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Any luck with low deck manifolds yet? my 291 is ready to go back together, got a 500 holley for the mean time, would love a blower manifold down...
Gotgas, My Firedome has never had sportsman scripts and it most certainly is a hardtop, from my limited knowledge most all Fireflites were...
Thats ok holeshot, I not asking for aprovall, I was just wondered why there werent many out there, I assumed no one liked them, now I know, its...
not all Gotgas,55 2dr hardtop firedomes were not sportsmans as well as base model 55 2dr hardtop fireflights, sportsmans had the electric options...
not much to report, just got back into the desoto, motors bored and ready to assemble, half the front end is rebuilt, need to get it running and...
they were also reffered to as a "bussinesmans coupe" so the salesman types that needed a ute for work days (seat folds down to load your wares in)...
heres my ole girl waiting at longbeach for the trip to OZ, I photochopped the front roughly to lower it, the rear was way down with all the parts...
My highlight was Hackberry, check this link it has a bunch of great pics http://tonyjollyimages.com/route-66-2.shtml not only of Hackberry, man...
Good move, bring a car over as prices here = cost in US + $5k approx shipping + HUGE markup due to low volume, ya gotta remember Australia has...
Nice lookin rig, this is my old Aussie Dodge/inter, its a bitsa, inter cab dodge front, re radiused front fenders, pity we never got the same...
I'd be in for one for my 291
Australia to Victoria Texas and towed my 55 desoto back to Longbeach California to ship home, along with a few parts, dunno how many miles but its...
In oz we dont call them utes, they are vans or panel vans, not a lot of early ones around these days, the holden eh panel van is one of my fav [IMG]
I like it a lot
just what I wana build, one day, after the other 7 or 8 projects "honest darling"
funny how many people ask "is it a mercury, coz the grill looks like one" glad to see there is plenty of support for these alternate models,...
we are getting the same thing over here in OZ, scrappies advertise on tv and will travel 500km and give you $120 a ton and you just gota show them...
if they are worried about how I type they are obviously not reading this for the cars and need to get another hobby elsewhere, didnt think this...
anyone got anymore info on this yellow and green 55?
Im an electrician not an english teacher, Im also a lazy typer:p
thanks for the replies, didnt think I would get that many, I got the car on a trip to the US and I was on a tight budget so for 3k 2 years ago,I...
dont get me wrong I dont think they are the best thing since, but so many have gone into making hyundais, I got mine coz it was all I could afford...
just wondering why no one likes them, sleds use the grill and rodders use the hemi and the hardtop looks like its allready been chopped, maybe im...
[IMG] love the desoto, why doesnt anyone like them, they got the grill, the hemi ,an I reakon they got the style, but I am a bit different, hope...
no need to be sorry, like you said, priorities, what are the possabilities of having one for the low deck, saw iron one on ebay last week $500!!!!...
If it can be machined down to fit a low deck 291 then Im on it like a rash, just tore my 291 down while Im waitin for a mate to panel/paint my 55...
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