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I have not updated since 2011. I'm adding my latest pics. It is still not running but the engine configuration is now all done and set. This was...
Thank you guys. Something I've had setting in my head for a long, long time. Finally getting there. We'll see if I dotted all my T's and crossed...
I've been working on this '63 for 4 years now. I've been waiting to get a little farther into the build so it was easier to see where I was going....
Probably getting way too complicated here but, what if you build the bars like normal ladders. Straight with normal dual mount points at the axle,...
Vall, I knew you knew I knew you knew, LOL. Thanks. OahuEli, I wanted a strong trans for cheap. These GM spec toploaders were usually taken off...
Hey Vall, it's me, Mark. I bet you didn't recognize my engine hey??? LOL. Your crossram is looking great. Mark
I've had my Gasser style '63 Catalina on here in its build stages. Well I'm still building it. This is the last and final engine configuration....
What about water jet? You could make the holes shaped like bow ties or Ford ovals etc? Not cheap though I would expect. Mark L
Nice job and great build. Lots of fun miles in that car. It's so nice to start out with such a solid car. Your cool meter is pegged right now....
Seb, I don't plan to run a front bumper. I would love to chrome the front axle and rods etc, but some say it weakens the metal. I doubt the cast...
Mine is a '57 Chevy pick up with stock dimentions. Did you have an axle that you sent to have straightened or did you buy it that way? I'm...
This is a better shot of the front of my car. [img] [img] One of the rear. [img] Mark L
Nice nice set up. I like the way you hid the panhard bar and the pins with coil overs make it look so clean. I would like to go to a true straight...
Thank you Baron and Oldguard for your comments. Long ways to go but getting there. As I'm get closer to running the motor I have to force my self...
I looked through your whole thread and loved what you are doing. I too am building a street freak gasser style car. 1963 Pontiac full sized...
The panhard bar will impart some sideways movement of the rear axle as it goes thru it's travel/arc. But, it will depend on the length of the bar...
Showed the start of my Catalina back in 2011. Still building it but much, much, more done. Frame and suspension all done. Motor built and together...
Guys, 51st and Bell at a Chili Bombers and 67th and Bell in front of the K-Mart/behind the MixTeca. I don't think there's anything at 59th and...
Steve, I spent the day getting the rearend all in and the front end back on (seat back inside too) for a show tomorrow. It was nice getting it on...
270 it is a Moon fornt cover. I local Ponitac friend had it and sold it to me. It came with a cam cover with no mounting provision for the pump so...
After tearing the 389 all down I decided to partially reassemble it to use in my car for a BOP car show this Saturday. My motor is not done yet...
In this pic you can see the amount of silicone that they used and how it rolled out into the ports. There were no gaskets on the intakes at all....
The rockers that came with the heads are stamped 1.65's with the push rod hole cutting into the base of the rocker. It also has the poly locks but...
Forgot to mention that the tower in the previous post had cutting torch evidence that someone had tried to cut down the tower, probably to scrap...
These are some more pics of the new (to us) shed area. This is a steel tower that they used to lift ore up from the mines in the canyon below....
The engine came with a '58 four barrel intake, and it looks like they ran it that way. The 540306 '61 SD heads are really a bastard head. Very...
Swe64. Putting pins in the rocker stud is something that was done to many heads back in those days. I'm sure that was one of the regular things...
Swe64, I installed a '57 Chevy pick up front beam axle/springs with a Speedway front disc brake conversion. It aso has the 4 3/4 chevy pattern....
Right now I'm building a '60 389 block to 406 size (.090 over) for my current car and added splayed 4 bolt caps to it. This '59 block already has...
Also the starter pocket is on opposite sides. The buick is on the passenger side and the Olds/Pontiac is on the drivers side. There were some...
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