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The widow said he was frustrated and parked the car in the garage after the fire. They were recently married so that was likely part of it. He...
I don’t know a lot about them other than what I’ve read. Seems like the biggest issue was people using the GR (grade retarder) position as a low...
I find it interesting that he immediately started modifying it but settled for the 250 hp and swapped in a 3 speed manual early on. Maybe it’s...
No. They were coupled with power glides and a few turbo glides. The GF suffix is the fuelie with a turboglide.
Stock or Day 2 is something I’ve struggled with. End of the day, I think the Day 2 story has to be told…when these cars rolled off the assembly...
Unfortunately not, lol
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Since my last post, I’ve taken a new...
Old thread, but he was on Hwy 1. I still have the shipping labels on the Crane Super Port Flow Heads and Cam package that were bought and never...
For my Birthday, my wife made me a couple shirts. What makes these special is the originals are from stuff that came with my car (pics on page 4)...
And now I really have to find a GF suffix block
Ill have to research. I didn't realize the Turboglide was particularly rare. Unfortunately that trans is long gone...probably thrown out for the...
I finally realized there was a shift pattern on the odometer face, hidden by the tach and 60 years of dust. It appears the original trans was a...
That's the plan...the "Day 2" build. But I also want to build back the fuelie to go with it as part of the story. My thoughts are being 1 of 68...
One of my father's favorite quotes
It has a block casting number of 3849852. On the rear of the engine are the casting numbers of 852 and 870. From what I read, if they were...
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