The High Dollar Hit List: What's on Yours?

Lets be totally honest here, Just owning a old jalopy is a luxury in itself. We don't necessarily 'need' a traditional hot rod, but we really wanted one badly enough to make some sacrifices to have one or three. Once you've acquired your dream ri... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

 

18" smooth Halibrands.

I have everything else.

 

Gotha valve covers for a Rocket Olds.

 

I want a Cyclone or Hallibrand quickchange, also a WEIAND or EDELBROCK tall 2x2 intake for flathead, chingao I am having a hard time finding the intake? I woulda totally bought that quickchange in the picture

 

I know its not a part but this is on my hit list.

 

5" face, curved glass Jaeger or SW 8000 rpm mechanical tach. And Lincoln brakes, but those are easier to justify.A '32 13/1 steering box would be nice as well, but I think I will have to settle for a '33/'34.

 

Oh yea, and a Cyclone quickie for me too. $$$

 

A chop job and padded top in my 41 convertible.

 

I would love to have one of the new electronic fuel injection setups that look like the old stack, mechanicals.
Of course I would have to leave it outside in the rain and mud for a few weeks before it would look right.

 

well, seein' as I set a 471 blower on a Mitchell manifold atop my flattie...I'm about tapped.

 

I've already got it. A straight-stack Hilborn for my Hemi. I had dreams of running mechanical injection, but the idea of a car that farts and burps while cruising just isn't gonna cut it. So I just got the adapter plates from Alkydigger to convert it to EFI. I'll try to hide it.

Man, doesn't that look good?

 

Malcolm

 

Just point me to a setup simular to that for a SBC and I'll go to the bank! Looks great!

 

Hell, I'd build a car around some of this stuff.














Notice the white gloves if'n you want to touch.

 

A 'charged 392

 

1. A '40 Ford frame
2. A '40 Ford Deluxe Coupe body
3. A nailhead Buick engine, nicely dressed
4. A 50s style rolled and pleated interior for above '40 Ford coupe
5. Gasoline to run it


That's my high dollar list!

 

Pair of Edmunds finned rocker covers for an early hemi.....

 

A nice, rebuilt Mccullough Supercharger and a V8 QC center are high on my list and constitute high-dollar for my budget.

 

Ardun.....

 

super swampers ,cragars and this..

 

$55,000! What makes this engine so great?

 

I love my hotrod "A" roadster ,but it was and is a dry weather car really,there was a time I had two cool cars,beside my "A",I also had a full custom I had built from a Henry J,v8 Olds, had a 56 T-bird folding top on a 53 Study rear window as a front shield and plastic roll up windows that all seal pretty darn good,so that was my dayly in case of rain,but long gone,solden and destroyed back in 64,too high $ for me to build that again in just parts alone and at 70 it an't happen. But wish for sure.

 

Sorry for not having pictures like ya'all do :

a pair of seats from a 50-59 Ford Panel delivery truck

scrubba

 

Wow! Never seen this before! Is that ever pretty!

 

It's a complete, fuel injected Ardun-headed flathead. You've got some reading to do.

 

Not for Rats.

 

An early Ardun conversion with canted injection setup ready to go is extremely rare.

I dont know about the $55,000.00 pricetag but Ive seen the early heads sell for $17-$20k.... its definitely not for everyone. flatheads and assoc. overhead conversions are for nutjobs.

Thanks to a good friend of mine and a lot of perseverance + hard work :

 

How about a set of genuine E&J headlights.

 

I think a nice Deuce Roadster would be at the top of my list. HRP