Pileup or bust day one

well can't miss the pileup, made the first 3, hate to miss the forth. and the thought of 60mph for 800 miles makes me cringe....
got the bug up my ass to add a 700R4...
well rear is out, trans out, S-10 rear prepped, and mocked the Walton trans crossmember in, no exciting pics yet, but will post as they actually get interesting

 

Good luck buddy.. and keep the hammer down.

 

Last year, a buddy and I thrashed for a week before the pileup replacing an ailing flathead with a 302/C4 in his '49 Ford. The night before the pileup, we finally had it done. We were all set to go for our first ride, but when we put it in gear, all we heard was a horrible grinding sound from the trans. Turns out the motor was rebuilt, but the trans wasn't Hope you have better luck than we did.

 

jou can do it
see ya soon for some help.

 

Awesome to hear, Jeff!!

Hope to see you there!!

Jake

 

I get back tomorrow night. I can help saturday once I get caught up around the house.

Dave

 

Good luck but I would have put a 5 speed in her. You cam make it

 

I am in the same boat....

started swapping on disc brakes but I am stuck waiting for some materials to machine out my caliper mounts (should be here monday) so once they get here I have to go crazy on the mill to get them done.

then the 17's are not clearing the fenders so I found a guy that can loan me a fender roller so I can get that extra 1" of clearance I need out of the fenders. I know you guys will bitch and moan about having 17's but I already had them and they are torque thrust rims....


and then there is the turbo.....

I need to finish welding up my bonnet for that, more little stuff needing attention to get the stupid manifold bolted to the car for good for once and still need to get a cable throttle conversion done (I did a buyitnow and the fucker is taking like two weeks to ship it!!)

 

give it hell Jeff!

i know you have it in ya'.

 

you can do it, man!

like I told you before, those 17s will not get in

 

I know there is no way in hell I am going to make my goal, but at least she oughtta look all pretty and straight getting pushed in! Ha Ha Ha


Good luck man!

 

Aaron, you gonna put the Lander in the "project" section?

 

It's a roller and I have a rope. We can drag it in behind the Commander.

 

trans is the only thing i'm really waiting on....and the hooking up of all the other crap. progress pics should be tomorrow....when i feel like thing are coming together

jaker...talked to willard the other day, he wants a copy of mfs III to see your car....guess he never saw it, you outta hook up with him and give him a ride, said he wants to get a 49-50 like yours...

 

Hey Jeff..., you got "ALL the Parts"...???

I helped Bugman and Ruttencutter as well and it was looking good except Ford decided to put different size splines in their tranny...!!!!!

You should have better luck with your all too familiar GM products...!

Good Luck and I'll see you there...!!!

Hey plowboy..., I wish mine was a Roller..., Beats nuthin...!

 

yeha I know (plus I am pretty sure I can't get them to clear without some serious work.....well more than I can do in an appartment building parking lot) going junkyarding saturday and besides getting an engine I am looking for some 15" wheels. that or the 14" steels go back on with drum brakes

 

Hey Jeff,
Lemme know if you need a hand one day. I get home Oct. 2nd. Packers play on Monday night, so that's out...but I can help later in the week. Hopefully I'll be over the jetlag. I wanted to make the PileUp this year, but my ol lady will kill me if I go out of town right away.
Chad

 

Good luck man, we all are pulling for ya! I'll see you there!