Topic: Chevelle or TR7?

[bikerboy666_69]

i have a TR7 that is about running. and i can get Chevelle body,frame, and a watever else i can salvage, problem is i can only get 1. if i keep the TR7 i will either set it up for drag/drift or lift it n 4x4 it (probably the first choice) and if i get the chevelle i will restore it and set it up for drag. im leaning towards the chevelle....cause its a chevelle, but the TR7 with a little work would make a good daily driver and a nice sleeper. what do you think?

[/li]
[li][/li][/list]

[kneedownnate]

Reading the title and starting to read the thread I was already saying chevelle......till I saw the pic.  That's not the style of chevelle most people will associate with speed or cool.  That's like when a guy tells you he has a vette, then you find out it's a chevette   I'd go with the triumph, doesn't look too bad.

[NT-OUTBACK]

Everyone I known who has had a Triumph has always said: Its almost running. Seriously both those cars are abortions that need a date with the crusher.

[bikerboy666_69 [OP]]

Everyone I known who has had a Triumph has always said: Its almost running. Seriously both those cars are abortions that need a date with the crusher.

ya i know what u mean by the "almost running" but if i keep it i will drop a bigger engine in it and do all new wires (electrical is its biggest problem)

[BLACKDOG]

Reading the title and starting to read the thread I was already saying chevelle......till I saw the pic.  That's not the style of chevelle most people will associate with speed or cool.  That's like when a guy tells you he has a vette, then you find out it's a chevette   I'd go with the triumph, doesn't look too bad.

[bikerboy666_69 [OP]]

theres also a cutlass about the same year as the chevelle dont have pics but its an option

[baconator]

when i do my engine swap we can put my 22r stuff in your tr7 with my chevy half ton axles.  maybe the 9" im getting with my demo derby car.  or just put the 460 from the demo in there too.  zoomies out the hood and beat the out of it   i have enuf junk around that we can frankenstien your little eurocar into something to grace the pages of the disgrace to offroad thread

[bikerboy666_69 [OP]]

when i do my engine swap we can put my 22r stuff in your tr7 with my chevy half ton axles.  maybe the 9" im getting with my demo derby car.  or just put the 460 from the demo in there too.  zoomies out the hood and beat the out of it   i have enuf junk around that we can frankenstien your little eurocar into something to grace the pages of the disgrace to offroad thread

haha sounds like fun

[bikerboy666_69 [OP]]

after a few painstaking hour on a complex program i have created my tr7 with big tires.... some might think i just choped um on paint... and there probably right

[weirdtimes_7]

what year chevelle and cutless... can't see your pic's

military_stang

[bikerboy666_69 [OP]]

what year chevelle and cutless... can't see your pic's

military_stang

70's right as the chevelle was going to malibu

[freds40]

Mid to late 70s by the looks of it. The Chevelle went down hill after '72 and that's definately not a '72 or prior. Do the TR7, those year Chevelle and Cutlass' are boats.

[weirdtimes_7]

Mid to late 70s by the looks of it. The Chevelle went down hill after '72 and that's definately not a '72 or prior. Do the TR7, those year Chevelle and Cutlass' are boats.

Saweet.... , thanks for helpin me with the mental image....

I guess really it all depends on how much money you have to spend on either one of them. I have seen crazy Triumph's pull some amazing number's on track.... and then again i have seen some twin turbo cutless' tear it up... The latter years in Chevelle's went down hill fast... as in HP and the modeling (yuck).... it's all up to you... but in my one opinion, take the TR7

military_stang

[baconator]

  im still voting for the TR7 on 37s

[Rocksurfer]

after a few painstaking hour on a complex program i have created my tr7 with big tires.... some might think i just choped um on paint... and there probably right

If you did that it would instantly be placed in another thread here, and it's not a good one.

[brainlessfool]

Reading the title and starting to read the thread I was already saying chevelle......till I saw the pic.  That's not the style of chevelle most people will associate with speed or cool.  That's like when a guy tells you he has a vette, then you find out it's a chevette   I'd go with the triumph, doesn't look too bad.

x2 HERE.

[brainlessfool]

Everyone I known who has had a Triumph has always said: Its almost running.

x2 ON THIS ONE TOO.

[Shoyrtt]

The mid 70s Chevelles aren't too bad when they are built. A pro street clone would be nice but your example looks like a huge project. Here is a 73 that is decent:

[Shoyrtt]

But most mid 70s Chevelles that I have seen are low riders:

[BUDDERS]

C'mon.... Those are still fugly, even with the nice paint jobs and wheels.  Ok, that's just my opinion, but it counts in my world

[DTB]

C'mon.... Those are still fugly, even with the nice paint jobs and wheels.  Ok, that's just my opinion, but it counts in my world

ahaha i was gonna say that too but i thought i might hurt someones feelings. to each his own i guess 



 

[abnormaltoy]

Take the Chevelle and put a 12 valve Cummins in it. 800hp and 1100lbs of torque...probably the only one in town.

[Rocksurfer]

It's those huge ugly 70's-80's bumpers that make them so fugly, look at the lines of the car itself. Just like the Jags they are selling today, the ones shipped here are so damn ugly it's silly but look at one from Europe they are art. Not that I like them but they do look sweet.

[Shoyrtt]

ahaha i was gonna say that too but i thought i might hurt someones feelings. to each his own i guess 



 

It wouldn't hurt my feelings at all.  But if I HAD to choose (if there was a gun to my head) I would build the Chevy.
Now the question is would you run in this? Again some people say "fugly"...

[brainlessfool]

That my friends is a CLASSIC.

[BUDDERS]

Well, it's not my favorite, but its a hell of a lot better looking than the Chevelle.  It says, "Hey, I've got class", not, "Hey look at my big ugly  "

I remember back in high school, my friend told me he was inheriting a Chevelle Malibu that was in good shape.  I was excited for him until he showed up to school in a '72 4-door that was root-beer brown with a cream top.  It was in pretty good shape, but no one would ride with him cause it wasn't cool looking.  It said nothing other than "I am a grandma car, and only a grandma car"

[Shoyrtt]

Well, it's not my favorite, but its a hell of a lot better looking than the Chevelle.  It says, Hey, I've got class, not, Hey look at my big ugly 

Actually it says "I'm driving an ugly Max Wedge, but it is worth BIG $$$$$$$$$$$"

[Shoyrtt]

I remember back in high school, my friend told me he was inheriting a Chevelle Malibu that was in good shape.  I was excited for him until he showed up to school in a '72 4-door that was root-beer brown with a cream top.  It was in pretty good shape, but no one would ride with him cause it wasn't cool looking.  It said nothing other than "I am a grandma car, and only a grandma car"

If it were only a 2 door, he might have got lucky

[BUDDERS]

Whatcha think about this one?

[Shoyrtt]

Whatcha think about this one?

You are supposed to post something that is considered "ugly"  We are certainly hijacking this thread.