I am thinking about starting a modified roadster project (because it fits my wants, skills and finances), but I have run in to a bit of an obstacle. Of course I am working on a budget, but I also want to build a respectable car. So, I have a nice rebuilt 327, that I would like to use, but I also want a modified that is period correct. To my knowledge the 327 came out in 62 or 63, so to put one in a modified seems like a bit of a stretch seing as modifieds were primarily pre-war cars...what do you think? Does a 327 look out of place in a mod.? Where there any mods. in the early sixties, that could have used a 327? As a side note, I am not into T-buckets...I really like the sleekness of modifieds.
If your worry is period correct that 327 would easily trade out for something else.Or put a hood on it and run what ya brung.I think the question is what do you want in the end.
In the late 60's Bo Jones reinvented the 40's style modified. Many others were built similiar to this since then......
Well the period correct police will spot the non 60's bolts, non 60's gas in the tank and non 60's air in the tires. Who are you building the car for, them or you ? Just build it, enjoy it and have fun in it, if you worry about all the things that someone else won't like you won't like building the car which is not fun at all, which is not what it's all about.
well the original modifieds were built as far back as the 20,s with 4 bangers,and ones that survived to later years, lots of them ended up with chevys.
It is all in how you 'dress' it.. Keep the components and such in the right period and the 327 will look right at home.. I rebuilt a little track T that was originally built in 64... It had a 327 from the start...Jason
didn't they wreck cars back in the 60's? If you were a budding hot rodder back then, you probably went to the junk yard looking for parts. There had to be at least one 327 sitting in a junk yard somewhere. Just pretend you found it.
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