Thanks, looked in my old Motors book last night but only found wheelbase. Getting ready to order a straight axle.
The victim. I picked this car up because it is a dead ringer for my very first car. My history notebooks in highschool were full of scketches of what i would have liked to do with my car but alas a poor Oklahoma farm kid could only dream. So now maybe i can build my little "gasser" shoebox some 40+ years later. lol
Is "tread" the same meaning as "tread width"? I always thought "Tread Width" was the horizontal distance between the vertical centerline of the front or rear tires. The reason I ask is that my 49-51 Mercury Manual says the front "Tread" for '49-51 Mercs is 58 1/2 in. and the rear "Tread" is 60 in. But when I measure the distance between the wheel mounting surfaces of the rear wheels it is exactly 61 1/4 in.
A (gasp) SBC. I have it already and have a B&M Street charger for it so that gets the nod. Going with what I have. Saved the '62 Corvair buckets for the interior. Using a 4" dropped axle because I don't like my gassers sitting a mile high, radiused rear wheels and slicks.
Mick, I figured I would catch hell from you because it wasn't going the custom route. lol Thanks, money and time will dictate how fast it evolves.
I thought that you would "Gass it" for a while then phase "b" you would start converting it into a kustom. Most important thing to have fun with it! Happy Trails, Mick
The "tread width" or "track" is center to center of the tires when mounted on OEM wheels.......that is not necessarily the same distance as the wheel mounting surface to wheel mounting surface, because wheel offset can be zero or negative or positive. Any of which, except 'zero, affects the "tread width" Ray
12/29/09 Just curious. What size rims are on the car and what vehicle did they come off of - if you know. Also, what is the bolt pattern? Thanks, Jim
not sure and the car isn't here. I can check later on if you like. I think they may be late Thunderbird.
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