Hey guys,

Well, I figured I should start a build thread on my project. I don't have any current shots available but this is what she looked like when I got her home.















It is a straight 6, 44000 mile '69 Cutlass. The damn thing was so rust free that it pissed me off he stole the good fenders and doors off it for his 442 he would later sell! Anyway, it is a saffron yellow car and that is the way it will stay. It iwll be cloned into a W31 and receive all the goodies appropriate to the model. Eventually it will look like this...hopefully...but with poverty caps!



Not a bad score for $1200 and a 10 minute drive from my house!!!

nice, its the perfect starter car.....good condition!

keep us posted

May 15th!!!!!!

That's what I am shooting for...work has been horrible. So much crap going on I am losing my mind. I am usually beat by the time I get home....but that can't be an excuse!!!

Unfortunately I am losing the Saffron Yellow color battle with my fiancee. She hates the color and wants Burgandy mist...along this line:







Not sure I can argue with her either...

keep us posted. Look for your build to be featured on the SuperCarRaces website.

Here's some shots of the engine that will go in the W-31. This was in its original race form...Obviously for Supercar's it will be a little less flamboyant and lot more stealth

Oh yea....and slightly a different color...haha...and manifolds...and Q-jet....and...and....





More to come!

Dave

Trust me , go with the red, ...happy wife , happy life

EXACTLY what I said to her last night...

Alrighty...more progress! Tonight I realized something I might as well get used to. While laying on the cold floor working out the bellhousing bolts my back stiffened up so bad I couldn't get out from underneith the car!!!

Eventually I was able to stretch it out enough to crawl out but man...getting older sucks! I am so cautious with my back after slipping a disk a few years back that any little thing freaks me out. Its really weird, pick up a transmission....nothing. Bend down to pick up a quarter...HOLY CRAP!!!!

Anyway, enough complaining, on to the pics!

Engine is out and on the stand. Tomorrow I start stripping everything and begin the color transformation and make it a little more factory appearing! I am also starting the cam swap as well.

Getting ready to rock and roll!



Hooked up and ready for the ride!



I can see my house from here!!!



Whew, glad that's over...



Tomorrow is another day and more time for progress....May is getting closer!!!

Stay Tuned!

Hey Guys,

Haven't posted in a while...work has been really rough last few weeks. We had a massive layoff today...luckily I made it out the other end. As a result my workload exploded...good thing...but I haven't touched the Cutlass in a while...bad thing.

That being said, I REALLY want to do a sweet job with this thing so I am planning to do some updates in the next couple of days. I will, however, be withdrawling the car from the May race. I just don't see it getting anywhere close to being drivable by then. Biggest issue being that I haven't had an opportunity to really touch the Q-jet at all to tune it to the cam...which is considerably funky. I also want to get this thing out on the track so I can make some runs since it will have a considerable amount of power for the tiny tires...you guys are nuts!!!

Stick with me for a little longer...I promise I will put some updates on in a day or two and will make a race (WITH A CAR) soon!!!

Who knows, maybe hell will freeze over as well...

Thanks,
Dave

Dave take your time, We are not going anywhere. We will be here for the long time and will have many more races for you to attend. Keep us posted on your build. Give us input and come out to any races that you can attend and support.

dave, slow and steady.life gets in the way sometimes. it took me better part of 2 years to get my gtx ready to go. 2 years 11 months to be exact.i've been following along all this time and can't wait. looks like a good car to do a build up on. good luck

Well, slight bit of progress actually! While getting to the May race may be a push, I have been getting some things done on it surprisingly over the past few days. Got the '69 intake cleaned and painted up, started going through the carb. Plan on stripping down the engine this weekend and hopefully getting the new cam installed.

Pics to follow soon!

Dave

Little mini update here.

Got the '69 SB Olds intake cleaned up and ready for action...still have to go back and do some "tweaking" but you get the idea.



Also, started working on gutting the fuel pump for "appearance". It was a junky stocker that I don't feel bad hackng up and it cost me nothing. Got everything out of it and will be anodizing the top surface for prettiness and correct appearance and will be adjusting somethings internally.







Also, distributor showed up this week Much more to follow tomorrow.

Thanks!
Dave

I just gutted a holley mechanical just so I did have to deal with the stamped together fuel pump thing. So much easier. Something I continue to learn over and over again. I was rushing all day today to get the car done because it was such a nice day and everytime you try to rush NOTHING goes right. It goes together as it will.