{"id":25534,"date":"2013-12-29T12:20:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=25534"},"modified":"2013-12-29T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T19:20:55","slug":"building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbuilding-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FIMGP4546-1-150x99.jpg&amp;description=Building+Your+Dream+Car%3A+What+Would+You+Build%3F\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\" data-text=\"Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?\" data-desc=\"Full Blown Dirt Track Ready Race Car For The Street! A true gearhead can point to some seminal moment when he or she was struck by an unexplainable epiphany. That moment when you knew things had changed and suddenly every motorized creation became a point of interest. It was that one time when you\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1-150x99.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>Full Blown Dirt Track Ready Race Car For The Street!<\/h2>\n<p>A true gearhead can point to some seminal moment when he or she was struck by an unexplainable epiphany. That moment when you knew things had changed and suddenly every motorized creation became a point of interest. It was that one time when you realized you\u2019d never again look at any vehicle of transportation, play or collectability without the quickening of your heartbeat and a shortness of breath.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25535\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25535\" class=\" wp-image-25535    \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Race Car\" alt=\"Camaro Z-28, Z28\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1.jpg\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1-575x382.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keith Larson&#8217;s dirt track racer on the street, fully licensed and completely legal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Iowan Keith Larson, it was a walk past a car dealer\u2019s lot in the late 1960s where a \u201964 Chevelle dirt track car resided, painted up in red, white and blue and sporting all the proverbial race car stuff\u2026full roll cage, stinking big tires, cut out fenders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The race car didn\u2019t make Larson want to go racing, however. His young mind thought, \u201cWow, wouldn\u2019t it be cool to drive something like that on the street?\u201d Speed forward 44 years and Larson has his \u201cmechanical symphony on wheels\u201d, but it was an 18 year journey only a gearhead could understand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A race car on the street? Yup, it\u2019s been done many times, but probably not with the attention to detail and the fine points Larson has invested in this one. He began the project once, ran out of space and patience and scrapped the project, except for some key components. It was in 1994 the project took hold and Larson started in earnest the quest to make this dream a reality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25536\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4537-a.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25536\" class=\" wp-image-25536 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Race Car\" alt=\"Camaro Z-28\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4537-a.jpg\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4537-a.jpg 6254w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4537-a-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4537-a-575x362.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6254px) 100vw, 6254px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You have to wonder what the Prius driver is thinking when he sees this in his rearview!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to take a retired \u201977 Camaro dirt car in 1986 and convert it to street use,\u201d he explains. \u201cI knew the car, found it intact in a junkyard and tried to mate a 1970 Camaro SS body to the chassis.\u201d Larson found the task daunting at best and a family move to a different house and smaller garage pretty much killed the attempt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept a lot of parts of that race car, but couldn\u2019t quite get the job started the right way,\u201d he says. In \u201994 things changed again, this time in favor of another attempt at \u201cthe dream\u201d. Larson bought 400 feet of steel tubing. If he couldn\u2019t adapt a chassis, he\u2019d just build one. Of course, he\u2019d never built anything like this before, but that fact wasn\u2019t going to stop the effort.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25537\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/camera-phone-023.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25537\" class=\" wp-image-25537 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Race Car\" alt=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Racer Chassis Cage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/camera-phone-023.jpg\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/camera-phone-023.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/camera-phone-023-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/camera-phone-023-575x431.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larson built his dream car from scratch starting with 400 feet of tubing shaped into a custom cage. This is a serious build.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bolting two I-beams to the floor of his garage, Larson built a jig for the foundation of the car. With help from a friend he drew up exactly what the chassis would look like with full dimensions and hung the drawing on the back of his walk-in garage door. \u201cI used the Camaro sub frame I had saved and built a full perimeter frame of 2&#215;3 .120 gauge wall tubing,\u201d he describes. \u201cOnce that was in place I went after the rest of the cage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Endless brackets, mounts and configurations followed to engineer what Larson had essentially dreamed up in his mind and on paper. \u201cI had to figure out how to make everything work together and spent nearly 6 years working on it (the chassis), one piece at a time,\u201d he says. When you look over the car, you can tell he literally planned every single connection, weld and bend after a lot of thought.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably have about 3000 hours in the car and half of that time was spent just trying to figure out what to do next.\u201d Working with no instructions other than his own ideas, Larson, in classic gearhead fashion, made use of basic tools on a limited budget. \u201cI bought a used MIG welder, chop saw and angle grinder,\u201d he says, \u201cand eventually had to have a mechanical tubing bender, an imported box and pan sheet metal brake and I managed to borrow a bead roller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25538\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9766-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25538\" class=\" wp-image-25538  \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Race Car\" alt=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Racer \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9766-1.jpg\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9766-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9766-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9766-1-575x383.