Projects pictures from my trip home

I went back to Milwaukee on leave a week ago. I had a lot of plans on what I wanted to get done, unfortunately with the wedding and the hound and hare run I didn't have much time but here are some pictures of some of the stuff I've got stashed away.

yard art


if any dodge nuts can tell me what year the bus is or what size hemi probibly came in it I would appreciate it


53 buick parts car with running straight 8

this corvair van could be had cheap if any one is interested

 

I pulled this out of a feild as a mostly complete truck with a ***le 5 years ago I think I'm gonna finally make some progress soon

the original engine and trans to the 36


my dad's starting a g***er project with this stude

1952 cat

a couple of old boats

 

Love that Lark Wagon! That has serious potential...

 

61 le sabre I'd like to build a 60's style show car out of

no real plans for this lark at the moment

my dad's Roth trike

stude champ pick up

 

my dad's Avanti R-1 and stude daytona with the body to my 60's built corvair trike on top of the avanti


my 52 buick next to my dad's 53

61 falcon sedan delivery

another avanti

 

engine stash

52 suburban


my friend Mikey's buick project

I just got a straight axle to put under my 66 rambler rebel soon I'll be building the 283 maybe when my dad gets his stude together we can have a father son shoot out

 

one of the only projects I got done while I was home was putting the new wheels and tires on this avanti for my dad I think they look pretty good




when I'm at home this is my driver built the engine a few years ago runs like a champ and I finally got a caddy air cleaner for it

 

The bus looks like a '57; probably a 270 or 315? cu. in. motor. Make an inquiry to the Hemi
Club. They will be able to tell you for sure (and likely want to buy it).

 

AWWW that rambler would be perfect for a straight axle.
I bought 3 never got 1 of them.
one the seller wasn't the actual owner who didn't like the price I won the auction for
Another was sold by a flake that wouldn't return calls and emails for contact info except to tell me that it took to long to send him (still don't know who or where he was) the money
and the third I bought from a junkyard in Missouri. I paid for it along with 30 days storage and the guy sold it a week later, I think he was a drunk. I just gave up trying to get one. I was gonna run a 460 in it with a 9"rear.
I bought these to do it to instead:

 

that first pic. of the sunk boat is really cool. you sure do have alot of cool stuff!!!!

 

NONE of it is suitable for a traditional hotrod forum

 

Micky's got a Killer Buick, not many tudors like it! You've got enough projects to last a life time, get to work......

 

9 pre 62 cars, a flathead, a hemi, nailheads... custom, rod, and g***er projects... whad he say???

 

you have some of the coolest tin stock its all awesome lol

 

Very cool stuff!!!

 

Cool stuff, and Semper Fi brother!!!

I just got out, I was in Camp San Mateo

 

Wow!!

 

You have plenty there to build traditional! Thanks for sharing and THANK YOU FOR SERVING! Rusty

 

thanks guys torchmann that buick should turn out nice

 

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put that hemi in the 36 not traditional??

 

That is an awesome stash man I would kill just to have one of those.

 

I was thinking a nailhead in the 36 actually no real plans for the hemi at the moment

 

fun times-cool pics

 

Bus engine

Need to find the numbers on the engine. They are stamped on the top of the block just in front of the valley cover. S****e off the gunk and compare to the list below.


Note on truck engines; on Chrysler blocks, look for a 'W' cast in relief between the core plugs. This indicates a 354 block although the finished bore may be 331. The 'W' is also found on p*** car 354 blocks.

Light Duty Trucks____________________________
These can be Hemi or Poly, some numbers were duplicated
VT-334....... 1954 ....... 241
VT-334....... 1954....... 260
VT-336....... 1954 ....... 241
VT-338....... 1954 ....... 241
VT-338 ....... 1955 ....... 260
VT-350 ....... 1954....... 331
VT-434 ....... 1955-1956....... 260
VT-436....... 1955-1956 ....... 260
VT-448....... 1956 ....... 331
VT-448....... 1959 ....... 354
VT-534....... 1957 ....... 315
VT-536....... 1957 ....... 315
VT-538....... 1957 ....... 315
VT-544....... 1956 ....... 315

 

thanks for the engine info ill get on it

 

thanks for sharing Joe, & thanks for serving!
Be safe.
Sincerely,
Cheatercarl

 

Uh ya you can just ship those trikes out here I'll take good care of em I promise!!!!

 

Cool stuff Devil Dog.

 

Just one note -- the Rambler has a 287 (Two Eighty SEVEN), NOT a 283!! No, it's not a Chevy engine, it's an AMC Gen-1 (or Rambler V-8, whichever you prefer). They came as a 250, 287, or 327. 327 was only used in the Amb***ador or big Nash/Hudson cars. There's one notable exception -- it was used in the 1957 Rambler Rebel... but just 1500 of them!

But hey, that is a cool collection of "project material"! Would love to have one of those Avantis, the Champ, or the Lark Daytona!!