66 Chevy C-10 build

[Dirtyrat]

Ok , after a couple of weeks on my arse with the flu I got back out in the shop this week . I got the steering wheel on and stared on the tire rubbing the body situation ...

That steering wheel is awesome! [dr

 

[OddRodsGarage]

Good looking build Odd..
If the snow banks ever get low enough to see around I will have to make a trip to your shop for a visit.
Torchie.

Always welcome tourchie ........... Oldog

 

[OddRodsGarage]

That steering wheel is awesome! [dr

Thanks dirtyR I am in awe of most of what I see on here and ideas from others inspire one's own creative juices ......
Oldog

 

[Sam_Fear]

I gotta agree - that steering wheel is awesome!!!! Never noticed before - I like the patina on the back of the cab.

 

[OddRodsGarage]

Edsel power

Well after taking 10 months to almost learn how to paint my other 66 truck I am almost back on the 66 Rat build ... I have decided that the 350 Chevy motor would be to common for me and because I finally found a slip yoke for the Edsel motor I will go that route .
The history on the motor is that it came out of a running driving car about ten years ago and kept in a garage with mystery oil in cyl's and regular turnings . so I feel confidant about it worth .

As Bam said in another post that there is not much hop up stuff for it but it is a torque monster and will have people asking questions .... and that is what we all want isn't it ??

 

[Torchie]

Edsel/Ford in a Chevy.[S
I like it !!!!![cl
Torchie.

 

[MercuryMac]

OddRod, It warms my heart to see a torque monster Ford motor used. That looks like an MEL motor, and one thing I learned about them is they have reverse stagger heads, the right one is further ahead than the left, [not usual in Ford V-8's]. Your firewall on the driver side, may have to be modified to fit this monster in.
Good luck.

 

[OddRodsGarage]

OddRod, It warms my heart to see a torque monster Ford motor used. That looks like an MEL motor, and one thing I learned about them is they have reverse stagger heads, the right one is further ahead than the left, [not usual in Ford V-8's]. Your firewall on the driver side, may have to be modified to fit this monster in.
Good luck.

Yea Merc... It's a MEL As far as the firewall goes it already has been modified to get those 20's in there and a little more tweaking won't hurt anything .

Speaking of those 20,s on the front I had to ream out a couple of thousandth's for them to slip over the disk brake hubs and I took it out of the aluminum rims . on the back , same deal, the rims centers would not fit over the center hub [? ] I have asked before if this is also considered a hub is it ??

Anyway There is a retired machinist down the road who basically charges me what he charges everyone else but he lets me do the work so I set them up in his lath with a cradle and took a little over 1/2 inch of the centers so they would fit in the rims

 

[Hollow65]

Sick build, makes me want to get off my keester and tinker on my 65. Man, the customs on this site are insane.

 

[OddRodsGarage]

Here is where I am ... I took these as I put over in the other barn for the winter so I could finish the 1953 Humpback ...

 

[Torchie]

Nice.
And the best part is you have no snow.....[ddd [ddd [ddd
Torchie.

 

[BillM]

Great work, thanks for keeping us motivated!

 

[christcrusader13]

wow, this is going to be SWEET!

 

[OddRodsGarage]

Thanks Bill , Christ It you guys that motivate me ...... and Torchie..... WE know that it is no longer snowless eh ??
Oldog

 

[earthman]

The Edsel motor will be the talk of the town.