new guy from little town in illinois

Welcome from one FNG to another....What's an FNG???

 

Hello and welcome from So.ILL. I don't even live in a small town.......any towns are miles from here. LOL!

 

Rob, welcome from Kansas.

 

Its German.... actually its more French......ok, Fxxxing New Guy/Gal etc. or something like that.

 

I always wondered what fng and some of the other titles were. I like the f*+#ing new guy notation lmao

 

Well I mounted my seat and patched the floor on driver's side.

 

Thanks oldsteelsteve

 

Well I got my taillights in and my license plate light as well. Now I need to wire up turn signal lights and do interior work then body work. But at least now it's drivable again

 

Welcome from Tennessee .

 

welcome from mass

 

I'm heading to Tennessee this September for our honeymoon I heard the views are amazing. Thanks guys my project is taking me forever but it will be worth it in the end

 

here is a picture of my progress. they are bright and i'm going to get tons of questions about where i got them lol

 

this was the original crapy light setup. sorry no picture of my new setup don't want people to copy it cause i might patent it

 

Well now my car blew the motor which totally sucks. So now I am going to have to come up with something better like a front stub swap then a rear end upgrade as well. Or just sell it and get something better that's already finished.

 

Look for a 70's Dart/Duster w/318,340,360 combo and you've got most of what 'ya need.

 

Welcome from Oregon!

 

Well I'm tearing the head off this week to see if it's just a gasket problem. Hopefully that will fix it otherwise it's scrap in my eyes. Found a couple cool old trucks for sale in my area maybe I can pick one of those up instead of keeping my car.. oh well who knows

 

Welcome from Ga

 

Well I pulled the head off and I discovered I have a hole in a piston as well as a blown head gasket so now I'm stuck I've never rebuilt a motor before but guess I'm taking a crash course into doing it.

 

Welcome to the H.A.M.B.

 

so this is my problem that i got 2 weeks ago when it died on me

 

What a way to start out. Make sure & have block checked.

 

Welcome from a Pekin reject. Retired and ran outta town eighteen years ago today. Bought a 1950 Buick from a guy who used to live where the old country grade school was east of town.
You can rebuild that engine. I rebuilt my 49 Dodge engine in 1958 when I was 19 and I didn't know crap. It ran all over central Illinois till I traded it several years later.

You Illinois guys, Pekin has a decent downtown car/bike show sometime at end of July. We'll be there.

 

I've had it 2 years and had no problems then 2 weeks ago I license it and insure it next day wammo blew headgasket. Drove it 500 miles the whole time I've had it. What really stinks is I got it switched to 12volt put brake lights in and was getting ready for turn signal wiring up

 

I've got a low mileage 440/torqueflight we pulled out of our old Pekin owned Motorhome. Want me to bring it back with me?

 

I don't got any money right now but thanks. I would love that big block mopar