Introduction

[Shane Kelley]

Hey guys. Shane from Southern Illinois. I have a 71 Cuda that I just finished up the paint work and getting ready to assemble. B5 340 4 speed car. Dave Radcliffe pointed me to this forum.

[Rev-It-Up]

Welcome to the site Shane! I am looking forward to following your build! 

[soundcontrol]

 
Beautiful Cuda! Really like the blue. Keep pictures coming.

[Spikedog08]

Welcome Shane!   Glad you signed up! Gotta watch that Dave guy . . . 

[bentpshrods]

          Great car.  Always nice seeing another 71 cuda  joining.    This is a great site, you'l enjoy it here.   

[JS29]

  That will be A job to be proud of.

[Cuda Cody]

1971 B5 Blue is a fantastic color!!!!  Thank for sharing some photo @Shane Kelley       Really looking forward to following you through the build.  Tell us how long you've had the car and how you found it?

[Jay Bee]

  Welcome aboard, you'll love it here.

[Shane Kelley]

Bought the car in June of 2012. Supposed to be a nice honest solid matching numbers car. Came from a Classic car dealer. It had a really slick paint job with a bunch of the usual mechanical problems. Got it home and the more I looked at it the more things bugged me. So I chased all the problems right down to a bare body shell and started over. Lived most it's life in Florida and set wrecked for many years and went to Arizona. Rust was really minimal on it. But collision problems front and right rear with poor repairs. Frame rails where fine. Aprons were junk. Shame because they were rust free. I ended up putting both quarters and rear body panel on it. All front sheet metal except hood. Hoping to have it completed the end of June for a big car show. Maybe I won't have to hear "when you going to have that Cuda done". Doing mostly a stock build with the exception of engine and exhaust. Numbers motor will be saved on a stand and a 71 340 has been built to play with. Pic of car when I bought it. Looks real good but very poor build.

[Cuda Cody]

Ya, you're right.... that did look good.  And it's going to look better and run perfectly when you get done!   

[soundcontrol]

Kinda like mine, looked great when I got it, but now I'm putting 3000 hrs and God know how much money into it.

[jimynick]

Welcome to the site and the car looks awesome! 

[Topcat]

Fantastic car and color.

The hardest choice for me was B3 or B5.

I like em both.

[Chryco Psycho]

Welcome to the site Shane , beautiful car 

[ec_co]

gorgeous '71. I know a lot of folks prefer the high impact colors but the Blues are my favorites, especially B5 as it really pops in the sun