Ray the Rat's Chevy Asylum

The Chevy Asylum Projects: 1985 Monte Carlo Super Sport

In the driveway after having the old ultra-cracked paint stripped and a coat of flat black applied, September, 2012

A 406 powered 1985 Monte Carlo SS	04/15/96
Building the first 406, part 2	06/09/99
Installing the 406 motor	06/25/99
Life after death: Cam goes flat	06/30/02
The rebuild gets going	07/24/02
Refinishing the underside and rear end	10/17/02
Rebuilding the front suspension	05/18/03
Reinstalling the motor	05/30/03
Reinstalling the motor, part 3	04/17/05
Final Phases (take two)	10/19/10
Race car prep continues	03/13/11
And still more	07/20/11
A trailer to haul the race car and more	08/02/11
Closer and closer	09/03/11
Postmortem and rebuild/repair	09/26/11
Resurrection, part 2	06/26/12
Resurrection, part 4...It's ALIVE!!!!	07/30/12
Getting ready to race, part 2	08/30/12
Racing on the salt, year 2, part 1	09/30/12
Racing on the salt, year 3, part 2	05/15/13

Beginnings of the first 406 motor	01/29/99
Removing the old 305	06/09/99
It's alive: Born on the 4th of July	08/23/99
The postmortem	07/02/02
Roller cam and AFR heads	09/14/02
Underside work continues	03/15/03
Finishing the suspension work	05/11/03
Reinstalling the motor, part 2	07/13/03
Final Phases (wishful thinking)	12/01/05
Screw the final phases...we're just building a race car	01/31/11
More of the same	03/31/11
Going back together	08/08/11
It's alive!	09/03/11
Racing on the salt	09/14/11
Yet another resurrection	07/04/12
Resurrection, part 3	07/04/12
Getting ready to race	08/25/12
Getting ready to race, part 3	09/03/12
Racing on the salt, year 3, part 1	03/03/13
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