| October 2007 Car of the Month www.johnskinker.com |
Jim & Stephanie Cagle 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle South County, Missouri Click on pictures to enlarge |
This October "Car of the Month" is another South County beauty.. Jim & Stephanie purchased this car off the internet in February of 2004, from Boston, Mass. It was a race type car with a lot of work to be done..After the car was delivered to them, the work started.. The car had no engine and Jim wanted a little muscle under the hood.. How do you get muscle? You build a 496 ci engine and that is what they did..Then the Weind 871 supercharger with dual chromed 850 Demon carbs, forged TRW 8: 3-1 pistons, Lunate hydraulic roller cam, Eagle h-beam rods, forged 4340 Eagle crank. The machine work was done by Phase II. (Yeah, it's a "toad motor") A set of custom coated headers were added by R&R Chassis.. That took care of the engine..now what do we do?? Well, lets strip the body from the doors forward.. I actually saw some old pictures of this car when it was delivered and I have to agree with Stephanie. "Jim, have you lost your mind"?? Jim had this vision that with the new body, paint, interior, tires, wheels, transmission, axles, bumpers, and on and on, this car would be beautiful.. After most of the sheet metal was replaced, then came the mechanic's of the car. The back half of the car was done by Andy McCoy. Andy also tubbed the car so the 31x18.50x15 Hoosier Quick Time tires would fit. A chrome moly tube chassis 4 link w/Strange coil overs in the rear, a 9" Ford fabricated housing by McCoy, Danny Mueller 9" posi, 4:11 gears and Strange s/s axles. In the front, they added a Global West tubular, upper/lower control arms with a QA-1 coil overs. Now we add a 400 turbo transmission with a trans brake and a Hughes 8" convertor. The mechanical end of this car was completed and now we need the finishing touches..Custom interior was added and there was NO decision as to who is going to do the body and paint work.. It WILL be done by the master's at John's Auto Body in Arnold, Missouri.. They decided to paint the car a dark titanium with a taste of metal flake.. I wish these pictures would show the true beauty of this paint and body work.. Better yet, at the next car show, stop by and say "Hi" to Jim and Stephanie, and look for yourself. They just returned from their first car show and I'm sure you can guess what place this beauty placed..Yep, FIRST PLACE !! Congratulations Jim & Stephanie.. On a job well done !! |
