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in other news, i dropped the 57 off at the exhaust shop for the second time, a much more well renowend shop. only realized after i go there that...
he said its build date is 7d22. no pics, but thats what he said it was. april 22 1967.. sound right? the original owner also responded again,...
what did you do about the front-most corners of the doors? also, do i need to remove the doors to apply it?
guy was a flake before i went to see it. hes a modern off roader/ jeep person. he knows nothing about this. if he was the guy he bought it off...
guy has officially stopped responding entirely. hasnt responded when i asked about when we can get the title notorized and transferred so i can...
gotta say when i met you at lloydfest you were cool as hell, glad to see another bright yellow more-door will attend lloydfest next year!
already been reading some on there, thats where i found the dowel measuring trick.
i ended up in over my head at 18, was more in depth than i thought, daily is currently a 96 vic i got at auction for 800 bucks. good to know that...
im not intending to be rude at all, if youre taking it that way, i do enjoy the criticism and it allows me to take a step back and evaluate "what...
390 is roughly 3 3/4 and 428 is 4 1/8. a 3/8 inch is a MILE in engine terms.
why not a modular, godzilla or LS? the 385 exists after the hamb era, and most importantly doesn't bolt in without serious crossmember...
im going to use a piece of wire coat hanger i have laying around with a sharpie, measure between them, should be semi accurate. all im trying to...
im going back this evening, going to take a look at it again. going to try the dowel method alongside locating the casting date. if its 1967 it...
actually sat down and asked "what is this to the owner" he maintained that it was a 428 and they must have swapped covers around while the...
he said no. if he mangled a valve cover when pulling the engine it wouldnt be too crazy to swap them would it? the distributor is an...
im not convinced, im just, optimistic
the weird thing is, the ac compressor is in the tool box, there is no way to even use it on this engine, wrong pulleys and more point to it not...
truck is real, ford part number aluminum intake, large balancer, valve cover says 390... concerning [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
wait sea monkeys couldnt be fed??? thats terrible!
yeah the corvair is a mess, im still going to hold onto it for now. the truck might get the t birds 390 and driven as is, fix whatever breaks...
is that a crated willys jeep?
the guy actually got a lost title doc and got a new title before he sold it, so its no longer scrap on wheels. i have no idea why it was parked...
this truck has multiple people, not just people who were trying to sell it, who know it, by sheer coincidence i found out my neighbor is his...
it has power steering but the wrong style pump by the looks of it
i think i can see that tall riser on it... if i can check the part number and it matches... would it be a dead giveaway, due to rarity alone and...
it also has the bed off an 85 so idk what all id trust to determine the year. i think the truck is currently listed as a 75.
forgot to post the side pic[ATTACH]
looked at these... ouch. this performance stuff hurts my wallet and i havent bought anything yet!
way east of you, about 3 hours. i would gladly if my car is up for it.
the paint isnt what im worried about, its the material of said intake. aluminum and original painted means high performance 428, anything else is...
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