WIP Bruckell Merlin (1974-1984)

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  1. TMccanna

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    bruckell merlin SWB
     
  2. Manche

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    installing rear axle is nearly complete then is to rough up the main shalle and install the front stuff (suspénsion and steering)
     
  3. GoredontheDestroyer

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    Oh...

    Oh my God...

    IT'S A CHEVETTE!

    I'm sold already.
     
  4. catchow1977

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    will it have the cross grill that old chevettes have or the newer style or both
     
  5. Manche

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    many styles, as well as the brazilian grill https://motortudo.com/wp-content/up...et-Chevette-SL-E-1.6S-1990-Motor-Tudo-14.jpeg
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    the plan is to make the car leave the US market in 84 but persist in Latin America for maybe 10 more years
     
  6. TMccanna

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    pinto style gas tank when
     
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  7. Manche

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    it runes and drives.. mostly
     

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  8. Alex_Farmer557

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    i'm liking the sawn-off-six style 4 cylinder, a lot like the holden starfire from the UC sunbird
     
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  9. Manche

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    GM did that to create the 153 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_153_4-cylinder_engine
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    just tomake it clear: the car is modified retrofitted freshened up Blockhead from Flatout 1. WHy? because I likethe drab shape of the car
     
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  10. freind

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    can i have it?
     
  11. catchow1977

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    will the electrovette concept car be added

    (copied from wikipedia)
    Electrovette[edit]
    In the 1970s, General Motors Advanced Engineering developed a concept car, the Electrovette, based on the Chevette, but using an electric motor powered by lead-acid batteries. The car had a range of about 50 mi (80 km) at 30 mph (48 km/h), and a top speed of 53 mph (85 km/h).[14]
     
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  12. Manche

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    been dolling around with the car adjusting bits and such, the thing drives! now the rear axle needs some adjustment, it is a floppy mess
     
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  13. WayaMoon

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    Can't wait to put a funny car engine in this little hot hatch !
     
  14. Manche

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    engine bay is very tight... fair warning
     
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    apparently some crazy bastards have swapped chevy big blocks into chevettes
     
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  16. Manche

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    Happy to report that The rear axle can stay together after 1600HP
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    wheelies to spare!
     

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  17. TMccanna

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    why did you put this together before even texturing it. i thought i was the one with screwed up priorities
     
  18. Manche

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    because cosmetics is comparatively easy. and if for some reason I could not pull of the making a working Jbeam it wouldn't be worth doing any serious meshwork
     
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  19. Manche

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    it has engine and weight
     

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  20. catchow1977

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    are you going to add more windows in place of that huge pillar
     
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