hillbilly4008
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Well, i sold off my truck. Its somewhere near Cunningham Tennesee now. I had to do it, I wasnt driving it as much as it deserved. It was not "toddler friendly", noise, wind, fumes and all. Ya know.
So i picked up this lil' beauty. Well, not little, actually quite large. Big back seat, with plenty of room for the little diaper dragger.
The day i picked it up i borrowed a friends rollback and maxed out the hydraulic on it. This car had the front drums stuck, and the winch had a hard time skidding it up on the deck. Also, once loaded the truck squatted a bit. I bet this car weighs around 2ton.
It was last registered in 1976. I got it back to the shop, did a tune-up, changed the oil, rebuilt the carb and she fired right up. 251 flathead six, and its STAYING IN THE CAR. My neighbor owns an engine shop, he said he will shave the head for $50. Cant go wrong there. Other plans are splitting the stock manifold and run dual pipes with Smithy mufflers, and find a dual carb intake for it. Maybe a cam farther down the line.
I plan on lowering the car heavily in the rear. WWWs. Installing '56 Packard Clipper tail lights. Installing five '56 buick portholes per fender. Suiciding the rear doors. Hinging the tail lamp and hiding the fuel filler. Possibly graft on '53 Chevy headlamps. The final paint scheme will be a Royal Blue laquer(hand rubbed) with a white pearl lid.
This is going to be a driving work in progress.
So i picked up this lil' beauty. Well, not little, actually quite large. Big back seat, with plenty of room for the little diaper dragger.
The day i picked it up i borrowed a friends rollback and maxed out the hydraulic on it. This car had the front drums stuck, and the winch had a hard time skidding it up on the deck. Also, once loaded the truck squatted a bit. I bet this car weighs around 2ton.
It was last registered in 1976. I got it back to the shop, did a tune-up, changed the oil, rebuilt the carb and she fired right up. 251 flathead six, and its STAYING IN THE CAR. My neighbor owns an engine shop, he said he will shave the head for $50. Cant go wrong there. Other plans are splitting the stock manifold and run dual pipes with Smithy mufflers, and find a dual carb intake for it. Maybe a cam farther down the line.
I plan on lowering the car heavily in the rear. WWWs. Installing '56 Packard Clipper tail lights. Installing five '56 buick portholes per fender. Suiciding the rear doors. Hinging the tail lamp and hiding the fuel filler. Possibly graft on '53 Chevy headlamps. The final paint scheme will be a Royal Blue laquer(hand rubbed) with a white pearl lid.
This is going to be a driving work in progress.