The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 2: No Replacement For Displacement

[churchmouse]

Not enough pictures to tell the exact condition of the car but is a numbers matching AAR Cuda in a very desirable color combination. I feel his price could be right on the money. I have seen AAR's up over the 100 grand mark. This could be a good buy.

Could be thats why more pics required.

 

[churchmouse]

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[ChristianPatriot]

 

[churchmouse]

So you can not see the duplicate post.....Ha. I edited the wrong one.

I got caught up for the day and sat down in front of the list. You know....that list. All the bits and pieces we want and a few are actually marked off and sitting in wait.
I have a ways to go.
Need the ECU for the trans.
Need axles once I find how much I can actually narrow the 12 bolt and keep the drop top operational.
Hotchkiss rear control arms upper/lower.
Brakes all 4 corners.
Springs and shocks for the front. I have coil overs for the rear. The fast bags (air) are coming off.
Painless wiring harness. The car will run on the existing harness. The drive train etc will run on the painless.
Holley (or aeromotive budget dependent) fuel pump and return style regulator.
Gauges.
Shifter.

And lastly................Wheels/tires

This is just a brief list to add onto the one I just finished.

 

[bobzilla]

All this Ford talk makes me smile.

You’re likely the only one.


I keed i keed!

 

[thunderchicken]

You’re likely the only one.


I keed i keed!

Beats the crap out of talking about nopar mopars

 

[churchmouse]

Beats the crap out of talking about nopar mopars

Oh boy.....

I remember talking to Billy Glidden at the park one Sunday. He was testing a customers car. Hi-boost Turbo Chevy. I have had a lot of **** chat with Billy and he is a pretty stellar guy but he does not like Chevy's. Just no like/love there at all. Says they will not seal up like a Ford. Not sure why that would be but he was pretty adamant about it.

 

[thunderchicken]

Oh boy.....

I remember talking to Billy Glidden at the park one Sunday. He was testing a customers car. Hi-boost Turbo Chevy. I have had a lot of **** chat with Billy and he is a pretty stellar guy but he does not like Chevy's. Just no like/love there at all. Says they will not seal up like a Ford. Not sure why that would be but he was pretty adamant about it.

Talked with Bill a number of times and yes he bleeds Ford blue, but is does drive on of those brandX chevy's now. After his crash back in early spring he wasn't sure what he was going to do. Ray Skillman stepped up and helped him aquire a really good used Promod.

CM- was that Hi-boost turbo'ed chevy maybe a copper color pontiac grand prix?

 

[churchmouse]

Talked with Bill a number of times and yes he bleeds Ford blue, but is does drive on of those brandX chevy's now. After his crash back in early spring he wasn't sure what he was going to do. Ray Skillman stepped up and helped him aquire a really good used Promod.

CM- was that Hi-boost turbo'ed chevy maybe a copper color pontiac grand prix?

It might have been. It was in the mid 20's like maybe 05 or so.

Ray is another stellar individual. I have some pics somewhere of our USAC midget with Skilmans banner on it. He paid our fuel and tire bill for a season. He almost bought my 64 SS when he saw it at the 500 World of Wheels.

 

[thunderchicken]

It might have been. It was in the mid 20's like maybe 05 or so.

Ray is another stellar individual. I have some pics somewhere of our USAC midget with Skilmans banner on it. He paid our fuel and tire bill for a season. He almost bought my 64 SS when he saw it at the 500 World of Wheels.

Might have been pro golfer Kenny Perry's car. He's one of Bill's buddy's, so as a personal favor he duilt Kenny's engine for that car, likewise when Kenny was on tour, Billy would occasionally race it in some of our events. That was back when Billy was still driving his black fox body. That fox body was super light and he refused to add weight to it to race with us, so he ran Kenny's car

 

[churchmouse]

Might have been pro golfer Kenny Perry's car. He's one of Bill's buddy's, so as a personal favor he duilt Kenny's engine for that car, likewise when Kenny was on tour, Billy would occasionally race it in some of our events. That was back when Billy was still driving his black fox body. That fox body was super light and he refused to add weight to it to race with us, so he ran Kenny's car

I bet it was. Now that I think about it. The car was insane fast once he got the tune close.

 

[Brad69]

View attachment 60921

Can all the car car guys here have a moment of silence for this car!
She will begin her disassembly this weekend the parts will be used to restore my 1970 Cyclone GT.
Its a 1971 Mercury Montego MX Brougham 351C,C4,AC,Disc Brake,9 inch, 74,000 Original Miles garage kept from Alabama completely rust free.
All parts not used in my restoration will be donated to other projects the roof skin will save another Cyclone that’s nice but had moisture under the vinyl top.

 

[bobzilla]

Beats the crap out of talking about nopar mopars

you will get no areguments from me there!

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I like it

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/1962-blown-impala/6386409246.html

 

[churchmouse]

View attachment 60921

Can all the car car guys here have a moment of silence for this car!
She will begin her disassembly this weekend the parts will be used to restore my 1970 Cyclone GT.
Its a 1971 Mercury Montego MX Brougham 351C,C4,AC,Disc Brake,9 inch, 74,000 Original Miles garage kept from Alabama completely rust free.
All parts not used in my restoration will be donated to other projects the roof skin will save another Cyclone that’s nice but had moisture under the vinyl top.

Moment of silence observed.

 

[churchmouse]

I like it

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/1962-blown-impala/6386409246.html

Uh....err........hellyes.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Uh....err........hellyes.

Ive never seen a spacer under the blower like that

 

[churchmouse]

Ive never seen a spacer under the blower like that

Sometimes those are inter-coolers but I do not see any lines to it.

Also some of the manifold are tall for more plenum space.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Sometimes those are inter-coolers but I do not see any lines to it.

Also some of the manifold are tall for more plenum space.

Intercooler was my first thought.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Gotta be honest, for that money I’d take this over the Imp.

https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/d/custom-1966-mustang-fastback/6352710800.html