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Old 05-27-2009, 03:55 PM   #61
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Default Re: Lets see some little cars

My project "fits" in here. Not quite as small as some, but small by Kustom/Sled standards.



Only 49" high at the roof.





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Old 05-27-2009, 03:58 PM   #62
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No King Midgets? Remember the ads for them in the back of every issue of Popular Mechanics?!

I'll have to see if I can dig up a pic of the local guys King Midget with the big bike engine in the back running through a snowmobile drive system. When i was a kid some guy in a King Midget ran the yeild sign on the corner where my folks lived. He got smacked into the tree on the front lawn and when he hit the dash with his knees he broke it ih half....not that bad though it was make of pressed cardboard, he didn't get hurt.
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Old 05-27-2009, 04:40 PM   #63
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I built up a '68 GT6 with a warmed up 289 years ago. It's now on the britishv8.org site here:

http://www.britishv8.org/Triumph/DeryleWilliams.htm

Deryle has done a lot of good work to it since I owned it. I had the exhaust running straight out the back when I had it... I'm not too hot on the side pipes but it ain't my car anymore. I never took it to the quarter mile but it outran several local mid-high 12 second street cars. Pretty decent for a stock GT6 rear end on street tires I guess.
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Old 05-27-2009, 04:47 PM   #64
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Topolino is quite small and cozy. Got a bit fed up with people thinking it wa s CUTE or a VW.
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Old 05-27-2009, 04:51 PM   #65
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Pics now !!!
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Old 05-27-2009, 06:18 PM   #66
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The car is awesome. Love the whole look of the car except the side pipes.


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I built up a '68 GT6 with a warmed up 289 years ago. It's now on the britishv8.org site here:

http://www.britishv8.org/Triumph/DeryleWilliams.htm

Deryle has done a lot of good work to it since I owned it. I had the exhaust running straight out the back when I had it... I'm not too hot on the side pipes but it ain't my car anymore. I never took it to the quarter mile but it outran several local mid-high 12 second street cars. Pretty decent for a stock GT6 rear end on street tires I guess.
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Old 05-27-2009, 06:33 PM   #67
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i know its a import, hell of alot cheaper than vintage american tin. but this is a chopped bug that i built a when i was 16 it was my first chopp mainy to learn on, it was small as hell with a 7inch in front and 7.5inch chop in rear.



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Old 05-27-2009, 07:04 PM   #68
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The car is awesome. Love the whole look of the car except the side pipes.
Thanks!

When I had it, it was a little more traditional. It had steel wheels on it, different air cleaner and no side pipes. I should've kept it and gasser-ized it with the correct engine set back and all... but I had to sell it due to money problems years ago. Now that i'm doing much better i've been thinking of doing another Triumph conversion.

The GT6/Spitfire series of cars are much easier to do the Ford V8 conversions on than the TR4-TR250-TR6 cars... The reason being is there's no real inner fender wells. The hood and front fenders all come up as a factory tilt front end and those cars only run little motorcycle looking fenders on the inside to keep water off the engine. SUPER EASY to convert over. The SBF is a great fit to. I had a remote oil filter on it but aside from that I had no real issues.
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:48 PM   #69
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I have a bugeye and I have to squeeeze into it. I will most likely rework it a little to make a little bigger inside.
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Old 05-27-2009, 09:43 PM   #70
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a couple of Model Y Fords..
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Old 05-28-2009, 01:35 AM   #71
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Andy

Can you hook me up with your buddy who is building this small car.

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Old 05-28-2009, 04:05 AM   #72
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My favorite small car, of course:




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Old 05-28-2009, 04:53 AM   #73
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Here is the best video to go with this...

You gotta see this

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/T...P50_139353.htm

Haha this video is great!
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Old 05-28-2009, 06:00 PM   #74
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Olds powered Simca. Later it had a sbc.
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Old 05-28-2009, 08:29 PM   #75
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Old 05-28-2009, 08:57 PM   #76
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holy shit those have to be the only two pacers still in existance
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:31 PM   #77
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The 40 Willy is mine, the VW is a friends.
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:36 PM   #78
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The car is awesome. Love the whole look of the car except the side pipes.
had a 69 gt 6+ triumph...got it from the grandson of a guy who helped open a major triumph dealership in fla...gave it to him for 33 years with them..had dual overdrives, twin sidedraft stombergs and factory trials clock...was over 125 hp...was setup by the head triumph wrench, had alot of road racing background with the triumphs...speedo topped out at 135 mph,,,had it past 120 on I-74 out past harrision ohio one nite....kid got tired of it being a 2 seater, needed to buy something bigger for going from uc back to fla....gave $1800 for it in 1976...was cherry inside and out,...sold it 3 years later for $2500.......
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:41 PM   #79
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Olds powered Simca. Later it had a sbc.
have the 1100 fiat version of that simca waiting for it to tell me what i should do with it...

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Old 06-04-2009, 06:49 AM   #80
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Here's my own little car. Hopefully will be running and nose up by Greaserama this year.

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