Found this car in a barn! Looks like some buddy did a lot of work and stopped. To bad for him and great for me. What to you HAMBERS think how I should build it. gasser, air ride, small block or stock. Jeff
Nice Deuce!! I had a '65 a few years back. You can really make those cars go fast without a lotta work. I built a 383 stroker for mine - and it was plenty fast! Please don't put a Heidt's Mustang II kit in it. Seems like everyone these days is doing it, and unless you are going to autocross it, it does not need it! I just rebuilt the front suspension stock on mine, and it was just fine. But - I really dig the looks of these cars as gassers. If I had to do mine over again, I probably would do the straight axle front suspension. They are really neat cars - have fun with it man! Mike
Just put it back together and drive it!!! Anyone can build a gasser out of a rust bucket, but how often do you get the chance to tool around in a near perfect survivor???
The gasser thing is bordering on overdone in my book.Yeah,I like 'em , but it's turned into a craze. Build a sleeper. Stout small block & 4 speed. White paint and dog dish caps on steelies.Nothing that couldn't be put back to stock.In 10 years these cars will be worth what Chevelles are worth now.
What a great find. I'd get it running and roadworthy,and then decide what to do. I personally think that it would be a shame to just tear into it. Even though it's had some resto work done it's kinda like a time capsule, and you don't find that anymore.
Looks like my 63 ss that's hiding in my barn. I can't make up my mind on what to do with mine either. I'd paint yours if I had it and drive the snot of it.
Gassers are cool. Sleepers are cool. But I dig the stock crap as well and that car is great start for that. I'd get that sucker on the road and drive the piss outa it. Nice find.
I see one of the early II's and I think of Steve Magnante's "Wilshire Shaker" AWB gasser. Cool stuff, but would be more enjoyable just to get it streetable and DRIVE it.
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