Street-legal tribute to the legendary NASCAR driver Fireball Roberts; the car is a replica of one of his last super-speedway cars driven before his untimely death. "Project Fireball" was intended from the get-go to replicate an actual former NASCAR racer (as opposed to an imaginary one) as visually accurate as possible, yet still be street legal. I chose to pay tribute to Fireball Roberts, starting with (ironically, or twistedly... your call) a '64 Galaxie that had previously been stolen and that the theives had tried to torch to hide their stupidity. For the time being, I've stuck with the small block 289, yet completed a race-bred interior that further adds to the car's accurate 60s-racer appearance. Removing all of the chrome also required filling 161 holes in the body! It's admittedly a show car and not meant to run low 11s at the local strip... yet. I have a 390 block waiting to be built, but I'm leaning more towards a significant upgraded small block so I don't have to change everything over (springs, mounts, tranny, etc.) to accommodate the larger motor. I had no shop, no previous welding or bondo experience, and pretty much no budget. Other than exterior paint and exhaust, it just was me, a crowded garage, and a few borrowed tools. Still, the car was purchased October 1, 2006, and the project was completed on July 11, 2007; or a little over 9 months, for a total of about $4,000. I can only imagine what I might have accomplished if I actually had some money to spend! Still, I am damned proud of "Fireball"!