damn this car is easy on the eye..attention to detail!!! absolutely no way I could drill that many holes in a visor and end up with them all in line... it just amazes me when a car like this is at a show, and people glance at it and keep walking.... I'm like did you see how he did this or that... Ah no....anyway... good job buddy, nice car...( I say buddy whether you like me or not) you do some amazing work....
Come On, Man!... We are deep into FOUR pages on what to do with a first gen Shivel-lay V-8 that made under 200 HP on its BEST day Let me tell ya about this sweet running 221 FoMoCo V-8 I got fer free......got any ideas where I can 'stick-it' ?! FOUR PAGES!!! 6sally6
I hope he didn’t get scared off, a pile of examples were posted, makes me one want to get one, I need another project like I need a ……….. Dan
Do you know a small block Chevy V8 is nearly a bolt in deal on a 1941 - 1954 Chevy if you have the right transmission? You can keep the original 3 speed trans and torque tube drive line with a 265 because it does not have enough torque to tear everything up. Where with a 350 you would likely break something every few weeks, or have to spend a lot of time and money swapping out the whole drive line. If you can find a good deal on a forties or early fifties Chev it could make a cool early style rod . The kind of car you can have a lot of fun with for not much money as long as you don't want to go crazy fast.
Along those same lines... https://frederick.craigslist.org/pts/d/frederick-1948-dodge-fluid-drive/7785607183.html
Update: the donor vehicle has been selected, it’s either a 30 or 31 model AA closed cab truck, former city of new Westminster tow truck, has lots of rust so sorting that is priority 1, and finishing up my 62 and a couple others, so waiting a bit before starting the engine swap on that one, I will probably start a page on ideas for how a traditional late 50s (circa 1958) 31 pickup fender less with a 32 grille would have looked. To all the people who were helpful thank you,
Id happily contribute to that thread. I even have vintage models From that era I can post pics of. And that definitely sounds like a proper use of the engine
New Westminster? I take it you are in the Vancouver, B.C. area. If so, there is a lot of Hamb expertise just south of you.
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