Back half b/body?????

[CRAWDADDY]

Does anyone have pics of how they tubbed, narrowed and ladder bar their b/body ?????

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Will this be a dedicated race car.I still drive the car ALOT! I have a mini-tub with Caltracs on a 63 plymouth. Rear street tire is 16.5 X 31.

 

[CRAWDADDY]

I am going to drive it occasionally to town but lean more to race.

 

[moparpoor]

You can run a ladder bar and four link with this setup. 34" tall tire and 16" plus wide

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I am going to drive it occasionally to town but lean more to race.

If your going faster than mid 10's,it worth the rough ride in the street for the few times at the track.I expect to be in the 8s by the end of this season on leaf springs and 3800 lbs.

 

[actionange1]

My dedicated race car has tubs, ladder bars and coil overs. I run 11.5x 29.5 W tires. Fuel cell in the trunk. I'm planning on running 9.50 or better in the fall with my naturally aspirated single carb engine...
I'll try to get pics tomorrow when I'm in garage.

 

[dvw]

Tubbed but stock frame rails. 10.5Wx31, 15 3/8" lip to rail. 36" ladder bars. has been 1.240/60ft normally high 1.2x
Doug

 

[CRAWDADDY]

Thanks!!!! Guys

 

[Cranky]

Ran mini tubs with ladders in a 68 roadrunner that ran 10.60's 32 years ago with no back half. The bars were 28" long and it launched very well at 3300 lbs with the fronts pulling about 10". The car had a good stance too.....Sorry I don't have any pics of it in action..

 

[Cranky]

What the heck is that crap all about!!?

 

[Bobo]

Does anyone have pics of how they tubbed, narrowed and ladder bar their b/body ?????

Does anyone have pics of how they tubbed, narrowed and ladder bar their b/body ?????

 

[Tempest 455]

Not sure what shop did the work but here is how they back halfed my '65 Belvedere. Hope this helps.

 

[67 coronet]

Not sure what shop did the work but here is how they back halfed my '65 Belvedere. Hope this helps.

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wow! that is some nice work there. just about as clean as you can get.

 

[dvw]

More pics. This how I did the tubs. Cut out the old stuff. Made a piece of plywood to represent the inner wall of the tub. Temporarily mount the wood vertically to the floor at the correct location you want the tub. Marked it every inch. Measured with a square to the 1/4 panel at every increment. Cut some thin plastic for a template to those measurements. Trim and add as necessary to the edge of the template until it fits with-in 1/8". Then transfer to the tub material. The tub was attached to the outer body with windshield Urethane. Had to drill the spot welds, remove the trunk hinges and trim them to fit. reweld in the original spot welds that were drilled out.
Doug

 

[Tempest 455]

Nice!