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God, those are cool!
That's freakin' awesome is what it is.
Here's my daily driver... [IMG]
Having no experience with ANY transmission rebuilds before (manual or automatic), I bit the bullet about 2 years ago and rebuilt a 700R4 to go in...
No! That's a neat old car, sure it's different, but I don't think it's ugly.:o With the right tires/wheels/stance, it would make a nice...
Looks great...nice car!
I drive my '55 sedan every day...even with worn-out rear suspension, it drives great. I did a full rebuild on the front end and used poly...
So, how exactly do you drive a non-synchro? My truck ('66 Chevy) has a 3-speed, and there's no synchro between 1st and 2nd. I still haven't...
Yes, that's the way I used to run it. I had a few overheating issues then (actually puking coolant), so I added the electric fan to run during...
So, I drove it home yesterday, then to a cruise-in tonight. I was wrong when I said it gets up to 220, it's actually 210 that's the max....
Here's fancy diagram of how the electric puller fan is mounted. Everything is kind of crammed in there, but it does seem to cool it better with...
It's never lost coolant, at least not in a long time. It's got a new(ish) cap on the radiator, and when I put this car together, I had the...
I'll pay close attention when I leave work today...it's hot today, plenty of traffic...and I'll run the A/C and check the temps. I know it...
My car is a '55 and the radiator is in the 6 cyl position. Which is fine, but there's no room for a pusher fan. (In a '56 or '57, there is...
Yes, but I do have an additional electric fan that comes on with the A/C. It generally stays under 210, but on really hot days when I'm sitting...
What is the best operating temperature for a small block? My daily driver '55 Chevy has a stock-type radiator in it. I drive it regularly in...
Since this came back up, I guess I'll add my daily driver. 300hp SBC, 700R4. Baby moons soon to be replaced with spider caps. [IMG]
Those will sell, all right. I couldn't find anything like this, so I decided to build my own - got as far as mocking them up before I got...
I'm planning on putting a T-5 in my '66 as well. I haven't done much research so far, but here's a few links I've saved....
When I did my 700R4, I used the Transgo shift kit. I think it's pretty straight-forward and pretty well explained in the directions. I didn't...
I recently did a 700R4 in my own garage - first time I had ever even cracked open a tranny. It wasn't TOO hard, but there are a lot of pieces....
I used the Patriot 3/4 headers on my '55. They fit pretty well. I got them from Summit, if I remember correctly, and they weren't very expensive.
Oh, and I didn't use this system for the TV cable, but I know a lot of folks who have and were satisfied with it: http://www.tvmadeez.com/
The TV cable is arguably the most important part of the swap when switching to a 700R4 trans. (I just did this swap in my '55 a few weeks ago,...
I bought a rusty $300 '66 Chevy Pickup a little over a year ago. It had been sitting under a tree in Mississippi for 9 years. A new battery, a...
I broke part of the front pump in my tranny and didn't know it. When I bolted it all up, it had a pretty bad knocking sound. It sounded like it...
That seems fishy...looks like someone rented the video, ripped it, and is trying to re-sell it as a download. If so, that's illegal. I think it...
I did exactly the same thing - having no transmission experience before, I bought the ATSG book, and the video and book from Technical Videos....
Yep, that's already done. The coil has been replaced with a solid chrome one. The only billet pulley is the crank pulley, and I'll get to...
So, when I first got my '55 Chevy, I was stupid and bought some street rod parts that I now regret. I have since seen the error of my ways (I...
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