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Looks killer. I’m debating fenders for mine I’m building. Love the full fender with a heavy chop look
bump $250. Want it gone or it’ll be scrapped??
Extra parts I’ve accumulated from a 327 build, must take it all: Stock small journal crank 4577 forged Heads 3876775 Heads 461 camel humps,...
327 short block is done. .030 over, comp xe268 cam, stock forged sj crank. Nothing too fancy but should be a fun little street motor. Need to...
Big day today. Got all the DMV paperwork finalized. Also got word the short block to the 327 is done so will be picking that up later in the week.
Update for anyone who cares, and for those of you who do not, oh well... Changed up my mind on exterior color, going with a more 'traditonal'...
Man am I regretting starting this thread hahahah I should’ve known better...
Don’t have wheels and tires yet but will likely go with 2 sets. Chrome steelies and then big/littles with cheater slicks and mags look.
Here’s a photo from the grey thread in here. Anvil grey shell with a black engine. Tried and true, looks good but it just disappears. Last car I...
Building a 31 highboy coupe with a 327, have a build thread going. Far away from completion but chugging along and motor is almost rebuilt so has...
Went to start hanging my doors today and found a nice little surprise; previous owner only provided 4 of the 6 hinges. WOOPS, should've checked...
Yup! Dropped it off at the machine shop today. He’s checking it out and if all is well, will be going mild rebuild. Probably a slight bore needed...
Then last night my wife and I did some art projects. While she was painting our kiddo's playroom, I painted a firestone sign. It was free so what...
I wasn't sure what I was going to do for a motor after I found my 327 block was trashed. Was debating going another route but then a friend sent...
Got the kingpins out with some persuasion. I'm glad I'm tearing this completely down, the more I looked I realized the previous guy never put the...
Slow but steady progress. 327 block turned out to be trash, 2 cracks between the freeze plugs that would cost more to fix than it’s worth. Looking...
thanks. I’ve seen those. I was looking for more a frogmouth style. I’m not crazy about the collar with the wider scoop head. I like the way a...
Maybe this is a dumb question, but does anyone make scoops in a ‘frogmouth’ style but larger for 4 barrels? I’ve seen the smaller cal custom...
Tore down the 327 today. Off to the machine shop next week to go over the block before I dump any money into it.
Yea I have a new frame bracket I’ll be welding on. It’s about a 1/3 if the height of the current 4 bar frame bracket
Good to know thanks. Maybe I’ll just remove it and run some bolts into the threaded holes in case I ever want to add it on later. I like the idea...
So no gain at all in having it? Previous owner had a sbc mounted and it cleared fine. I was going to keep it but if it won’t do jack I’ll get rid...
Also picked up a 2nd row seat from a caravan today from a local junkyard for $25
Hairpins came in today from P&J. Couldn’t resist seeing how they’d look. Will be cutting off the 4 bar mounts and welding on the hairpin mounts....
Still need to clean up inside the holes and bevel the edge, but couldn’t resist mocking it up. Love how this came out. I could probably fit...
So I got to it last night and drilled some holes. Of course confirmed I had a forged axle first. Took about an hour to map it all out. Went with a...
Well to add more to this - I just got off the phone with Jason from P&J and got a history lesson. This is for sure a forged axle, made by CE up...
When I balance it on one end and hit it with a hammer it has a ring to it. Not forever ringing, but not a thunk. I thought this was the tell tale...
Here’s what mine looks like. I believe it’s forged? I didn’t know CE made an axle that was not forged?
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