luv bodied syclone!!!!

[sycoluv]

i'm new to the site but not to the syclone and owned a gt now i have recently started a new syclone project..... i am taking a complete syclone chassis with running gear and am putting a 1974 chevy luv body on it.....body is lighter and the luv was a total turd with an izuzu 4 banger with a 4 speed...so total sleeper i'm hoping it will turn out amazing tell me what you think....

 

[WyoSyclone]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

i'm new to the site butnot to the syclone and owned a gt now i have recently started a new syclone project..... i am taking a complete syclone chassis with running gear and am putting a 1974 chevy luv body on it.....body is lighter and the luv was a total turd with an izuzu 4 banger with a 4 speed...so total sleeper i'm hoping it will turn out amazing tell me what you think....

Luv is pretty small body compared to a Syclone... I kind of doubt that it will fit.... might kind of look like a Hot Wheels
Have you taken measurements on it?

 

[Jimmy]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

Sounds like a cool project that I have thought of as well.

Gonna ramble for a minute so bear with me...

My dad was a Chevy salesman the whole time I was a kid,from like 68-77,and he was always buying new shit. First car I remember was a 72 Chevelle 3 on the tree that my mom drove into his workbench at the end of the garage.Then she shot it with a rattle can hoping he wouldn't notice. :rotf:

He had a 73 Laguna S-3 454 demo with every option that I loved.Burgandy with white vinyl top and a 4 speed :tup:

So anyways,onto the LUV. We had a new one.Prolly 76ish.Goddamn ugly orangish poo color and SLOOOW. But it was different and I liked it.Pretty sure LUV was an acronym for Light Utility Vehicle. Think it was traded on a new 78 Toyota longbed.

Anyway.our neighbor had a LUV. He had stuffed a BBC into it and had a narrowed Olds rearend.That is the ride that turned me on to muscle cars. I remember that the street would shake when he idled by into his garage. OMG to a little kid that was incredible.I think I got the Datsun "Lil Hustler" model right after that.

So yeah IMO it will fit,and it will be badass.

Keep us posted.

 

[jwaller]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

I have a modded 4.3 in my chevy luv. 700R4 and a s-10 rear end. it's 2wd though. would be easier if it were a 4wd.

 

[Norm]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

I'm in Mexico right now( Cozumel) and they still have them here( they make them -brand new). I remember a v-8 years ago when they were sold in the states.

 

[SY2767]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

I'm in Mexico right now( Cozumel) and they still have them here( they make them -brand new). I remember a v-8 years ago when they were sold in the states.

Hows the weather? Its -29c here now.... :bad-word:

 

[badmatt]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

Hows the weather? Its -29c here now.... :bad-word:

IT SUCKS!

 

[WyoSyclone]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

I have a modded 4.3 in my chevy luv. 700R4 and a s-10 rear end. it's 2wd though. would be easier if it were a 4wd.

Yup, I can see swapping a new 4.3 into an existing Luv chassis - pretty easy, but he says,

"putting a 1974 chevy luv body on it.....body is lighter and the luv..."

....this sounds to me like actually dropping a Luv body on a Sy roller chassis.....
Hmmm, I think we need more clarification.

 

[sycoluv]

Re: luv bodied syclone!!!!

Yup, I can see swapping a new 4.3 into an existing Luv chassis - pretty easy, but he says,

"putting a 1974 chevy luv body on it.....body is lighter and the luv..."

....this sounds to me like actually dropping a Luv body on a Sy roller chassis.....
Hmmm, I think we need more clarification.

yes actually will be modifying the body mounts on the sy chassis as well as the floor in the LUV body to allow them to mate up