RPU Progress -- If you could call it that

Now thats nice!, add it to the list of standout, "raise the bar" caliber HAMB cars

 

that is quite possibly the best paint color i have ever seen! great job!

 

Absolutely gorgeous from any angle and any detail you look at!!
Thanks for the update.

 

Wow...thats perfect....truly...I am in love with grey(gloss) and black, always have been. Very nice man

 

I'm a big fan of understated elegance...damn...

 

Nothing to be embarrassed about there, its awesome!!

 

very nice. clean and neat.

I wish it were in my garage.

who doesnt?

 

looks killer man

 

Totaly badass. One of my favorite cars (trucks?) on the HAMB.

What size wheels and tires???

 

Thanks for the strokes. Wheels are '40 Ford. Front tires are 6.00 x 16, rears are 7.00 x 16. At first I was thinking the fronts could be smaller, and the rears taller -- but this has grown on me. After all, it's a truck....

 

How 'bout some details on the nailhead?

Year, mods, etc.

 

It's a '54 322, little bit bigger exhaust valves than the first-year heads. It's rebuilt with a mild Schneider cam, three 94s with progressive linkage on an Offy manifold, and an HEI built into the stock dizzy. It's sitting on some old Hurst Nailhead-to-Deuce motor mounts. Tranny is a Ford 4 speed top-loader with Hurst linkage. 9 inch rear end on '40 springs.

The engine was my son's, he's was going to put it into his '53 Pontiac -- but contributed it to the cause. Great kid, huh?

Day One:

 

VERY NICE!! Keep up the great work!

 

Oh - Yeah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h. NICE!

What are you using for folding windshield posts? Something custom built or aftermarket, or what?

 

Could anyone tell me what Master Cylinder that is and bore size too.

Steve.

 

I struck gold. MAN. I gotta go with the majority, your truck in right on the money. That's pretty much what I want to with my Nailhead. It looks like a ball to cruise in.
What kind of adapter did you use for the Top loader trans to Buick? Mine is a 401.
Mark

 

I had forgotten about the picture, that is the greatest to see how it finished. And Yes it is one o the most Bitchin RPU's on the planet.

Tim