48_HEMI
11-16-2003, 12:06 PM
This was kind of funny, after reading about bleeds find. got me thinking of a 58 394 that I was dealing on about 4 years ago some of you probably remember the post on it.
I'll brief you again in case.
I've got a brand new never installed B&M HYDRO-STICK and was looking for an olds or cad motor to stick in front of it. I found a guy that had a chopped bobbed 34 ford pick-up that was a old drag car from the 60's with a bored and stroked 58 394 displacing 455 cubes. he pulled the olds and installed a 454 chev and has this old olds cluttering up his shop with a 39 ford trans behind it. he said that he had just gone thru the motor and the only time he fired it up he did a smokey burn out up and down his driveway then parked it for 10-12 years (that was 4 years ago).We played phone tag for about 6 months and never got to even look at it. after Bleeds post I started thinking about it again but would have to check my DAY PLANNERS for the last 4-5 years to find his number! 2 days later I'm in this restoration shop putting glass in a beautiful 69 olds 442 and they ask me to put glass in this chopped and bobbed 34 ford pu with a 454 chev in it, YEP! same guy 4 years later and he still has the motor and I have the glass that he needs and he has the motor that I wanted http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Heres the alert part of the post:
a lot of thing have happened in the last 4 years I gave up my 52 car shop for a 4 car shop, I've sold 12-14 cars (projects) including 2 roadsters that I thought needed this olds motor.I have been in the unloading mode and am planning to retire next year and focus on my HEMI cars and I'm not as excited by this as I was (I have a 55 331 cad motor with 120,000 original miles for the HYDRO-STICK)
No promises but if I get this and it doesn't just" grab me by the throat" I'm probably just going to turn it over to someone that will actually use it. now don't start with the e-mails as its not in my garage yet!
BUT I'll tell you right now if I sell it. Its not just going to the highest bidder (It could happen) I want to see this go to someone that will put it on the road. Peter I don't think "The Queen Mary" could stand this much horsepower http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif so if you have a project that needs a rad motor and 39 ford trans (it would have to be a light car, the trans would never hold up if you got traction!) It will be a couple weeks till I have time to the glass on this and we haven't talked price either. so I know nothing for certain YET! film at eleven http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'll brief you again in case.
I've got a brand new never installed B&M HYDRO-STICK and was looking for an olds or cad motor to stick in front of it. I found a guy that had a chopped bobbed 34 ford pick-up that was a old drag car from the 60's with a bored and stroked 58 394 displacing 455 cubes. he pulled the olds and installed a 454 chev and has this old olds cluttering up his shop with a 39 ford trans behind it. he said that he had just gone thru the motor and the only time he fired it up he did a smokey burn out up and down his driveway then parked it for 10-12 years (that was 4 years ago).We played phone tag for about 6 months and never got to even look at it. after Bleeds post I started thinking about it again but would have to check my DAY PLANNERS for the last 4-5 years to find his number! 2 days later I'm in this restoration shop putting glass in a beautiful 69 olds 442 and they ask me to put glass in this chopped and bobbed 34 ford pu with a 454 chev in it, YEP! same guy 4 years later and he still has the motor and I have the glass that he needs and he has the motor that I wanted http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Heres the alert part of the post:
a lot of thing have happened in the last 4 years I gave up my 52 car shop for a 4 car shop, I've sold 12-14 cars (projects) including 2 roadsters that I thought needed this olds motor.I have been in the unloading mode and am planning to retire next year and focus on my HEMI cars and I'm not as excited by this as I was (I have a 55 331 cad motor with 120,000 original miles for the HYDRO-STICK)
No promises but if I get this and it doesn't just" grab me by the throat" I'm probably just going to turn it over to someone that will actually use it. now don't start with the e-mails as its not in my garage yet!
BUT I'll tell you right now if I sell it. Its not just going to the highest bidder (It could happen) I want to see this go to someone that will put it on the road. Peter I don't think "The Queen Mary" could stand this much horsepower http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif so if you have a project that needs a rad motor and 39 ford trans (it would have to be a light car, the trans would never hold up if you got traction!) It will be a couple weeks till I have time to the glass on this and we haven't talked price either. so I know nothing for certain YET! film at eleven http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif