Streetracer Ghia

2010-10-17T14:33:00.002+02:00

My 2919cc Oxy is alive!!! The cam is broken in. Now it needs to come home to the Ghia chassis so I can do all the pipes and tubes for it.... Looking forward to the day it will be on the streets in my home town, Uppsala.

2010-10-17T14:30:00.001+02:00

My new toy. Dodge HEMI Dually. I have orderd a sett 22,5" Big rig wheels for it...

2010-04-26T20:54:00.003+02:00

2010-03-07T21:31:00.001+01:00

2010-02-21T21:14:00.001+01:00

2010-02-03T21:28:00.000+01:00

2010-01-23T16:23:00.001+01:00

Wilwood rear discbrakes for my Ghia.

2010-01-16T16:43:00.004+01:00

I think this will work....

2010-01-16T16:37:00.002+01:00

Welding a new rear frame for my 56 Chevy truck.

2010-01-09T15:55:00.002+01:00

2010-01-02T18:40:00.003+01:00

Have started to make front hubs in Alu. This is the first time and last! Takes waaaaay to long time to make them!

2009-12-29T20:10:00.004+01:00

Weld Magnum Racing frontwheels are home for the Ghia!
RLR Cromo ladderbars are home!
AVO coilovers (600) are home!
Autocraft trans is home!

2009-12-28T15:29:00.001+01:00

Winter crusing with 18,5" MTs = sidways driving :-)

Happy new year to you all!

2009-12-16T20:29:00.004+01:00

Starting to cut away in to the Ghia.

2009-12-16T20:27:00.000+01:00

Yes, we have winter!

2009-12-16T20:25:00.000+01:00

2009-12-09T21:57:00.000+01:00

Mmmmm.... NICE!!!

2009-12-09T21:54:00.000+01:00

This HEMI is SICK!!!

2009-12-09T21:50:00.002+01:00

Starting to look at how to mount the fulecell. It's realy to small for a streetcar, going to look for a bigger one.

2009-12-09T21:48:00.000+01:00

2009-12-09T21:41:00.002+01:00

Steering is made with needlebearings (2 hours and 30$), it has a realy nice feel to it!

2009-12-02T21:38:00.000+01:00

Rack in place...

2009-11-22T15:53:00.000+01:00

More parts for my Ghia.

2009-11-15T12:16:00.002+01:00

I'm still looking for a powerplant for my 56 Chevy truck. Have been trying to find a 454/400.

2009-11-04T19:50:00.002+01:00

2009-11-04T19:48:00.000+01:00

2009-09-30T21:32:00.002+02:00

Parts are dropping in for the Ghia. Here are a new sett of Alu Wilwood pedals.

2009-09-27T23:01:00.002+02:00

The small 265" and the 4speed is going out for bigger v8 with a auto trans.

2009-09-22T21:11:00.002+02:00

Fuchs for my Barndoor.

Yes I know, I need to work on the Ghia and not on all the projekt's at the same time....

2009-09-16T20:11:00.001+02:00

Seats are in.

Next on the list is pedals, steering and gearshifter.

2009-09-09T22:07:00.002+02:00

Adjusters welded to the beam.

2009-09-09T22:05:00.001+02:00

Transplates.

2009-09-06T19:32:00.005+02:00

Seats are going in, but it's very tight to have a pair and the Ghia chassis is very low.

2009-08-30T15:51:00.002+02:00

It's a perfekt daily driver!

The new Camaro subframe made the truck drive like car!

I want a 502CBB for it or a Hemi 426 or a.....

2009-08-30T15:50:00.000+02:00

Back to my Chevy...

Looks FAT!

2009-08-30T15:46:00.003+02:00

This is my 54 Barndoor that's next in line...

Thinking Dove blue and lowerd on Fuchs + 4" engine with IDAs...

2009-08-26T22:03:00.002+02:00

Here is a RLR transplate that a friend sold to me.

He went with a Mendiola and a new custom made transplate for it.

2009-08-22T15:28:00.002+02:00

Back to the Ghia.

Here is my CMS spindelmount front wheels.

I'm going to try having disc mounted to them and a sett Willwood calipters. Hope this will work, if not I'l buy a sett ERCO 0"offset front wheel and wide 5 discbrakes from CBperformance or a sett Weld Racing Magnum wheels or......

2009-08-21T18:30:00.000+02:00

Looks crazy and I like it!

2009-08-21T18:26:00.002+02:00

New rearaxel and 18,5"x31" x15" Sportsman on 15"x14" Centerline Convo wheels. Looks realy meaty!

Yes I like the Prostreet look.

2009-08-20T19:39:00.001+02:00

Heres the engine in and it looks like the ride is going to be perfekt! Now the rear needs a make over.

2009-08-20T19:35:00.002+02:00

Here is the oily 265" Chevy v8 going in, no it didn't fit the engine mounts on the Camaro subframe.

2009-08-19T21:02:00.002+02:00

6 hours later I pusched it out to se it 12" lower!!! And with no engine in it! I was thinking, SHIT it's going to hit the floor when the eingen is in!

2009-08-19T20:52:00.001+02:00

The Ghia is not the only car that I'm going crazy with. Here is me 56 Chevy truck that I cut the frame of and welded a Camaro subframe in to.

2009-08-17T18:06:00.002+02:00

Nice!!!
TURBO!
Here is som spy pics...

2009-08-15T17:49:00.002+02:00

I mounted the steeringbox and I't looks very ugly. Need a steering rack for it.

2009-08-15T16:38:00.001+02:00

Here it's mounted to the chassis.

2009-08-12T20:40:00.003+02:00

Here it is after 2 hours cutting and drilling. 4" narrowed and adjusters fitted.

Needs som tig welding for the adjusters, then it's ready to be fitted on the chassis.

It's realy nice working with new and clean parts, love it!

Why I'm using a beam with out towers is that I don't like the "bending" the shocks do to the aluminum beam. The shocks will be mounted to the chassis.

2009-08-12T20:35:00.002+02:00

Took it apart to make it narrow, 4" is ok I think.

2009-08-12T20:31:00.002+02:00

Here is the front beam I'm going to use.

It is a aluminum front beam without towers.

2009-08-09T19:57:00.000+02:00

Yes, there is the sexy body of a 57 lowlight Ghia.

2009-08-09T19:48:00.000+02:00

It's a nice summerday in Sweden.

2009-08-09T19:41:00.000+02:00

Here it is, my chassis from mr Ron Lummus.

It's a 1010 chassis: Type 1 Ghia, for king & linkpin front end.

Start your engines!

2009-08-09T19:02:00.000+02:00

This pic that I found on the net made me want one to!

It's a racecar with a lowlight ghia 56-59 body (sexy).

So what's the best thing to do if not to build one!

When a friend orderd a drag chassis from Ron Lummus Racing in Ca USA for his Notchback (VW 1500s) I didn't sleep well for a long time, I wanted one to!

Well, I have a 57 Ghia to start with and YES I orderd a chassis from mr Ron Lummus.