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OH HELL YES!!! Check that out and Thank You for sharing that. Looks like an incredible build and extremely cool that he still has the engine out...
Thank you Marty - it's a lot of blue right now but hope some of the chrome and maybe some simple scallops (or something ???) will break it up a bit.
Lol...that's actually the back of the shifter so it's "out of harms way". [ATTACH]
Very cool and sounds like you're moving right along. That is a Frameworks shifter and it took me a couple of years to find one.
Bolting on some more stuff...hope to have it to a roller status here pretty quick. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
My favorite 5 window....period.
Steering is installed....Ross box. [ATTACH] Steering wheel adaptor... [ATTACH] And one of my most cherished pieces on the car is the steering...
From there we loaded it up and headed for home... [ATTACH] With it home started bolting it back together with the Olds rearend housing,...
I was able to drop a few pieces off with Curt the painter and within a few weeks we had color!! Curt is a member here (can't remember his handle...
@cactus1 Thanks for the heads up on this thread and hope you and your family are doing good buddy. @Primo what a gem and congratulations on...
Thank you Nick - I appreciate that!
How Cool Would That Be Marty!!! Talk about an inspiration to get this thing done and what an honor it would be to line up against Pat in the...
Great insight and good to know about running that V belt. With the fuel pump needing to run at half the crank rpm, I guess I could reduce the...
I went back and forth on this a bit but in the end decided to make it a pull brake. I have 2 return springs on it to hopefully prevent the brakes...
It's a pull with a '50 Chevy master cylinder.
I'd like to think so but not sure yet...it scheduled to go to paint in early May so we'll see.
Check that out!!! Very Cool Cliff and thanks for sharing that!! Talk about a find - you're a lucky man!!
I like that idea a lot!! Jay has told me that Bowling Green is over the top and a "must attend" event.
Yeah I hear ya and guess that's why it takes me so dang long just to make a dang dragster come together.
Hell I forgot about it too!! But decided to give it some updates in the event folks might still have an interest. Thanks for following along!!
Thanks Cliff - I appreciate the kind words and your interest. Hoping to get this thing to paint by early May if the painters schedule holds.
That's it Harv and Thank You for your help with that. This pump that I found is set up for CW rotation so it worked out well being on the same...
Thank You Marty. Certainly not to your level of workmanship but I'm trying. Gotta push them outside once in a while to see what you have. The...
Oh man really??!! If you have any pictures of it, we'd love to see it or heck share some stories with us!! Very Cool!! The wheel base on my car...
Decided to push it outside to get the full effect. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
About that time my last batch of chrome showed back up. It was the coupler cover, brake handle and some other odds and ends. "If it Don't Go,...
I also enlisted the help of a very talented individual named Thomas owner of Lead Edge Machine & Design https://www.leadingedgemad.com/ to help...
Here's some other shots of it.. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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In wanting to stay with the early parts as much as possible, I was then after a Hilborn BL420 pump and a way to drive it. I lucked out and found...
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