Hot Rods LIVE WIRE Gets a transplant PT.2 Goodbye LaSalle..

GO GO Go Piero, your almost there. See you here for the nationals.

 

The awesomeness of that shed garage live wire cave is beyond discription.

 

Going to be real cool dude...

 

I have pretty muched owned all these transmissions.. hahahahaa

 

Now there's an issue I need!

I think it's a little weak you didn't chrome your trans I mean it is live wire...

 

Just kidding, I like the blue.

 

I would think you are probably right, but cooler? Never! NOTHING says fifties hot rod like a top shift cad/lasalle. Man, thats got more sex appeal than a horne 4x2. Let us know how long it takes for the big cad and your big right foot to make it say uncle. Blown top shift ford boxes are traditional. Personally, I am scared of the little ford toploaders. I tend to drive pretty aggressively, got a hunch I would spend a lot of time on my back with gear lube dribbling in my face if I tried to run one behind an overhead, even with "period" tires. I will be curious to see if it pans out for you. Subscribed.

I should add, I have no experience whatsoever with early ford drive-train parts, so I am basing this strictly on hearsay and what I have been told, not first-hand experience, so take it for what its worth. I'll be watching to see what happens.

 

Don't forget to use wingnuts on the trans........

 

Just for the record.. I'm planning on not getting to crazy doing burn out all the time (as much as I want to but can't afford) I just plan on cruising with my friends.. thats all I want to do.

 

That car is RAD and needs to be on the road cruising around.

SHOW and GO!

Not pampered but taken care of... I DIG IT!

 

Evel, I have had to deal with the same decision. Spent almost 3 grand total getting a Lasalle trans, hunting down a stock Cadillac bellhousing, a NOS Hurst Mystery shifter, getting all the machining done to fit a torque tube - and then realize I will have to cut into my 33 Ford frame to get it to fit. Yes, beyond stupid....so I went back to my original plan of using a 39 Ford toploader.
Now I have an expensive trans that sits on the floor in my parts room and people ask "what's that?" Maybe I will use it someday on another project, who knows....

 

yikes!


maybe I should do up some 37 Buick transmission setups as closed drives; I was planning on all open drives with cad or olds bells/flywheels....for a lot less

 

Yeah man thats where it was heading with the La Salle and I sure as hell don't have that kind of dough.. As awesome as it is... It's not in the cards...

I did end up selling the La Salle and it coverd the cost of the Ford trans so it all worked out.. it only took 3 years...

 

Glad to hear it worked out! At least, you don't have a trans to trip over like I do....

 

The coupe has left the coup..



And in front of her new tempory home...


And the calm before the storm....

 

Cool new home!

 

Up early ready to attack!!!

 

Maniac......get goin man. Tell Lucky hello for me?

 

Go man go!!! SO excited for ya!!!

 

alls i can say is good luck , about time ! and that you actualy DRIVE the damb car .......
congrats gashole!!!!

 

Update??? It's been a few hours, now.

 

Great to see things are moving forward. Thumbs up all around.

 

I watched the build of this car on a DVD on the way to the Detroit Autorama a couple years ago and was wondering why it was not preassembled and driven to get the bugs out of the mechanicals before it was finished,I done that once and will never again.

 

Got the same transmission behind a 324 Olds. It works well. Treat it with just a little respect and it will do what you want it to.

 

Day one... Fuck that shit!!!



Out of my life!!!!




Big ass hole!! lookin g forward to the extra room.. We were gonna pull the body but we decided to drop it out of the bottom.. When that didn't work cause of some flooring Lucky started cutting shit up and we pulled it out of the cab insted.. If fought us in every way.. But we kicked the shit out of that fucker!!! thanks Lucky for being such a brut!!

 

I won't be back at the shop till Monday so i'll have more updates then...

 

Awesome, time for 3 pedals

 

Awesome

 

Grab some large sheets of cardboard from a body shop to lay, slide, kneel ect. Makes that task a little easier.

 

This thread had me laughing for sooooooo many reasons. I love all you guys.
I can't wait for you to have your car on the road P.