. About 1 1/2 years ago the car came in as retro 70s car complete with big and little Cragers. For that customer we did a Vintage Air. Then he sold the car to owner 2 and it got painted, then our new owner / customer Russ was referred to us by the previous owners for any work he may need done. Russ went for some nice improvements on this thing, and now we have done about everything.
We had a lot of fun doing this last phase of the project. Russ is a 71 year old double retired Vietnam Vet that was shot down amongst other things in the war, and then did 25 year stint as an engineer. One of these guys that worked for nearly 50 years and only had 2 jobs his entire life, the military and the second job. Just a real cool ole dude and man O man, some great stories. Only real problem we had was sometimes the entire damn shop would stop to listen to war stories, but I did not get upset. It was nice to respect him listening to how things were. And let me tell you, he is spry as a 20 year old. It was fun for Michael because Russ wanted to participate in the build, and he worked with Michael as his helper. Michael really enjoyed it. Russ knows enough to be dangerous (as he puts it) and was super impressed with Michael's knowledge at such a young age. I think Michael was a little disappointed when the project left!
Anyway, this go around us put in a dynoed 383 CI / 497 HP, 512 TQ motor in it, a TH400 and converter. All Hotchkis has to offer including TVS kit, Hotchkis Shocks, Frame connectors. We did a Prodigy Customs Total Car Brake Package with 12.2"F, 12.2"R Wildwood’s, using the Wilwood manual 7/8" master, and the brand new blue calipers which debut on Lisa's Project EmptyNest at SEMA. The blue calipers look fricken killer with the Oriental Blue stripes, A really nice accent.
We also did one of March new Style Trac serpentine set ups which are just a screamin deal. It fit excellent and Russ actually install it himself, dangerous as he is! We also used one of Magnaflow's 3" systems with X Pipe, and the car really has the Gentleman's Hot Rod sound, but the world sounds like it is coming to a end when mash the loud peddle. Looking under the car the Stainless system looks killer along with one of our Moser 33 spline, Tru Trac, 3,73 ratio rears.
Russ added a Covans dash, and a few other interior goodies, to make for a really nice rounded package.
Were loaning Russ a pair of our Cheater Slicks, and taking it to the drag strip soon looking for 11.99 or better times. I will get some pictures and report.
I can only hope at 71 I can take my Hot Rod to the drag strip! He is already talking about putting nitrous on it!
3 files, last one added on Apr 17, 2008
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John’s 69 Camaro
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Johns 69 Convertible was a really neat project. John and his stepson found a really pretty original 69 Convertible in excellent condition and decided to do the entire Pro Touring treatment to it. We installed a brand new LS1, Brand new 4L60E, Street and performance supplied the entire installation kit, accessories drive, radiator, etc. A Moser3.73 Posi was installed, Hotchkis TVS kit, frame connectors, shocks. One of our Prodigy Customs Total Car G Machine Big Brake Packages with Wilwood 12.2” front and rear brakes slows speedy down! Ididit chrome column and Momo steering wheel looks great in front of the Covan’s Dash and Autometer gauges.
The interior was changed out to balc and white houndstooth and the interior was great. We added Air Conditioning, a sound system, Electric Life power windows, and the interior was comfy. The under side of the car was original so we taped the body up real good and sandblasted and painted the bottom of the car. The Lemans blue exterior was in great shape and did not need any help, so we just added some 17” Budnik wheels to complete the theme.
John’s convertible is a real cruiser. You got to love a guy that shows up to pick up his newly finished car with luggage.
Frank John, what’s the luggage for?
John I’m headed to Key West!
So a nice little 390 mile break in run set the tone for this one!
4 files, last one added on Apr 17, 2008
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Patrick’s 68 Camaro
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Patrick’s 1968 Camaro is going to be one bad hombre when it is finished. Patrick is a very talented mechanic and fabricator that dabbles’s with this stuff in the evenings after wearing a suit all day. Starting with a really decent western car, Patrick did all the smooth firewall work, mini tubs, cage, sheetmetal repair, etc in advance of dropping the car to us for paint. Man it is nice working behind guys that know what they are doing. 6 weeks later, Patrick got his baby back in stunning Porsche Silver with gunmetal graphics. A torch red interior is going to be simply striking and a rare combination, but one of my personal favorites!
With a Kenny Bell Supercharged LS1, a T56 and 9” rear, the 315 series 18” tires won’t have a chance. Look for Patrick’s car to be finished very soon. We just ordered him some Stainless Works headers for it and that means were almost ready to fire it up. I cannot wait to see this on hit the streets.
12 files, last one added on Apr 18, 2008
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Tom's Camaro
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Tom’s car is a bit of a rescue. Tom is the sales manager for one of our suppliers and told us about his project. Long story short the project was not exactly going the way he hoped, and while painted, Tom was no satisfied with the quality of the body and paint work. So Tom sent us the project half finished. We were thrilled to get it because this thing is going to be BADD ASS. The heart of this ride is a 427CI SB2 (NASCAR) headed small block with a custom fuel injection system managed by Accel Gen VII. This thing will make 700HP without breaking a sweat on pump gas. Backed with a TKO 600 into a Moser 33 spline 12 bolt, I simply cannot wait to drive this one! The front subframe is modded with SpeedTech upper and lower arms, one of our Prodigy Customs Total Car G Machine Big Brake Packages with Wilwood 12.2” Front and Rear brakes is going to slow this beast.
On the exterior we did a lot of panel alignment, welded the gaps and ground them to fit, and the car is now ready for Pearl white and magic black highlights. Tom fell in love with Prodigy Bar roll bar on Project Prodigy. We made him beg a bit but did on for him. This thing is going to look sweet with that roll bar in black, back custom hockey stick, and black and white houndstooth 4th gen interior.
Keep your eyes open for this car in the Northeast. Tom WILL race this car. I can’t wait!
5 files, last one added on Apr 17, 2008
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