The Jalopy Journal
Installed a rat motor in a 61 C-10 long ago. Exhaust manifold room was very tight, bought a couple new corvette manifolds from the dealer and...
Comp is still in business, I think you should chat with them.
McCulloch was a Hell of a man, first efforts were in Milwaukee, late 30's made the first blowers for flatties. This air cooled diesel prototype...
Put me in the way back machine, had a 61 C-10 in the early 70's, came w/the 235 and 3 on the tree, got the V-8 bell housing new from the Chevy...
Nice piece, needs a 4 speed.
Blue print it and hook it up to a Muncie 4 sp in a 62 F-85, on the other hand I had a guy bring a Power Glide trans to my shop in the late 80's....
5.7 Diesel Dyno project from the 80's, 400 cu. in. w/ a custom stroker crank dated 1984, haven't figured out where to use it, maybe my jet boat....
OD was what I was thinking, our Country Squire w/292 stick no OD would do 12.5 cruising 75 accross the Oregon deserts back in the early 60's....
You 'squared' the converter hub and didn't do the thrust bearing on the engine crankshaft anygood either. Phords are hard enough to get right...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-lincoln-Ford-parts-1949-50-51-lead-sled-3-speed-tranny-/121075927030?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=it...
One of the guys in my shop gave the Harvester V-8 a shot a few years ago, unfortunately he must have missed something as it didn't like extended...
I saw that Hornet run in 66 @ PIR, arm drop starts, flagger @ the 1/8" mile indicating first to the line. I was driving a 57 Chevy, got by a 65...
I recall an article about the Chrysler drag program, they were serious about it. One of the things they did was mount some kind of photo sensor...
Painful to see. My mother had a white one, THUNDERBIRD V-8 on the valve covers. I used polish them regularly, was a stick with glass packs,...
This little truck was in the shop recently, very impressive build. Engine set back a good bit, probably lift the left front wheel on launch if...
I abide by Pertronix conversions, stock look and no more points. Used the coversion on my 56 Ford (57 distributor) and my 70 Monte Carlo, don't...
Chevy showed their considerable understanding of the three element torque converter by utilizing the PG exclusively for many years. You can put...
65+ and the oldest thing I own is a 65 Coronet drag car, however done a good bit of vintage motorhome rejuvination. The Airstream will be sitting...
Guess that's why the Germans used nitrous.
No trick to change to a C-6, just got to find a FE C-6 case, I guess that can be a little bit of a trick. Some one makes a bell housing for a...
Elvis would approve.
Speaking of common sense, you need to ask your self how sensible it is to consider leaving the converter 'unserviced'. A torque converter will...
No, morphadite pattern. You won't find valve body gaskets either. At least I couldn't 15 years ago, last time I had one in the shop. Put it...
I remember a kit called 'Vac-U-Pan', can't say when they were produced I bought a couple in the mid 70's. Any thing you can do to reduce pressure...
You're speaking for me here, I have great distain for the 350/350 types. What a boring choice for a powerplant.
Top end lube is fed from center cam bearing to top of block thru the heads to the rocker stands. Dropping the pan and cleaning/inspecting things...
Yeah, it's a town sedan, guess I'll kill myself.
Here's one outside Big Springs Texas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHiAx0nsnnc One just like this in Wapun WI five years ago, it might still be there.
I can tell you this.....I listed a car on eBay, Olds diesel no less, 5 digit odometer showed 35k, I wrote it @ 135k as I bought it from the 2nd...
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