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior has only the necessary items to monitor this street\/race car&#8217;s systems. Larson has his own mechanical symphony on wheels. We don&#8217;t need no stinking sound system!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Describing six years of labor can\u2019t handle what had to be thought through every time Larson approached the chassis for another session. But he did get it rolling and on the ground. \u201cI knew some people over at Performance Bodies in Cedar Falls who could help me with the next step so I headed their direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Performance Bodies is a local company started in 1981 by racer Scott Braun who was a dirt tracker himself on the local scene. He discovered he could build, and sell, aluminum body panels to racers like himself. The company has grown to nationwide size, today handling all types of body parts and other components to keep racers supplied throughout both the racing and building seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25539\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9765-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25539\" class=\" wp-image-25539  \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Race Car\" alt=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Racer \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9765-1.jpg\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9765-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9765-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9765-1-575x383.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engine bay is all business and the Camaro has complete race car suspension including adjustable corners. Just over 400 hp Chevy easily pushes this lightweight.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rolling chassis was twice taken to Performance Bodies where fabricator Jeff Higgins began forming up the body. The car was delivered in both 2002 and 2008 so Higgins could mock up panels that eventually ended up in the Performance Bodies catalog so Larson\u2019s Camaro became a prototype test bed in addition to slowly making it\u2019s way to completion as a street driven vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the 90 pound aluminum and fiberglass body produced to cover the chassis, the original donor car provided a myriad of pieces including the front nose which had to be channeled and set back in order to arrive at the proper dimension. The car\u2019s windshield frame and upper dash panel (including the car\u2019s VIN plate) were incorporated along with lights, horn, turn signals and 4-way flashers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pre-painted panels produced by Performance Bodies kept the total paint and powdercoating budget at less than $600 for the vehicle which tips the scales at about 2900 pounds. Including tools purchased for the project, Larson figures he\u2019s into the car for $15,000. \u201cSpread over 18 years I figure that\u2019s not too bad considering what I ended up with,\u201d says Larson. \u201cThe car drives great, rides good and corners like a race car is supposed to and I\u2019ve not even done any adjustments yet to the suspension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of the fabrication inside the car came from Larson\u2019s own hands. \u201cMy Dad was a John Deere engineer,\u201d says Larson, \u201cand he grew up on a farm in Kansas where there wasn\u2019t a corner parts store where you could find what you needed. You simply learned to make it.\u201d He obviously inherited that particular fabrication gene when he used galvanized steel for the firewall, transmission tunnel and exhaust heat shield that blocks the 3\u201d chambered exhaust that is snaked through the door panels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25540\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9773.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25534]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25540\" class=\" wp-image-25540 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Race Car\" alt=\"1981 Camaro Z-28 Street Legal Dirt Track Racer \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9773.jpg\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9773.jpg 5616w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9773-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9773-575x383.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5616px) 100vw, 5616px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Please Drive Safely<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family included a bunch of uncles who loved nothing less than flying down dirt roads as fast as they could. I remember that well.\u201d Larson\u2019s family landed in Cedar Falls, Iowa when his Dad went to work for John Deere. \u201cI started at John Deere myself right out of high school, but military service (in the Navy) called and I went to California which was car heaven for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Larson worked on a series of his own rides during his Navy stint as an electrician including Corvettes, a Chevelle SS and a 1959 Mercedes. \u201cWe could work on cars at the base hobby shops for 50 cents a day,\u201d he explains. \u201cThat pretty much got me hooked into all kinds of vehicles.\u201d Upon discharge Larson headed back to Iowa, eventually taking a job again at John Deere, retiring after 37 years as an electrician. Now he runs a custom wheel and tire service in town and drives the Camaro to local area car gatherings when he can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have about 200 miles on it,\u201d he says and explains his need to test all the car\u2019s systems before he embarks on anything that is much more than a safe towing distance from home. \u201cI know the car is right, but it just takes a bit of time to get used to how it functions on the street.\u201d In the meantime Larson gets to hear that \u201cmechanical symphony\u201d whenever he wants. Here\u2019s hoping we get to see a lot more of it at future events and gatherings. It\u2019s guaranteed there won\u2019t be anything else like it when he arrives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more? \u00a0<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/camera-phone-022.jpg\"\n               title=\"Keith Larson decided it would be best to just start from scratch and built this chassis\/cage himself.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/camera-phone-022.jpg\"\n               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data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/interior.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_interior.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1330\"\n               data-title=\"interior\"\n               data-description=\"Interior was built from aluminum sheet.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"interior\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"interior\"\n                    alt=\"interior\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_interior.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        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                alt=\"sheet-metal\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_sheet-metal.