Factory Five slabside

[jolsen42]

I think I have the first "Mr. Bruce" Factory Five Slabside . Hopefully this summer I should have it finished or close to finished. Here are some pictures of my journey. I originally purchased # 1293 in 1997. It's gone thru a number of iterations. First an SC,


Then a semi street,


then a full 427 Street,


and now a 289 slab. I purchased the body from "Mr. Bruce" about a year ago.

This is a pic on the way to the painter.


I've had a number of modifications that I had to do to make it work. While the body is a drop on , their are a number of things to do to make the slab body work. The FIA would have been a lot easier, but I've always loved the slabside. I had to move the fuel tank behind the seats.

I had to lower and build a shelf for the tank to sit on.


I also had to move the front suspension in about 2" each side to keep the front wheels tucked under the wheelwells


Make a slab dash,

This pic is a little dark but you get the idea.



and a number of other mods.

Here are some other things, replicating a Slab motor, and the coolant expansion tank.


Here is the body after paint, done by the "Incomparable Ron Randall aka Metal Morphous"



More to follow

John O