History What was your 1st piece of Speed Equipmet

Rac Tach, my first piece of Hot Rod gear!

I was thinking the other day about what my first piece of Speed Equipment was---It didn't make my old stovebolt go any faster, but it sure looked cool on my steering column

What was your 1st Piece of Speed Equipment ?????

 

A Hurst aluminum fist grip shift knob, pulled out of a junker and stuck onto my early '70's Duster w/ a 225 slant and 3 speed.

Yeah, made it go a lot faster!




Later, Kinky6

 

a brand new holley 750 my freshman year in highschool

 

A Holley 2bbl for my O/T V6 Mustang. I thought I was gonna have the fastest ride in town

 

my first speed part was an intake and q-jet i put on a 1969 327, it was in a chevy biscayne 4 door i bought off my dad for $100, i had just turned 15 and had to get my dad to test drive the car, i'd say come on dad giver, lol. i remember the lock out was still on the carb and it didnt always alow the 4's to kick in, i know better now, that was 35 years ago.

 

edelbrock intake and gold moroso valve covers/air cleaner for my 79 vette.

second purchase was a set of western wheels.

 

An exhaust cut-out and plug pipe for my first car, a 52 Ford Customline with "Mileage Maker 6" under the hood. It didn't make much difference either, but it was lots of fun! Made lots of noise too...

 

Edmunds Custom intake for my Flathead 6

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AF Rayspeed Race Crank for my 1965 Lambretta

 

A Hurst Syncro-Loc shifter for my '57 Chevy in high school. It was still a 235 at that point, but I could hammer it through the gears and get a small bit of second gear rubber! By the way, the second piece of speed equipment was an Offenhauser three carb intake bolted to a '53-'54 Corvette dual exhaust manifold for the high roller sum of $20.00.

 

When I was 18 (1974) I had saved up $1200 to buy my brothers 1970 Nova SS which he had bought new. It was 100% original with low miles. The first night I had it I put a RAC tach on the column and an under dash RAC water/oil gauge set in it along with a White Hurst T-Handle on the Muncie shifter..then..got my first speeding ticket that night coming home from the Local "Shoneys" hangout....bummer !!

 

a foot print gas pedal

 

When I was 13 one of my uncles sold me a '35 Ford 5W for $17.50. First thing I bought for it was a set of used Evans aluminum heads from Ford Obsolete in Hollywood. That was in 1958. I sold the car two years later for $50.00 and thought I had made a killing. The FOGGER

 

A set of Cast Holley Valve covers for my 63 1/2 Falcon Futura Hardtop with the 260 in it.

 

deck of cards wooden cloths pins for tricycle almost60yrs ago..............?

 

1972..hurst 3 speed floor shifter.. got it at blairs speed shop in pasadena.. it's amazing how big the hole in the floor gets when you don't have a clue as to what your doing...

 

Edelbrock Torker manifold and a Holley 780 on my 69 GTO Judge in 1978.

went out cruisin that night with no hood and the hinges sticking up and a velocity stack on that new Holley. I was so cool back then.

 

A pair on chrome Edelbrock valve covers (used) for a SBC.If it don't go, chrome it. lol

 

Home made traction bars for my 53 Chevy.

 

Baby moons.

 

hmm i think mine was a 4 barrel intake for my 292 inline six

 

1964 or 1965 I bought hedman headers, hurst shifter and cheater slicks for my 57 chevrolet 2 door sedan. it originally was a 6 cylinder 3 speed standard, i swapped a 265 V8 in it. i was in 10th grade high school , nive black and silver 57 from winchester virginia, paid $75.00 for the car. it was a preachers fathers car, he drove it from va. to new york and i bought it after it had sat next to his church for only 15 minutes, with the for sale sign on it. bought the 265 off a stock car guy in town. that baby ran, not sure what had been done to the engine, I remember he had pinned the rocker studs and I beat the hell out of it. ended up selling the engine and tranny for a bunch of money. then sold the body for a bunch more. and bought a 63 chevrolet convertible with the money. cadillac dave

 

A Header on my 60 VW that needed a valve job.........Hey I was 15

 

cherry bomb mufflers

 

1984 A chrome Mr Gasket 14x3 air cleaner for my 79 Camaro.

 

I love flatheads had a sweet running stock 53 flathead, i met a old timer and he sold me this.:d it worked soo good.. Dont see too many like this..

 

columbia 2 speed rear -- dont remember how much that was? bought a whole car & removed it & sold the car for more, dont remember??
i was 13 years old. put it under my purple 4'' chopped 35 ford 5 window coupe an X drag car body bought for $25.00
got a perfect 35 frame for $10.00 rebuilt a front axle, brakes etc... smoothed & painted the frame put the columbia under the back mounted the body, got the dash done with nice gauges had the thing rollin & decided "fuk this shit!" pretty soon i was 16 gettin a drivers lic. so i was after a ""CHEVELLE!!"" got a California 66 chevelle with white bucket seat interior & factory air.
sold the 35 KEPT the columbia --- the 35 is now done & right up the street here. ---- NO REGRETS!

 

I think it was a moroso cool can ( yes the round one with the cork on the outside) to stop the vapor lock on my 69 firebird with 428 poncho motor

 

A Thrush Hush muffler for my '56 Chevy 4-door when I was 15 back in 1978.

 

hookers headers, comp cam, carb for my second car in 1981 a 77 Trans Am 6.6 TA