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BTT lowered the price
Purchased and was unable to use it in my 53 Ford. Brand new. $1300 Price is firm. Will work on any Ford small block - 289, 302, 351 ci engines....
John - sent you my info in a conversation thing. I'd love to see it and work out a price with you.
Motor - too small a space but it will fit - -
Steering gear - I must have moved it at least 5 times before it settled in. It has clearance and turns the front wheels right and left - all that...
There's a bunch more pics but I'm off for my morning run. See ya all early tomorrow - - I'll leave you with where it is at today -
OK - Now a put it together to see what it's going to look like - kick ass. You have probably noticed that the original wheels have gone bye bye...
OK - It's starting to come together. The steering. I only had to weld this on and take it off 4-5 times to get the darned thing right. Plus some...
This build has been going on for a while so if the pictures get a little back and forth bear with me. Here's the rear brakes.
Has anyone mentioned the total lack of room for much of anything in this little car? But it's mine so onward and upward. Fabbing the motor mounts....
Did I mention a motor? This came out of a 71 Olds station wagon Vista cruiser. Friend of my sons had it during high school and it pulled that...
Brakes. My son insists on them. Says that the Fred Flintstone approach won't work. Well so much for my ideas. A buddy of mine races in the round...
Now the rear end into the chassis. I love this setup. I can adjust this thing till it launches straight - or at least I think straight enough.
Back indoors and time to finish up the rear end.
Hot dog - my first drive! Well it doesn't weigh much so I took it out for a spin.
Front end? Oh yeah - same story. It's a torsion bar unit that needed to be broken free and redo the tabs, all were crooked or bent up, so a bit of...
The chassis. Whoever started this build did a fine job. And I have no idea how many hands it has been in but thankfully they didn't try to "build"...
Now the body - geez Louise - this thing is rough as a cob. Oh well it's not meant to be pretty. It's meant to be fast. Beware you Honda Mazda...
Took the rear end, well the housing and axles, and cleaned it up. Put a 3:24 posi in it. Made it all new. According to the drag team experts this...
And the work began
Well it all started with a friend acquiring a steel body Cabriolet. Near as I can figure it was started in April of 1968. Least that is the only...
That's what I needed to know Fuzzy - Thanks - Reckon I'll just pay to have it done. It was a good idea at the time though. I should know that...
Couple pics -
I've got the horsepower. Lots of that - and I'm tired of flipping it into neutral to keep from chirping the tires through the red lights. It's...
I have a small block Chevy with a TH350 tranny. Ordered a higher stall converter and after paying a tranny shop $220 to install it (R&R) it was...
I disagree with the poster who said mileage will suffer with a single plane manifold. That is not my experience and a brief chat with Cliff...
And I am finding that the 700 R4 isn't all that simple to hook up either. It's tricky to get the cable pull just exactly right for the shifting...
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