1989 Daytona tube chassis race car

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Sun Nov 30, 14 4:25 pm

Will be nice to see a Daytona on the track in a current sea of camaro's etc. that we have at present. I'm sure this will turn out a nice race car with Jons work and now in your capable hands to move things on for next season hopefully. Got to love a serious effort Mopar small block car that will run well against most of the big block stroker cars.....reckon that will deffo need a parachute.

Pete.S · Post by **Pete.S** » Mon Dec 01, 14 11:05 pm

Les Szabo wrote:Will be nice to see a Daytona on the track in a current sea of camaro's etc. that we have at present. I'm sure this will turn out a nice race car with Jons work and now in your capable hands to move things on for next season hopefully. Got to love a serious effort Mopar small block car that will run well against most of the big block stroker cars.....reckon that will deffo need a parachute.

Ha Haaa well after Jons is off the jig im building a camaro to add to the sea of... lol

But yes looking forward to seeing this car out will be rather niceand as you say a bit different.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Tue Dec 02, 14 10:52 pm

Pete.S wrote:Yesterday Jon dropped off his Daytona.

Work will commence in a week or so and I will keep this thread updated.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Wed Dec 03, 14 2:04 am

It's evolved a bit over the years...

Pete.S · Post by **Pete.S** » Fri Jan 09, 15 8:44 pm

We Got Jon's chassis on the jig yesterday.

Jon and i have decided that the best coarse of action due to the chassis damage, new struts, slightly longer front end is a new front section.

First off we got the chassis on the jig and before we set chassis height we removed any old tabs tubes and brackets.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Jan 09, 15 9:06 pm

Good work as ever, Pete - I am sure that is the right approach in the long run.

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Fri Jan 09, 15 9:12 pm

Very cool, are you going for the Wayne County livery Jon ?

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Sat Jan 10, 15 10:45 am

Nice work Pete ... looking at those tabs you could have pulled them off.

Mick ... yes Wayne County colour scheme

Pete.S · Post by **Pete.S** » Fri Feb 06, 15 8:04 pm

Quick Update.

Started mounting the body on Jons Daytona.

All the main body shell mounts are done also the rear arches have been stretched to accommodate the rears.

(have to excuse picture quality the lighting is not camera friendly)

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Feb 06, 15 8:18 pm

wow

great work

that welding table is the stuff of dreams

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Fri Feb 06, 15 11:53 pm

Well Done Pete

I`m very happy with that ... THANKYOU !!!

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Thu Feb 12, 15 11:35 pm

Looks great mate!!!

Upload those photos to your facebook page, spread the word about your skills with the welder

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Mon Feb 23, 15 10:29 am

Pete`s done a bit more on this for me.

Can`t wait to get it back here

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Mon Feb 23, 15 1:17 pm

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Sat Apr 04, 15 4:01 pm

A bit more progress from Pete.