Hot Rods This 55' Ford Gasser isn't a "Barn find", It's a SHELF find !!!!

Yep,... It was really an amazing place.

Why,.... Yes,... Yes you do !

Your right Jim,... you should get over to take a look at it before somebody snaps it up,.... And I hope someone gets it soon,... The temptation to "throw caution to the wind" and try to work out a stupid deal, is becoming a little unbearable,...

I have a extra 428 CJ sitting under a bench, that gives me a big smile lately, every time I walk past it,.. And I have thought about this car A LOT !!!.....

NOPE!,.... (snapping back to reality)... I just can't !,.. But I would love to see this ol' War Horse run again !

 

Dennis. believe me, I have thought about it since seeing this thread but I have to snap back into reality as well. I am not only not making much progress on any of my projects but I seem to be going backwards.

If I had more time and money believe I would surely park it in my barn. If I can't have it though, the selfish side of me says, I would like to see it run at one of the local tracks like Milan once again.

Someone will snap it up, that is for sure-Jim

 

You know you want to. That 428 CJ would just fall in there, and can you imagine what it'd be like the first time you dumped the clutch and hammered that loud pedal? I can see the daylight under the front wheels and you'd be grinning for a week. Go for it! Bring that jewel back to life! We're pulling for ya!

 

Ya' know,.... This ain't helping!

Besides I guess there might be a guy sniffing pretty hard at it, while we speak. And it's like jimdillon said,... I don't get as much done as I use to,.. And sometimes I feel like I'm going backward a little.

 

that car was in the old daisy plastics building and was advertised on craigs list for 2800.00 obo and now clyde wants 8500.00 wow nice guy.........must be a road knight......... pat had 2 33 willys sedans ...a 33 coupe that he sold a while back, a 33 willys pickup sold, 65 dodge, early 70's 454 monte carlo ........he still has the sedans and the datson pickup

 

Whoa! You've got an "extra" 428 CJ just sitting around???

This thread reminds me of when I wanted to drop a 460 Lincoln engine into my '56 Ford to create a quiet sleeper. Never did it, real life got in the way, but I can still dream.

 

What a great find............

 

Oh Baby More Pic Please

 

That rules!!

 

Harm
The CJ is a nice option but I am not a purest and fortunately I am not rich or my stude would move to the country place while I stuffed an older olds motor under the dash. It would probably only make 12 second passes but that's all the faster our first Vicky was.

25% would have put that Hilborn scoop in the windshield. I just figured it was a typo.

Actually unless there was a rule change sometime in '64 it may have run in altered class until '65 anyway. Depends on how the techs interpreted the rules if it ran NHRA. As it was once said "Rules are made to be challenged".

 

well even if the guy bought it for $2800, its his to resell, we all make a buck or two every now and then, cant fault him for being the first to put down the benjamins.....

 

wow, ....dam..

shit

how cool

 

I have a 406 block sitting on a palette in the basement. Hmmm...

 

Well,...

I tried to get a trade going,.. but no dice. Here are pictures taken just days ago, looking cleaner and more like it should,.... It's up for grabs now on "that sight", so I'll be watching it. hopefully somebody gets it that will, bring it back to it's former glory.

 

bought for a grand and sold for 5.

 

Can't beat that!

 

For what it's worth,... I believe it was bought well,... If I would have had the extra coin (or could have worked out a trade),... it would be in my barn right now.

 

I see it's got an old B-29/B-50 navigator's seat in it, with the front lip cut off flush, Neat!

 

O.K.....Somebody school me on how that brake/clutch combo pedal works.....please?

 

I wish I had spotted that thing if it really was on CL...

 

That must be up-Cape because I had (have) a straight axle car that I bought in in 79 and there were none on the lower Cape, and I don't remember seeing any in the Hyannis area on Mary Dunn road where we would street race.

Then they were a rare sight as the pro-street thing had taken over...

 

Wish I could run across something like this! It is sweet

 

Damn, what appeal this ass kicker has. Just so clean and just optimum use of its brite work. Amazing car. Hope you are able to get it back to the orig., or keep it in the cool found condition. Can't lose any way you go with this treasure. Congrats man. ~sololobo~

 

here are some pics of the datsun........there are more in my profile

 

well that is super bitchin!!!

 

REALLY COOL 520 datsun!

 

very very cool

 

Thats so awesome!

 

That Ford is Sick-O !!!!