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The widow said he was frustrated and parked the car in the garage after the fire. They were recently married so that was likely part of it. He...
I don’t know a lot about them other than what I’ve read. Seems like the biggest issue was people using the GR (grade retarder) position as a low...
I find it interesting that he immediately started modifying it but settled for the 250 hp and swapped in a 3 speed manual early on. Maybe it’s...
No. They were coupled with power glides and a few turbo glides. The GF suffix is the fuelie with a turboglide.
Stock or Day 2 is something I’ve struggled with. End of the day, I think the Day 2 story has to be told…when these cars rolled off the assembly...
Unfortunately not, lol
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Old thread, but he was on Hwy 1. I still have the shipping labels on the Crane Super Port Flow Heads and Cam package that were bought and never...
For my Birthday, my wife made me a couple shirts. What makes these special is the originals are from stuff that came with my car (pics on page 4)...
And now I really have to find a GF suffix block
Ill have to research. I didn't realize the Turboglide was particularly rare. Unfortunately that trans is long gone...probably thrown out for the...
I finally realized there was a shift pattern on the odometer face, hidden by the tach and 60 years of dust. It appears the original trans was a...
That's the plan...the "Day 2" build. But I also want to build back the fuelie to go with it as part of the story. My thoughts are being 1 of 68...
One of my father's favorite quotes
It has a block casting number of 3849852. On the rear of the engine are the casting numbers of 852 and 870. From what I read, if they were...
Well, the "57 Fuelie" engine isn't.... I still am not sure if the seller is an idiot or trying to pull a fast one. When it was listed, it was...
From what I understand (maybe true or not), the last letter was hand stamped individually vs a gang stamp, so not uncommon to be deeper or...
I'm amazed when I see some of the prices. When I bought it sight unseen all I knew was it was a pretty solid convertible and knew I could make...
My thoughts...only questioning the stamp on the final F and whether it's legit or added. I haven't come across many photos for comparison
Give me your thoughts... I'm going after this fuelie engine Friday. Before I do the 14 hour drive, thought I'd let others weigh in... Does the...
So, after the update post above I got poking around on the web on the Bill Thomas racing plenum mods. I came across the following articles. I...
Not the same. I bought from the son of the original owner (and have the original title), plus this was incan silver. Thanks for looking out though.
Nothing significant as I've been working crazy hours. I did find in the bottom of one of the boxes the original radiator support panel with the...
I believe oil temp...there's SW gauges for each.
While going through stuff, I had found the fuelie specific electrovac. However, 2 things were eluding me: the bracket and the radiator support...
Tons of cool! This roadster has spent its life since 1960 tucked away in a garage until 2015 and then an airplane hanger ever since. It has...
Finally got a chance to get the car up on the lift. I found 2 minor rust spots...one on the inner face of rocker panel at the front and one spot...
Some of the other documentation...perhaps not all pertaining to this car. The battery kill switch is with the car and never installed. Same for...
Here's some of the letters from Norman Latham to Edgar Irving. It tells the story of Edgar researching in April of 1962 for a 327 build,...
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