Only a few odds and ends left on this pro street project… like wiring and the ATI powerglide … take a look. This NHRA 8.50 chassis is ready for the 2018 drag race season. Contact us today.
S&W Race Chassis Custom Install
The laundry list for this Vega pro street build includes; S&W 2″ x 3″ Frame Rails with Ladder Bar Suspension, S&W 12-Point Roll Cage, S&W Round Tube Front Half . . . Put it all together and now we have a…
Final Reassembly Begins Now
If you are looking for a NEW drag car for the 2018 season – contact us today.
Building Race Headers
First, get a bundle of tubes. Then cut and tack them up. This set of headers are a Side Exit 2″ Stahl Pattern. A side exit header gets the noise and fumes out the side of the car, and away…
Building and Assembling the 77 Vega Hatchback
Rear End Housing Made And Gear Assembled In-House Custom Made 9″ Housing, Back Braced and Narrowed 35 Spline Gun Drilled and Flange Lightened Moser Axles 5/8 Wheel Studs Moser Through-Bolt Aluminum Case 3.250 Bearing 10 Bolt Moser Pinion Support 1350 Moser…
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Vega Chassis Completed
This is the chassis and body of our ’77 Vega Hatchback winter project. If you are looking for a Vega rolling chassis – this one is ready. Next stop body shop and paint! If you are looking for a NEW…
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Big Tire . . . Little Car
The 16.5″ wide tires were all over the quarter panels due to the low ride height. These quarter panels have seen some serious mods — stretched 2″ forward and 4″ to the rear of centerline. What the hell — let’s do…
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Finalizing Another Chevy Vega
This Vega Wagon is certified NHRA 6.0 and will be ready for the 2018 drag race season. For sale soon. This 1977 Vega Wagon recently got the rear 4-link set, and the pinion angle finalized. The front end received the final alignment,…
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Drag Race Door Car – Ready For 2018 Season – For Sale Soon
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More progress on the Pro Street Vega Hatchback
Once this Vega is finished it will be streetable. You will be able to legally drive it on the road. Take it to the local car show – or out for ice cream. But don’t fool yourself – this Vega is…
New 427 SBC gets installed in the Vega Hatchback drag car
Front of the engine and fuel system mock up has been finalized and looking good! Final cockpit mock up in progress. The big question is . . . sheet metal tunnel or no tunnel? Little more cutting, and rear sheet…
This Is How We Do It. . . Chassis And Roll Cage Engineering
This chassis and roll cage example is mild steel. This car will certify for 7.50 ET and live a long life. The photo below shows the drivers floor bar placement as per SFI Foundation specs for 8.49-7.50 ET This funny…
We Build Custom Cars
Just a few chassis fabrication tools we use at the shop. If you work around machinists, architects, builders or other craftsmen, you are probably familiar with these tools. Here at the race shop our goal is to build it right the first…
Adding all the components and making all the parts
We’ve been welding on tabs and brackets to mount up all the components necessary to make this vega hatchback a really great bracket car. Since, out of the box parts don’t always fit we modify or make our own. Browse other…
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This hard-top convertible Corvette is a radical street car
It ain’t braggin’ if ya back it up! This 1992 corvette has a removable hard top. Once the top is removed it reveals the chrome moly round tube 14-point cage, which is NHRA Certified 8.50. GM Factory This Corvette convertible…
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Mocking Up The Vega Hatchback
Now that the Vega is off the chassis table – it’s time to mock-up everything. Below we installed an S&W ladder bar kit, and a HUGE S&W diagonal link at 1.25 x .095. Below the back braced 9″ just needs…
The Hatchback Vega Comes Off The Jig Table
The hatchback vega had final bars and gussets welded in and it’s looking good! Time to come off the jig table and hit the deck. . . Remember, we started building this car with just a roof, quarter panels and…
Out and about this morning . . . with the 33 coupe . . .
1933 Plymouth Coupe Pro Street – Browse The Build :
On The Centerline With The Vega Hatchback
Making progress with the 77 Vega Hatchback project. The rear end housing has been hung on the centerline. . . Anti roll has been tacked up… Now all we have to do is . . . add a few gussets…
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Sheet Metal Wing
The owner wanted to keep his tires planted at the big end — we told him to try this. The side spill plates were kept minimal. The vehicle originally showed up for a rear window replacement and new decklid due…
1977 Vega Hatchback Project Update
The fiberglass was hung on the chassis with care. . . Doors hung, swinging and latched. The frontend tree has been built with custom receiver brackets made and applied. The rear of the front end, lower and upper mounts, and…
High Quality Street and Race Cars For Sale
FOR SALE: 1992 Chevy Corvette Hardtop Convertible Pro Street: Chrome Moly round tube 14-point cage NHRA Certified 8.50, 427 cu.in BBC, 2-staged NOS Big shot system done off timer, TH400 Transmission, and more. FOR SALE: 1933 Plymouth 5-Window Coupe Pro Street: Car Weight…
A Peek Under The Vega Wagon Drag Car
The Vega Wagon is nearing completion mechanically. Here is a quick look at the underside. The sheetmetal ended up being high in the car so, added bonus, not much hanging down. Wide open underneath. Big Everything: 4 link bars, wheel…
Next car on the jig table is this 1977 Vega Hatchback
First we removed the Vega skin from our rust free donor and centered it on the jig table. The ride height was established, next we will start laying in frame rails. This shows the main hoop, front down bars, dash…
Street Outlaws and Grudge Racing
Kai Kelly, Murder Nova and the entire Street Outlaw gang showed up at Bristol Thunder Valley recently. What a hoot. The event was packed. It shows how much people love heads-up racing. Looking for your own competitive Street Outlaw –…
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New Build: Vega Hatchback
Another rust-free body fresh out of storage — today it met the plasma cutter and we separated the shell from the complete car. Rough cuts to release from the donor car, still alot more surgical trimming to come. On to…
Look for this Vega at Reno’s Hot August Nights
This project went to Reno last year. Quick update – the new owner is enjoying the car! The posts below are from the build of this ’72 vega street car:
Custom Metal Fabrication
What came first the Tonneau or the Wing? The only way to make this wing work was to have a tonneau cover to direct air to the wing. This tonneau is in two pieces and Dzus fastened — we call…
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2250 lbs — the fighting weight of the Vega Wagon
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Update: Vega Wagon Drag Car
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