Anyone on here ever built an altered wheelbase car!

Just remembered, I saw a '63 Chevy Biscayne? (Not an Impala) 2 door post with what appeared to be an early 30's Ford transverse leaf mount welded to a crossmember and the I Beam radius rods connnecting to the frame farther back.

The old Fords were LIGHT even with a huge V8. Seems to me going the I-beam/transverse mount single spring on a full bodied, fullsize 60's car would be asking for trouble?

I just did. Go figure?

I was drinking coffee years ago when my buddy showed up and told me he saw it with a For Sale sign in the window. The next day it was mine and I did an improv karaoke turning "Hot Rod Lincoln" into "Dodge Dart Wagon."

I think I'd be in trouble a lot more often if it wasn't for beer?

Invest in the future... Buy more Beer!!!

A) Driving to the store right now would be stupid.

B) I won't be able to invest in more in about 20 minutes. That makes calling a cab pointless.

C) Posting here after that point would be BAD. We're talking "altered wheelbase" here, not "altered state." I know when to cut myself off, both from beer and MoParts.

Here is my altered wheelbase cuda. it is built the cheap why by myself. but may give you some ideas. http://charger4x4.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=5951039

Search out a copy of the AWB 4208.7 manual and have at it.

I dunno, to me an AWB car is a '65 B-body or '66 A-body thing.
I like the Barracuda idea, but I'd be careful to make it low enough that it doesn't do what the 1st HemiCuda did at Lions.
If I had a '64 Dodge I'd be tempted to do a 2% Hemi lightweight clone.

I love the altered Barracuda! There was more than a few of them in 1966+later. Also good to see another '65 Plymouth bieng done! Can't get enough of the altered wheelbase cars! There was plenty of '64s that got altered! Some were less noticeable because they were updated with '65 noses.

I started building my '65 AWB with a '65 Coronet 4door and an absolutely useless-for-anything-else convertible shell to donate the quarters and doorjambs.

Moving a 4door as you asked about is a relatively simple process. Only slightly more complicated than moving a 2door hardtop or sedan. Of course the first step is to measure, measure, measure and make sure your car is level and square. Then weld in braces between the roof and rockers and some diagonals between them (about as shown in the Chrysler Documents works fine). You'll need a donor car to provide the 2door quarters and doorjambs. Look here for more:

www.primerking.com

Keep hacking/cutting! Especially if you;re starting with a 4door. Who else is gonna care about it? Don't worry about the "pretty cars" and the guys who want to see everything spit-polished. The only race cars that are that pretty are "race cars" that have never seen a track, just the inside of a trailer.

there,s a guy here in so cal ive heard about that really good at this his name is BOB MANOA(spelling?) I know hes done several awb cars my boss sold him a few 4 door bods for the project.

Just curious as to what's the point in doing this?

That's by no means a negative question. I'm just curious. Is it just for aesthetics or is there a racing application, or just to do it?

my friend ray is working on this 1. i've helped him a bit but i have way too much of my own to finish lol. he's hoping to have it at the norwalk cc event dave

Never built one,but I did make some passes with 3 at the MUSCLEPALOOOOOOOSA!

If you so much as moved your rear or front wheel base forward, inward or outward, you have built an Altered. Just not as radical as the 11 Factory mules from back in the day.
The 1964 2% AFXs were altered's, but no one noticed until they started biting good and melting the competition.

Heres a pic update on my cuda project

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and here's a picture of rays from the cc event at norwalk. dave

So are there any new updates from any other members building their AWB cars on here?

Steve's book is a great read. Available at Amazon for anyone thinking about building one of these cars. Or for anyone who just appreciates cool hot rod work. Tons of pictures and it is really well written.