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First Test Day of 2021 Season For The Vega Hatchback
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This is a “Race Ready Car”
ICanFab has completed the final shakedown tests for this new race car built for bracket racing. This is a full chassis car, a 1977 Chevy Vega Hatchback with a 427 SBC. The race car includes an NHRA 8.50 chassis certification, a clean title, with working tail lights and headlights. No…
How to fit a big tire, in a small car
This is creative metal fabrication. This car has many options. This Vega is a mild steel car with an NHRA 8.50 cert and has been made to be a winning bracket car… but has that extra boost to be a great heads-up racer.
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A Chassis Tag And NHRA Certification Are Included
When a chassis is professionally built – you should see the official chassis tag like this S&W race car chassis tag below. Below is the official NHRA 8.50 certification for this car. This is from our custom Vega Hatchback project recently finished. Added bonus, this pro street comes with a…
This car is race ready . . . and brand spanking new
Are you in the market for a new race car? This Vega is a great value. It’s brand new, only a few test hits down the track. 12-Point Roll Cage NHRA 8.50 Certification Car weight =2184 lbs. (no driver, race ready) PASS WITH NOS: 1/8 = 5.501 at 126.98 MPH 1/8 = 5.494…
Become A Winning Bracket Racer
I remember the days when quarter-mile heads up drag racing was the norm at every drag strip. Both cars leave the starting line and the crowd goes crazy. Today bracket racing is by far the most popular form of drag racing. Bracket racing series are coast-to-coast and basically for every level of drag racing…
This 427 SBC Vega Makes A Second Visit To Bristol Dragway
Yesterday some local racers invited us to test at the track. The finish line shows the time of the 1/4 mile pass. We are testing for 1/8 mile. The is the drivers view from the NOS pass. Same pass, driver lifts at the 1/8 mile. This is the time…
First NOS Pass With The Vega Hatchback Pro Street
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1977 Vega Hatchback – quick look around video
Pro Street Vega Specs: The car weight is 2150 lbs. (no driver) VIN # and Title comes with car Glastek fiberglass doors, 4″ cowl hood rear bumper, Fiberglas Unlimited front and S&W 2 x3 frame rails, ladder bar suspension, round tube front half with Strange Engineering Struts with Heavy Duty Brakes Narrowed…
The 427 SBC is ready – we fired it up this morning
This car got scaled today too, and weighs in at 2150 lbs. (no driver) Need a NEW Street Outlaw to get on the list? Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
The Mark Williams driveshaft arrived on Monday – now all components have been added.
Next step – fire it up! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
The 77 Vega Pro Street Nears Completion
Final fitting of all the gear. . . seat, belts, steering wheel, shifter, delay box. Completing all the final hook-up of shift cable, chute cable and handle . . . We expect the driveshaft soon – from Mark Williams – then we top off the fluids and time to fire…
More Top-Self Parts Added – Not From China
Everything in this car is brand new. Includes this ATI Powerglide Transmission. The 427 SBC, DART SHP block, DART PRO1 heads with 2.08 intake value, Liberty crankshaft and connecting rods, Mahle pistons 10-1, solid roller cam . . . and the list goes on and on. This is a sweet…
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The Powerglide has arrived, and the chassis has been certified.
This VEGA bracket car is progressing quickly. The Powerglide transmission arrived over the weekend. Saturday was NHRA certification day at Bristol, and the Vega Hatchback received its 8.50 cert. This will be a productive day — install that tranny, and order the driveshaft! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today…
New Deadly Bracket Car For Sale
Only a few odds and ends left on this pro street project… like wiring and the ATI powerglide … take a look. FOR SALE
S&W Race Chassis Custom Install
The laundry list for this Vega pro street build includes; S&W 2″ x 3″ Frame Rails with Ladder Bar Suspension, S&W 12-Point Roll Cage, S&W Round Tube Front Half . . . Put it all together and now we have a NEW car — ready for final assembly and an NHRA…
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Tags: drag race car, drag race car for sale, S&W Chassis, vega for sale
Final Reassembly Begins Now
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Building and Assembling the 77 Vega Hatchback
Rear End Housing Made And Gear Assembled In-House Custom Made 9″ Housing, Back Braced and Narrowed 35 Spline Gun Drilled and Flange Lightened Moser Axles 5/8 Wheel Studs Moser Through-Bolt Aluminum Case 3.250 Bearing 10 Bolt Moser Pinion Support 1350 Moser Yoke 4.29 Gear That Has Been Lightened Wilwood 4 Piston…
Vega Chassis Completed
This is the chassis and body of our ’77 Vega Hatchback winter project. If you are looking for a Vega rolling chassis – this one is ready. Next stop body shop and paint! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
Big Tire . . . Little Car
The 16.5″ wide tires were all over the quarter panels due to the low ride height. These quarter panels have seen some serious mods — stretched 2″ forward and 4″ to the rear of centerline. What the hell — let’s do quarter extensions! Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race…
More progress on the Pro Street Vega Hatchback
Once this Vega is finished it will be streetable. You will be able to legally drive it on the road. Take it to the local car show – or out for ice cream. But don’t fool yourself – this Vega is being built for drag racing. Preparing to start the tubs…
New 427 SBC gets installed in the Vega Hatchback drag car
Front of the engine and fuel system mock up has been finalized and looking good! Final cockpit mock up in progress. The big question is . . . sheet metal tunnel or no tunnel? Little more cutting, and rear sheet metal and tubs are next. Buy This Drag Racing Car…
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Adding all the components and making all the parts
Welding on tabs and brackets to mount up all the components necessary to make this vega hatchback a really great bracket car. Since, out of the box parts don’t always fit we modify or make our own. Buy This Drag Racing Car Today & Race Tomorrow!
Mocking Up The Vega Hatchback
Now that the Vega is off the chassis table – it’s time to mock-up everything. Below we installed an S&W ladder bar kit, and a HUGE S&W diagonal link at 1.25 x .095. Below the back braced 9″ just needs wheelie bar tabs. Installing brake system lines and residual valves.…
The Hatchback Vega Comes Off The Jig Table
The hatchback vega had final bars and gussets welded in and it’s looking good! Time to come off the jig table and hit the deck. . . Remember, we started building this car with just a roof, quarter panels and tail panel. Getting to this point is huge. Still a…
On The Centerline With The Vega Hatchback
Making progress with the 77 Vega Hatchback project. The rear end housing has been hung on the centerline. . . Anti roll has been tacked up… Now . . . add a few gussets to the shock bar, add an X from the main hoop, and do some final –…
1977 Vega Hatchback Project Update
The fiberglass was hung on the chassis with care. . . Doors hung, swinging and latched. The frontend tree has been built with custom receiver brackets made and applied. The rear of the front end, lower and upper mounts, and firewall completed in steel. Seat mounts, master cylinder and the…
Next car on the jig table is this 1977 Vega Hatchback
First step, removed the Vega skin from our rust free donor and centered it on the jig table. The ride height was established, next we will start laying in frame rails. This shows the main hoop, front down bars, dash bar, ear down bars, build perimeter. This bracket car has…
New Build: Vega Hatchback
Another rust-free body fresh out of storage — today it met the plasma cutter and we separated the shell from the complete car. Rough cuts to release from the donor car, still alot more surgical trimming to come. On to the chassis table, ready to start laying pipe. If you…
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