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Hello all,
I've just pulled out all my left over 1320 parts from my now sold 66 chevelle, and have just begun a new project--a 49 ford driver. It's a two door sedan I bought from a HAMBer down by San Antonio. A 406 ci mouse might make the purists cringe, but she's getting a street friendly cam. and vacuum secondary carb., so with the hood shut no one will be the wiser. A 700r4 with a lock up torque converter should make this affordable to drive too.
We've got a long way to go though, frame rails and fenders are the only thing on the front of this car; a metal dash and steering wheel are the only things inside.
At first, I hellbent on clipping the car, but (because of tips found here) have decided to use other temporary methods to get the car down. Now I can focus on getting it on the road.
As much as I'd like it to look original, it's going to start out far from it.
Have a little experience from my chevelle build (that was a long time ago!) and more recently tinkering with lockers and axles in my toyota that eventually got a set of 35 tsl's... just before i had to sell it. I think this shoebox is going to be around for a long time though.
Happy wrenching guys,
randy

 

Welcome to the HAMB, Randy!. Sounds like a lot of good ideas for your shoebox. You need to post some pix of it now and during your build or refreshening.

You don't have to keep your hood shut, unless the billet bling hides the engine. In that case you may need to weld it shut. Not everybody here is running a flattie, a nailhead or an old Olds. A lot of variety here, but most of us with certain engines just don't talk about them.

 

Here's what i'm starting with. It's going to be a long road, especially considering the time I have to spend on it.



mopar34, there's no billet on this thing, it's all business! I'm having to sell some parts on eBay so I can get others. I just don't think I'd want to cruise around with that 850 cfm dbl pump carb sitting on top of my motor! I found a 700r4 at a salvage yard and i'm going to run that with the factory converter. A mechanical secondary carb would probably not work very well in that big 'ol car anyway.
thanks, take it easy guys,
randy