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/franklin-rear.jpg\"\n               title=\"Yes...a real Franklin quick change is used. Hear those gears whine!\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/franklin-rear.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_franklin-rear.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1321\"\n               data-title=\"franklin-rear\"\n               data-description=\"Yes...a real Franklin quick change is used. Hear those gears whine!\"\n               data-image-slug=\"franklin-rear\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"franklin-rear\"\n                    alt=\"franklin-rear\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_franklin-rear.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/img_9777.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/img_9777.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_9777.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1322\"\n               data-title=\"Franklin quick change\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"franklin-quick-change\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Franklin quick change\"\n                    alt=\"Franklin quick change\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_9777.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4503.jpg\"\n               title=\"Race cars don\\&#039;t have doors! So....\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4503.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4503.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1323\"\n               data-title=\"Through the window1\"\n               data-description=\"Race cars don&#039;t have doors! So....\"\n               data-image-slug=\"through-the-window1\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Through the window1\"\n                    alt=\"Through the window1\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4503.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4504.jpg\"\n               title=\"Leg up and in the window.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4504.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4504.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1324\"\n               data-title=\"Through the window2\"\n               data-description=\"Leg up and in the window.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"through-the-window2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Through the window2\"\n                    alt=\"Through the window2\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4504.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4505.jpg\"\n               title=\"Tuck in...\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4505.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4505.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1325\"\n               data-title=\"Through the window3\"\n               data-description=\"Tuck in...\"\n               data-image-slug=\"through-the-window3\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Through the window3\"\n                    alt=\"Through the window3\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4505.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4506-1.jpg\"\n               title=\"Keep moving...\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4506-1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4506-1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1326\"\n               data-title=\"Through the window4\"\n               data-description=\"Keep moving...\"\n               data-image-slug=\"through-the-window4\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Through the window4\"\n                    alt=\"Through the window4\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4506-1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4506.jpg\"\n               title=\"Almost there...\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4506.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4506.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1327\"\n               data-title=\"Through the window5\"\n               data-description=\"Almost there...\"\n               data-image-slug=\"through-the-window5\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Through the window5\"\n                    alt=\"Through the window5\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4506.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-11\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4507.jpg\"\n               title=\"Ahhhh!!! Ready for the street.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4507.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4507.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1328\"\n               data-title=\"Through the window6\"\n               data-description=\"Ahhhh!!! Ready for the street.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"through-the-window6\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Through the window6\"\n                    alt=\"Through the window6\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4507.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-12\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4522.jpg\"\n               title=\"A common sight around Cedar Falls, Iowa.\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/imgp4522.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4522.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1329\"\n               data-title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28\"\n               data-description=\"A common sight around Cedar Falls, Iowa.\"\n               data-image-slug=\"1981-camaro-z-28\"\n               class=\"shutterset_af81e6e372b0f905ce12d6d2fdc13f55\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"1981 Camaro Z-28\"\n                    alt=\"1981 Camaro Z-28\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/1981-camaro-z-28-street-legal-race-car\/thumbs\/thumbs_imgp4522.jpg\"\n                    width=\"120\"\n                    height=\"90\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbuilding-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FIMGP4546-1-150x99.jpg&amp;description=Building+Your+Dream+Car%3A+What+Would+You+Build%3F\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/building-dream-car-dirt-track-racer-car\/\" data-text=\"Building Your Dream Car: What Would You Build?\" data-desc=\"Full Blown Dirt Track Ready Race Car For The Street! A true gearhead can point to some seminal moment when he or she was struck by an unexplainable epiphany. That moment when you knew things had changed and suddenly every motorized creation became a point of interest. It was that one time when you\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMGP4546-1-150x99.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Full Blown Dirt Track Ready Race Car For The Street! A true gearhead can point to some seminal moment when he or she was struck by an unexplainable epiphany. That moment when you knew things had changed and suddenly every motorized creation became a point of interest. It was that one time when you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":25535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1814],"tags":[1797,2603,2199,240,2604,2184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25619,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534\/revisions\/25619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}