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with these cars, but more importantly, what they were to brace up the front sheetmetal and remove the entire
NOT doing with them. After lots of time sketching fl oor from the unibody car. A custom frame made of 2”
and literally cutting out photos and further cutting the x 3” rectangular tubing was built and slid underneath
photos to refl ect prospective modifi cations, they came the body. Metros don’t have much to speak of when it
up with a concept for the build. comes to wheel openings, so the guys got the cutting
The fi rst order of business was getting the tools out and made some on their own, which actually
paperwork sorted out for the car. People often don’t looks more natural than the slab-sided stock body. A
realize how diffi cult it can be to register an old car that straight axle up front has been stretched eight inches
has been dramatically altered, or not even registered to get the wheels just outside the body and out back a
for decades to begin with. Having a relative in law Chevy truck 12-bolt posi rearend was found to be just
enforcement helped Greg out tremendously regarding the right width. Wheels and tires were Craigslist fi nds,
the navigation of all the rules and regulations. Once though one tire originally did not match. They had to
that was done, they heated the coils and slammed the buy a matching whitewall for over $200, and the tire
car just to get a feel for how it would look lowered. shop thought they were crazy by intentionally dirtying
Then the car sat for several months as they planned up the pretty new whitewall, but they had to in order
out the fab work and gathered parts. They proceeded to match the other three that were already on the car.

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