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great car and perfect for sleeper look. just liek the avatar I have of the white 66 biscayne.......sleeper grandpa style rods with not too much...
Is a Kendig Carb considered rare these days?? I have one but dont have a pic and googled only to not find a pic that way either.
Awesome car,and great job.
That is a slick ride,and one I would be proud to own and drive the crap out of. Last year I seen a similar looking ride that an owner built...
I like the way the truck is already and like some mentioned different colored wheels. I would do an ivory or off white wheel myself instead of the...
Growing up around all my dads friends and all of them with stick shift cars on the street and strip,I found it strange to start seeing "Automatic...
Nice clean ride. Check out http://www.mcgaughys.com/dropspindles.html for 55-57 chevy disc brake and power steering parts,they have some nice...
I for one am not a fan of those frt ends at all,especially with so many other choices.
Appears you guys had a GREAT time,and wonderful GTG> Im a newbie here and in the middle of lame ole nowhere Ark,but would have loved to be at...
55xgsr,that white 55 is a jewel my friend!! OL55,nice pics baron nice car bro. Back when I was around 3 years old my dad had a friend who had...
Thanks for the reply Dan. Dad still had that number when he passed in 2004,He was probably talking to you at that time back then about our cars he...
That is a very nice 38. I prefer 37's myself because like many,Dad had one..........it was buildable and a friend of the family has it now and if...
Just checking back in on this thread,good to see some more replies popped up.
Thats so sad. My Dad left here in FtSmith in the mid 60's to go to Atlanta and start a career and family,he did take his 37 straight axles Chevy...
Awesome thread with great pics. I am curious if anyone has pics of early 70's racing at FairBurn Raceway in Georgia.......I realize its off topic...
Im glad to see and hear a few people address the caster issue that was seen in the first mock up pics as well as other frt end geometry issues....
I was thinking base of a lamp myself when I first seen the picture. There really wouldnt be a part or replacement part for that matter with a...
I like the look you've got going on with that project.
Bristol Tennessee runs down the up to the right some. Bandimere MileHigh in Colorado runs down hill and has an uphill shut down from what I remember.
Ron Francis Wire works? http://wire-works.com/
I know what you mean.....I built a low budget mild 327 once myself and was very surprised how I could swing 7800 rpm shifts with stock steel...
Nice shop,Im jealous. I would suggest aluminum heads to help with your compression ratio and also a roller cam is a no brainer to me instead of a...
Off memory truck 12 bolts up to 70 had a slight shorter housing and the later 71 and up had a longer one..........off memory so I hope that I...
There is a vendor who sells stuff in Summit and Jegs who makes header collector inserts that are designed to be used with NO exhaust whatso ever...
The black Willys at the first of this thread is bitchin and screams "sinister". I like the just right amount of chrome to help the smoothness of...
this car is almost a dead ringer for the one my Dad had until he passed away in 2004. Same rear traction bar mount and height,ours was always in...
never fails,the first person to get their end of the bargain most always fails to deliver on their end.
From what I remember they had something like 400 ft lbs of torque at a very low rpm like in and around 2400(memory here) "A 400 in³...
In Highschool I painted up our families mailbox to resemble a early 60's VW safari van,slammed,baby blue and white.........I looked awesome.It...
talent,pure talent..........now must find parts,money,and time for one myself.
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