The Vega Hatchback “Blueboy”: A 1977 Chevy Vega drag car built by iCanFab, equipped with a 427 SBC engine, ATI Powerglide transmission, NOS system, and other high-performance components. Has a VIN and Title, NHRA 8.50 chassis certification. “Blueboy” 1977 Vega Hatchback Drag Car Timeline: August 12, 2017: New Build: Vega…
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These are all updated photos of the 1933 Plymouth 5-window coupe. We added bigger back tires with Champion double beadlock wheels, added Burns Stainless mufflers and collectors, and we added custom seat covers.
Are you in the market for a new race car? This Vega is a great value. It’s brand new, only a few test hits down the track. 12-Point Roll Cage NHRA 8.50 Certification Car weight =2184 lbs. (no driver, race ready) PASS WITH NOS: 1/8 = 5.501 at 126.98 MPH 1/8 = 5.494…
This shell is from a Della Woods funny car. Della Woods was the first female funny car driver to go to the semi finals at an NHRA national event. Della Woods held the record for almost 22 years. The shell has been stripped down and waiting to be re-born. …
Next step – fire it up! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
Final fitting of all the gear. . . seat, belts, steering wheel, shifter, delay box. Completing all the final hook-up of shift cable, chute cable and handle . . . We expect the driveshaft soon – from Mark Williams – then we top off the fluids and time to fire…
Everything in this car is brand new. Includes this ATI Powerglide Transmission. The 427 SBC, DART SHP block, DART PRO1 heads with 2.08 intake value, Liberty crankshaft and connecting rods, Mahle pistons 10-1, solid roller cam . . . and the list goes on and on. This is a sweet…
This VEGA bracket car is progressing quickly. The Powerglide transmission arrived over the weekend. Saturday was NHRA certification day at Bristol, and the Vega Hatchback received its 8.50 cert. This will be a productive day — install that tranny, and order the driveshaft! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today…
Only a few odds and ends left on this pro street project… like wiring and the ATI powerglide … take a look. FOR SALE
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 NEW car — ready for final assembly and an NHRA…
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! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
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 quarter extensions! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race…
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 being built for drag racing. Preparing to start the tubs…
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. Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
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 . . . add a few gussets to the shock bar, add an X from the main hoop, and do some final –…
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 firewall completed in steel. Seat mounts, master cylinder and the…
The ’36 Coupe sheet metal fab work is nearing completion. Time to tackle the dreaded . . . hole in the roof. We had to cut the hole in the roof even larger to clean-up the edges and make it straight. We took some new 20 gauge steel and put…
The boys in the shop have been chipping away at the ’36 Coupe project – mostly doing the stuff no one will ever see. Once we install the carpet and door panels we built, no one will see the steel sheet metal floor and firewall, and reworked body mounts or any electric system.…
This 1936 Plymouth Coupe originally came with just a round cluster in the center of the dash. Luckily the car came with extra parts – one which was a deluxe factory dash – so we opted for that. We built the gauge clusters panels to fit and match the original style. The original gauges…
A beautiful opening day at Bristol THUNDER VALLEY. We are excited to get back into race season! Today the coupe has its first test. Bristol was packed. There was alot of waiting in line – it’s part of racing. We were simply happy to be able to bring this car and…
Below are the custom exhaust headers we built for the 33 Plymouth Coupe. We just got them back from Cerakote Coating, plus we found a local stainless steel and aluminum polisher that dipped these Edelbrock Competition Merge Collectors . . . and they look amazing! So then we got some…
Today, we took the first ever drive in the ’33 Coupe. No wheelies, cookies or skids in this video – simply a test drive. Here are some of the highlights. From the look and sound of things, this custom pro street is going to be a hoot! 1933 Plymouth Coupe…
A sneak peak of the Coupe as we start to put the car back together. This custom 1933 Plymouth 5-window Coupe is not chopped. The body has been channeled 6″ over a Chris Alston double frame rail, round tube, mild steel custom chassis. NHRA Certified. This is an ALL STEEL…
This 33 Coupe is an all steel body. We’ve been sanding on this car and trying to get it to paint. We hoped to find a local body shop that could take on this project, but no luck. So we started sanding and sanding. We have a few spots to…
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1933 PLYMOUTH COUPE FOR SALE
Anyone restoring a 1936 Plymouth Coupe can buy a fiberglass fender online. For this coupe that would not be the case. We are lucky enough to have a decent looking metal fender to start with. We are keeping the steel fenders and widening them. This car will run a 275/60-15…
The final “hit list” on this 33 Coupe is getting smaller every week. We started this 1933 Plymouth Coupe project 5 months ago — and with steady progress — we are nearing closure. This has been a great project for the iCanFab shop with lots of metal fabrication and welding!…
Today the skeleton of this 33 Coupe was unleashed. Before taking the car off the jig – we finished up the welds – and to do that we had to remove the body. As seen here we had to flip the chassis to finish all the welds on the other…
We are in the final stages of mocking up the car, modifying suicide hidden door hinges, attaching grill shell mounts, radiator mounts, and stretching the hood to fit. Below shows the trans tunnel and drive shaft tunnel are in. We had to split front drive shaft loop to make the…
Just a few months ago — this car was just a shell and a plumb bob. WE have done some fantastic metal fabrication. Steel tube, sheet metal and aluminum are are all in play right now. Here are a few action shots from today. FOR SALE
There are many factors to consider when building a hot rod or any street car by yourself. First of all, do you have the skills required to build your own car? Secondly, do you have all the tools you will need to finish the project? If you answered no to…
This 1933 Plymouth Coupe project will be a multipurpose Hot Rod once complete. The project photos below document the chassis and suspension fabrication. When finished this Coupe will be a street car. You will be able to drive this car on the street. Plus when you feel like it .…
The Nostalgia Chassis shipment finally arrived. The chassis kit arrived in a few big boxes and included a pair of front frame rails; a pair of rear frame rails; bent 1-5/8″ round main hoop crossmember; upper and lower A-arm mounts; tubular Pinto rack-and-pinion crossmember and mounts; complete roll cage assembly;…
The main cage is done. FOR SALE
