For those worried a y block wouldn't fit in my A

Got the motor mounted here are some pics

 

last one

 

Lucky, how bout a couple pics of the front end & how its mounted? Dave

 

Looks great.

BTW where the hell is all the snow? Looks like you guys have less than we have had so far.....

 

There's hardly any snow left here. It actually rained a little over the weekend.

 

Looks good! What trans you using? My kids putting one in his A-model coupe. 292 w/3x2's

 

bad*** truck..yblockss..hell yeah...oh they fit alright.i went to a junk yard and got a crossmember with mounts and we welded that in.and my frames pinched almost three inches.to get my 292 in.backed by a 3sd od from a shoebox ford...what trans you using..rearend..ill post picts of mineif i ever develop them.

 

id love to see that front end mount up close to. mounted on the rods huh. give us some close ups.

 

Good looking truck.
I am wondering if the engine is a tad too far forward?
Looks like the fan is going to be where the radiator should be.
It just may be the angle the picture was taken.

Jim

 

Shifts & Bones-

I take some details of the frontend in the next day or two. The basic is model A axle with split 34 1.5 ton truck bones. A de-arched reversed eye spring from Posie mounted behind the axle attached with 5 degree perches from TCI. That is all mounted to a 2X4 1/4 inch channel welded below the front cross member looks pretty good.

 

Ratster & Kart-

The ****** I am using is a from a early 80s mustang. Aluminum case 4 spd with 4 gear being an overdrive. The were drilled for both a large and small bolt pattern for mounting. So I am using a stock bell housing and a 5/8 inch spacer plate I had machined up to back the transmission up with, because the input shaft is longer than a stock trans by that much. Like the idea of the 4 spd and a overdrive to boot. Had is around from an old project.

The rear is a stock 56 ford rear with limited slip (some speed catalog part from back in the day lock the side gears up) with 3.93 gears.

 

JimC-

Ya its a an angle thing and the fact that the front cross member is so wide.. The radiator is about a inch away form the fan just like I like them. The radiator will be sitting inside the shell not to the back edge of the crossmember.

 

Eyeball-

Ya it has been balmy down here...We are farther south than you guys you know

 

sounds very cool....i have a truck bellhousing that at some time in the future mines gonna get a mustang t5 most likelly after i thrash the 3sd od....i bet you'll be pertty happy with the results of a nice " modern" 4 speed trans behind that y...keep us posted.

 

hi lucky
im puttin 292 in mi 30 sedan bin lookin for 4/5 speed for mine {petrol over here £0.80 per litre} your truks on themoney dude but is the box an auto or stick if stick where dose the stick place comperd to seat?
regards keith