Soooooo this is a little tricky for me, because I'm not really a pro touring guy, but I'm not really a drag racing guy either. I'm more of a combo of both, so I basically like really really extreme street cars, meant for drag racing, but built with the build quality you see in pro touring cars. I guess I'm a street racer trapped in a pro touring guys body, or something.
Anyhow, this is my project. It's a 1981 Buick Regal, and since NO one I talk to knows what a Regal is, I have to tell them it's like the Grand National.... but not. I picked the car up in 2014 for $600 and then sold the wheels on it to make my money back 24 hours later. I quickly got it stripped down, and while I had big plans for it, life happened - as it tends to do. The next 4 years were spent renovating my garage, moving across country, building a new house, moving BACK across country, building a new house, and renovating THAT garage to get to a point where I could finally start. The only real good part about this is that I spent that entire time stashing parts for it, so I have a TON of **** for this build.
Here is what the car looked like the day that I bought it, and some of the teardown pics.
Anyhow, this is my project. It's a 1981 Buick Regal, and since NO one I talk to knows what a Regal is, I have to tell them it's like the Grand National.... but not. I picked the car up in 2014 for $600 and then sold the wheels on it to make my money back 24 hours later. I quickly got it stripped down, and while I had big plans for it, life happened - as it tends to do. The next 4 years were spent renovating my garage, moving across country, building a new house, moving BACK across country, building a new house, and renovating THAT garage to get to a point where I could finally start. The only real good part about this is that I spent that entire time stashing parts for it, so I have a TON of **** for this build.
Here is what the car looked like the day that I bought it, and some of the teardown pics.