Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023

Mark Yacavone · 08-13-2023, 11:24 PM

Joe Newbie (NB) lives in Phoenix and works at a Chevy dealer. He's gone down the track at Wild Horse a few times on Friday nights. He has a fair amount of hand tools, but not much else. He's not married and lives with a couple of his buddies.

Mr. Veteran Racer (VR) lives down the street from NB. NB hears VR's Stocker running all the time and loves the sound of it. He stops by VR's place one day, and strikes up a conversation. He tells VR he'd like to build a Stocker too, and would VR help steer him in the right direction, VR says sure...

NB comes from a family that never raced anything, and really don't have a clue what he's talking about. He's got no usable parts on hand to use on his new project.
(this is a semi- autobiographical story )

NB finds a 66 Bel Aire 4 dr, with a 283 , 220 horse engine and a PG trans. Surprisingly good shape for the year.

That's the setup here..Let's follow along.
TBC

08-13-2023, 11:24 PM	#1
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,807 Likes: 2,897 Liked 5,109 Times in 1,947 Posts	Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023 Joe Newbie (NB) lives in Phoenix and works at a Chevy dealer. He's gone down the track at Wild Horse a few times on Friday nights. He has a fair amount of hand tools, but not much else. He's not married and lives with a couple of his buddies. Mr. Veteran Racer (VR) lives down the street from NB. NB hears VR's Stocker running all the time and loves the sound of it. He stops by VR's place one day, and strikes up a conversation. He tells VR he'd like to build a Stocker too, and would VR help steer him in the right direction, VR says sure... NB comes from a family that never raced anything, and really don't have a clue what he's talking about. He's got no usable parts on hand to use on his new project. (this is a semi- autobiographical story ) NB finds a 66 Bel Aire 4 dr, with a 283 , 220 horse engine and a PG trans. Surprisingly good shape for the year. That's the setup here..Let's follow along. TBC __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers