Love this T RPU, I am in early stages of a T RPU build and this T has provided much inspiration. I trawled Petersen Archives and saved these, hate watermarks... buckle up! haha, sorry.
OH MAN!! I like the hidden ignition switch and ignition coil under the dash. So many nice well thought out details on this one.
Interior pic shows brake and clutch pedals, I saw the ing switch. I can't find the gas pedal! I see what I think is linkage rod sticking out hole in firewall.
Think Model A. They didn't have any gas pedal either, just a rod with a quarter size button on the end. I think it was the same thing in 26-7.
Hello, Yes, Hedman Headers were out in 1959. When we purchased the 283 longblock SBC motor from a small speed shop near our own house, part of the package was two Chevy truck heads and a set of black Hedman Headers. At the time, those headers were made and they could fit in just about any SBC installation in various hot rods. The DRAG NEWS typist was not the best speller in the world... Sorry for the misspelling, but the typist typed what she heard and made a lot of mistakes in our ad. We did not see it until it came out in the national Drag News weekly paper. Besides the “Headman Headers,” It was a 56 Chevy Positraction rear, not a 55 Chevy unit. Also, the other motor for sale was a stock 1940 Willys plus the stock running gear, not a 49 unit. Jnaki We installed the 283 motor in the 40 Willys Coupe and the motor was easy to slide in and bolt up. The Hedman Headers were already painted black, so it was a simple bolt on application. It fit right inside of the frame rails and we had our local welding shop make a “Y” connecting set of pipes into a pair of small, short mufflers. From an old post: When we got the 283 long block, that small, local, speed shop had a set of Hedman Headers available that would fit the down pipe installation (1960). Our local muffler man built the single big tube connection from the header down pipe to the mufflers under the Willys. The system had to resemble the stock muffler and tailpipe. The shorty tube mufflers and down turned exhaust tips qualified and also allowed us to run capped up for the street cruising scene. The Hedman Headers were fine for what we could afford. They were simple, fit well, and connected to our custom small dual muffler exhaust pipe set up. It also made the 671 SBC Willys move fast. There was no need for fender well headers, as we did not want to alter the stock body of the 1940 Willys Coupe. (Maybe the custom headers would be added later, but, we wanted to get the Willys up and running well, before the final push to the Nationals. ) The 1960 Hedman Headers version looked like this, except one big tube connected underneath the car to the supplied mufflers and tail pipes. Hedman Headers for 58-63 Chevrolet V8 (From the catalog)
So, the shock angle in back??? And the ugly welded rear crossmember? We give guys crap here for this kinda work. Meh.
@Bandit Billy Really? going to the shock placement to find something wrong? I agree they aren't doing much, if anything, but if that's the only gripe its a pretty solid car. The welds look to me like gas welds, and pretty consistent ones at that.
I'm pretty sure that's a fuel pump; it pressurizes the fuel tank. Also, notice the front brake lines go through the frame. Pretty fancy for a late '50's build.
Wow! EVERYTHING has already been done already. When I built my touring I did what could have been considered "modern" with my frameless windshield using just the chopped posts. Then I see this one, maybe I HAD seen it bafore? Who knows but this is the exact same setup I did decades later. I did run some T weatherstripping to keep it from "whistling"
My friend Bruce's restoration business , he does alots of Christ-Craft, Century, Fairliner, etc they used Mopar wheels also , like in the Capri model Chris...
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