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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
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Possible Resto-Mod, Ideas?
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<blockquote data-quote="oldstv" data-source="post: 15706581" data-attributes="member: 73128"><p>In the Chevelle world there are common places for rust. The rear back window has two lines that come down to the trunk. They should be there and should be smooth as if there has been no body work. The rear window is bad to have leaked this will show up in the trunk, look up under the package tray in the trunk. The bottom of the doors, bottom of the front and rear fenders were all problem areas. The passenger floor is another area. When the heater core leaked it would rust out the floor. Look for a car from the west, they are less likely to have bad issues. Remember, a magnet is your friend.</p><p></p><p>As far as the swap. The wrong oil pan will sit too low, it will also cause issues with the cross member that will result in people cutting it. Headers that sit too low are a pain, bad drive line angle will be a problem, turning radius issues from the wrong steering box or too large of a wheel/tire combo. The factory ac doesn't work well, the list goes on. A restomod should be a driver, make sure it is enjoyable to drive, and it is hard to find a car that is the car that does everything well but if you do it will be costly. There is a lot of information on protouring.com to be had if you care to read it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldstv, post: 15706581, member: 73128"] In the Chevelle world there are common places for rust. The rear back window has two lines that come down to the trunk. They should be there and should be smooth as if there has been no body work. The rear window is bad to have leaked this will show up in the trunk, look up under the package tray in the trunk. The bottom of the doors, bottom of the front and rear fenders were all problem areas. The passenger floor is another area. When the heater core leaked it would rust out the floor. Look for a car from the west, they are less likely to have bad issues. Remember, a magnet is your friend. As far as the swap. The wrong oil pan will sit too low, it will also cause issues with the cross member that will result in people cutting it. Headers that sit too low are a pain, bad drive line angle will be a problem, turning radius issues from the wrong steering box or too large of a wheel/tire combo. The factory ac doesn't work well, the list goes on. A restomod should be a driver, make sure it is enjoyable to drive, and it is hard to find a car that is the car that does everything well but if you do it will be costly. There is a lot of information on protouring.com to be had if you care to read it. [/QUOTE]
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