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Originally Posted by Alfa02
Ok Guys the Cats out the bag!!! Come to find out (I thought Brent "EM-0785" & I had no secrets between us  ) Brent owns this here Bennett. It was supposed to be a surprise, with a group of us deciding what to build this into. But, as Brent will tell you, other Project's has jumped in front of this one. If it's sells ok, if not that fine too. Maybe the rest of the club can add their $.02 in. We talked about building one KILLER just barely  street legal /Auto-x Cobra. What are everyone else's thoughts??? Go wild, boys  Cheers Tom. |
Tom, it doesn’t surprise me that you sniffed this out, and as you know, if we were to build it you’d be among the first to know!
Initial planning (and/or if I do build it) is to fill in the exhaust cutouts (there are already no side vent cutouts) do undercar exhaust, no scoop, possibly a removable roll bar with body cutout covers, a solid likely dark color (no stripes), as big of wheels as could be tucked under with a dropped ride height and given the undercar exhaust design we’d create.
A beautifully elegant and clean street styled car with legit autocross capabilities for added enjoyment. That could include selling the existing front suspension/steering and revising to our specs, although it is a nice setup in its own right. Power likely from a potent small block engine configuration with efi stack type induction. Some custom chassis work is likely in our planning. Some other unique creations to make it our own.
Purpose built, as a dual-purpose car! All vintage, and relatively unique and different, adding to the creative challenge and enjoyment for me. If we were to decide to do a full autocross only car, we have some special chassis, suspension and engine considerations, but I’m not going there just yet! However, given the beauty of the clean lines at hand, I think a solid street car ‘plus’ would be a very viable outcome here.
Thanks, Brent