Lou ( Shifter )

I'd like to thank everyone that helped, supported, and voted for my 92! It was the most vicious project I ever took on....especially when you figure the time line involved.

I bought the 92 from a member here at ECS about 1 year ago. At the time my '85 was 99% complete and I was enjoying it. The notch was something that I always wanted and the plan was to just "daily drive it". I sort of "grew out" of the '85, and not wanting to cut it up or beat it up, I received a great offer on it only as a rolling chassis and took it. That's when the idea for the notch was really born. I got the idea that I would reuse my existing engine/trans in the notch and make a fun street/strip car...all on a modest budget. That idea went out the door when I was involved in a minor fender bender and my friend Jeff (owner of Syracuse Auto Body) offered to repaint the car CHEAP. At this point I realized that this was not going to be "just a quick swap and go" deal. So starting last August, the car was stripped, engine bay welded and smoothed, and prepped for paint. In the mean time I took the engine apart, had the heads reworked, added a new intake and carb, built the rear, and planned out the suspension parts. 1/2 the money from the '85 bought all the above, the other 1/2 paid for my shiny new pellet stove. (oh what fun...) The car came home from paint the first week of February and reassembly began. It's been a LONG road, I'd say I averaged 15 hours per week since August...but now that it's done, it was worth it! With a little luck, now I can sit back and enjoy it for a while!

Short details: 418" windsor, Ed Curtis (http://www.flowtechinduction.com) prepped AFR205 heads and victor jr intake, Bigs custom 950 carb, Accufab headers with full 3" exhaust. Tremec TKO600 trans Built 8.8 rear, 9" housing ends, 31 spline axles, 4.10 gears Team Z front suspension, Baseline and UMI rear suspension, Strange 10 way's 275/60 M&H drag radials