lowbudget50
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So I picked up this t last night from a customer. Currently the car has a four cylinder and a 5-speed out of a Chevy S10 and I believe the rear end out of the S10 also. The front end has a drop axle underneath of it with disc brakes. We are going to shoehorn a 1997 4.6 and transmission out of a Crown Victoria into this little guy. Going to be a tight fit but it's going to be a mover when it's done. The car also Sports a custom-built 2 by 3 3/16 wall frame I was done by the owners dad. But judging by how well the car made it home on the trailer I am assuming we're going to have to do some work on the frame. We have not made it 30 minutes down the road and we heard some random noises coming from trailer so we stopped to see what was going on and we found that the driver side ladder bar had completely broken loose from the rear axle and the passenger side was barely hanging on. We still had a 3-hour truck ride home so weary secured the rear end to the car with some more straps and tied it down a little bit differently. We made it home without any further incidents. But that just means now I am going to have to go over the whole car with a fine-tooth comb before I put my name on it at all. I sent pictures to the owner as soon as it happened and he was not surprised because he said there was some odd noises coming from the rear end a while ago. He is on board with going over everything to make the car safe. So let this fun begin
