[adam woodmancy]

hey guys, just thought id post some pics of my 70 tube chassis project. the chassis is about 75% done. we are mounting the doors and the front clip for final fit in a week or so. Just got the wheels and tires. When we get everything fitted we need to pull the body back off, flip the chassis over and finish some of the bottom welds and finish cutting out some of the bracing in the body. Hope to have more pics with more progress for you guys soon! Hoping to weigh in around 2650 with me in it. Right now i have a 474 with a p/g for it, but i am trying to sell the 474 and go IAII. All the work is being done by Gebhardts Pro Cars in Jacksonville,IL

Here is what we started out with...















Here is where wa are at...

























www.gebhardtsprocars.com

[Hooter]

Looks good Adam. Got a target date on when it will be done?

[adam woodmancy]

richs part will be done by may im told. how long it will take me to peice it together is another story. LOL

[adam woodmancy]

i need to buy brakes/struts, coil overs, 3rd member and axles. all the electronics, and plumbing, fuel pump,converter,headers,shifter. Im actually buying time to see what these new victor heads turn out like since no one on earth will buy my 474 so i can do an IA and tigers,

[adam woodmancy]

you got the 63 all ready ?

[rad400]

Looks good Adam, good luck with it.

[adam woodmancy]

thank you. its been a long slow, nearly 10 year journey. haha

[Hooter]

Originally Posted by adam woodmancy

you got the 63 all ready ?

Grills were air brushed on yesterday with the rest of the car to be painted within a week. I've got a lot of stuff to buy similar to you. Hoping at minimum to have it at Norwalk this year. Wish the economy would pick up so I could sell some of my stuff rather than giving it away. Were you even old enough to drive in that first pic? Keep forgetting how young you are compared to the rest of us middle aged guys.

[adam woodmancy]

lol.. actually no. i was 15. we spent a year trying to find a palomino copper one like my dad used to have for a street car for me. we drove almost to canada and when we get there its not even the right gold. he told us the right code, but the plate said otherwise. Around the same time we found another grenada gold 455 ho car for sale in south bend. So we decided to build a racecar out of the first one, and keep the h.o. for a street car. It was rough, but all together. we went to put new 1/4s on it and paint it and i found that all the floor under the back seat was rotted and the whole back of the car was virtually held together with tigerhair. it became way more of a project than i could afford making 4 bucks an hour after school, so we sold it, and about a year later i ended up with the anaconda gold 72 lemans i have now for a street car.

[70 lucerne lemans]

Looks good,I really admire anyone that has the skill, time,patience, and money to tackle a project like that.

[adam woodmancy]

im sure many of you will recognize this car.. this is wayne/mike lloyds old gto that gebhardts built back in 91. I was 9 years old and they were building my jr dragster when they built this car and i knew even way back then, i would have one someday. That car belonged to my dad back when it was in factory form and he sold it to the lloyds and they took it to gebhardts who turned it into the pro streeter you see there.

[2manyponchos]

Think I have seen that car at the Street Machine Nats in DuQuoin. Possibly where that picture was taken?

Oh yeah, your project is looking good.

[lugnutt]

Man, that almost looks like Fulper in the car!

[lugnutt]

Adam, your car looks awesome. I have been working on my for about five years now. It seems I"ll never see the end!

[adam woodmancy]

its very possible that was duquoin. That car was featured in HOTROD in 1992 and was top 10 of the year. It ended up getting bought and completely dismantled and reconstructed as a pro mod car.

[adam woodmancy]

Originally Posted by lugnutt

Adam, your car looks awesome. I have been working on my for about five years now. It seems I"ll never see the end!

Thanks very much... and yes, i do know that feeling! LOL

[adam woodmancy]

[adam woodmancy]

the top two were taken at Midstate Dragway in havana,IL (then mason co. raceway) shortly after completion. not the one doesnt even have a hood scoop yet.

the 2nd set are after with was re chassied and converted to a pro mod car.

[adam woodmancy]

a few more chassis pics..

[iceman411]

Originally Posted by adam woodmancy

im sure many of you will recognize this car.. this is wayne/mike lloyds old gto that gebhardts built back in 91. I was 9 years old and they were building my jr dragster when they built this car and i knew even way back then, i would have one someday. That car belonged to my dad back when it was in factory form and he sold it to the lloyds and they took it to gebhardts who turned it into the pro streeter you see there.

Yeah, pic was definately DuQuoin, Ill at the Street Machine Nationals-the pond in the backround-I also remember that car from South Bend Nats too. 91-92 would seem right...I'll have to dig up the pics. I loved that car...Always wondered what happened to it. The tin work was awesome....Mike