Cageman's A body
I come here once and a while, but I really never showed what I have. It isnt much, basically a discarded old 4 door that I made into a two door. Why, becuase I owned it right after highschool and always wanted to own a 2 door version. Never found one, but I did get my hands on two doors and two posts/1/4 out of a really rusty car with no title. I mated the two with ease and here it is. I put a 273 back into it with magnum heads off of a 96 ram. I used a lakewood bellhousing that mates a t5 5 speed out of an s10 to get a cheap 5 speed. Car originally was a 273 3 speed, on the column. I minitubbed the rear and moved the leafs in too. I got an 8 3/4 out of a wrecked demon. I made my own disc brakes by using 78 monte carlo front discs on the back along with ford explorer rotors. I got a master cylinder out of a junkyard diplomat. I put front discs on it too, along with tubular upper control arms I made. I cut the spare tire hole out of the trunk and welded in flat steel so i could bolt the 27 gallon stainless tank I tig welded up. I used the stock sending unit and pickup tube also. Welded up the marker lights and the gas filler also. I did my own body work, along with paint, and stickers so it isnt a show winner by no means, but I probably have 20,000 miles on it since I have done it, it still looks good to me. I just recently put all autometer gauges into it.
Alot of work, but the car was worth it to me. I drive it all over the place. Nice having a car that will never be worth something to tear around in. Plus insurance is CHEAP. 4 bucks a month.
I am mostly into 61 to 71 Dodge pickups, but I sure love my only a body.
This last picture is the day I rescued it out of the junkyard, the title was still in my name, I still laugh about that, 5 years ago too, my how time flies.
This here is my next A body project, Im putting the body off of this 72 swinger onto a 92 winston cup car chassis I bought a couple years ago. 340 powered it will be, along with a 4 speed, Just picked the body up two weeks ago, car had a good clean title, so that is nice. I make 340's out of 360's with crank spacers, and I just picked up an od 4 speed trans, now all I need is time and money.
Here is the chassis. I tried putting a challenger body on it, but it didnt fit, I think the swinger will fit perfect.
I come here once and a while, but I really never showed what I have. It isnt much, basically a discarded old 4 door that I made into a two door. Why, becuase I owned it right after highschool and always wanted to own a 2 door version. Never found one, but I did get my hands on two doors and two posts/1/4 out of a really rusty car with no title. I mated the two with ease and here it is. I put a 273 back into it with magnum heads off of a 96 ram. I used a lakewood bellhousing that mates a t5 5 speed out of an s10 to get a cheap 5 speed. Car originally was a 273 3 speed, on the column. I minitubbed the rear and moved the leafs in too. I got an 8 3/4 out of a wrecked demon. I made my own disc brakes by using 78 monte carlo front discs on the back along with ford explorer rotors. I got a master cylinder out of a junkyard diplomat. I put front discs on it too, along with tubular upper control arms I made. I cut the spare tire hole out of the trunk and welded in flat steel so i could bolt the 27 gallon stainless tank I tig welded up. I used the stock sending unit and pickup tube also. Welded up the marker lights and the gas filler also. I did my own body work, along with paint, and stickers so it isnt a show winner by no means, but I probably have 20,000 miles on it since I have done it, it still looks good to me. I just recently put all autometer gauges into it.
Alot of work, but the car was worth it to me. I drive it all over the place. Nice having a car that will never be worth something to tear around in. Plus insurance is CHEAP. 4 bucks a month.
I am mostly into 61 to 71 Dodge pickups, but I sure love my only a body.
This last picture is the day I rescued it out of the junkyard, the title was still in my name, I still laugh about that, 5 years ago too, my how time flies.
This here is my next A body project, Im putting the body off of this 72 swinger onto a 92 winston cup car chassis I bought a couple years ago. 340 powered it will be, along with a 4 speed, Just picked the body up two weeks ago, car had a good clean title, so that is nice. I make 340's out of 360's with crank spacers, and I just picked up an od 4 speed trans, now all I need is time and money.
Here is the chassis. I tried putting a challenger body on it, but it didnt fit, I think the swinger will fit perfect.
