Projects 1954 Ford without a Ford

I dont know about belly button engines? I llike FE,s and small block ford & chevies. Never had any success or good luck with the Y block. Just my Opinion I didnt think much of Y block fords or chevy W engines back in the day. And still think they make good boat anchors. there was a guy had a 50 ford coup with a souped up chev 283 that was very fast. It was rumored he had a balance & blueprinted engine built by the Don Garlits speed shop and it was bored & stroked to 352 cu in? I once owned a 54 ford victoria HTP. it had a Y block probably a 56 292 with the teapot holley carb. We Never even tried to see if it would run. the rear end was tore up and when I picked it up with the wrecker there where rusty holes in the floor boards. as I was pulling it down the Hwy ouite a few rattle snakes started falling out on the road! so I didnt bring it all the way home. I left it at some property We owned across the river. That winter I sold it to Innness Auto Salvage. I think He still has the car. He stated He has seen some rattle snakes at his place since that time. He never had then before. and we still have some over at the place where I left the car for a few months. Little pigmy rattlers. I caught one it is now on display at the Lake Charles state park Nature center!

 

Just remember, it was my idea first.

 

ill trade you guys my 52

 

reallyrotten - place ad in Classifieds here - never know.

 

"do mild custom/hot rod driver. have to find plenty of parts, like side trim."

Okay, heres what I don't get. You fill in the side trim holes and then say your looking for the trim...? If you are building a mild custom, why would you remove the side trim and not nose and deck it....?

 

my 52 crestline has a very rusted splash shield.....
now i dont feel so weird havin a chevy 4.3 v6 in my car...lol

 

U-235 - the previous owner filled in side trim holes with bondo. maybe he never found trim. I sure have not found any yet. would prefer to run trim, rather than welding holes.

 

I have the side trim if you are interested. Pm me.
As for the splash pan i have a 54 and have been trying to figure out where that friggin thing goes thanks for the pic.

 

sobpunx - PM sent

 

Okay...gotcha. Start hitting the swap meets and older wrecking yards.

 

No.

 

tried to make a deal for buying some parts but, sellers don't send pics and don't have a price. never ran into this before.

 

maybe will be selling my '54. the Chevy V8 with 350 trans and 8.8 rearend work great.

 

yep, my '54 Ford powered by Chevy is For Sale here

 

Nite Crew

 

I did get back at you but life got in the way and I couldn't figure out how to send pictures. I didn't care about price. Whatever you would of offered I would of taken.
I do dig your ford, it sucks you are selling it.

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well its nice to see I can learn about this car from this web site. I ended up with this car from a trade. not a bad car but the more I get into it I have a lot of work to do. its my first old car so let see how it goes.

 

still working on it...


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Looks like some nice progress made^^^