Originally posted by r0ckstarr Definitely a cool car by far. I wonder what the donor of the 8spd was.
I just got off the phone with the owner and he said the transmission came from the same Chevy Trailblazer the engine came from. That's all I know about it. I'm not much of a wrench-turner.... being more of a guy involved with wood and carpentry all my life. I DO know, I'd love to own that car. I can see it painted shiny black, with deep tinted windows, old-style five-spoke Krager mags, BF Goodrich 50-series TA radials and a nice mellow exhaust tone coming from a big-block V-8. Maybe a 375HP 396? Oh yeah! Just thinking about that gives me morning wood! And chrome..... LOTS of chrome! The grill is just screaming "Chrome me! Chrome me!" No flames, no hood louvers, no hokey looking stuff.... just semi-stock, but still, something that says "Bad to the Bone!"
But, sadly, the owner want's to keep it a "rat rod."
Not long ago, I was at the local GM dealership and there was an older guy, about my age, that had a new two-door Cadillac (one of the real hot rods) in for servicing. It was all black, on black in black.... if you know what I mean. He had had it pinstriped, two-tone, deep purple and lavender. It was very tasteful, not gaudy. Hardly any flourishes, just very thin, dual lines that followed the body creases. The colors were absolutely striking against the gleaming black! One of the most beautiful newer cars I've ever seen. I wish I had had my camera with me. It was something to behold!