Author Topic: Muscle, Pony, Sports or Whatever Cars, Post Here! (Read 17702 times)

sohc boy · « **Reply #175 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:37:11 AM »

front frame work was a challenge

sohc boy · « **Reply #176 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:38:18 AM »

engine

dave500 · « **Reply #177 on:** December 29, 2011, 07:29:33 PM »

heavy duty stuff sohc boy,heres my late father inlaw at about eighteen years old with his i think a 54?vauxhaul velox,,australia had a lot of english cars then,for him to have that car would have been a good effort.

my first car was a 62 vauxhaul velox,it had three speed column with syncro on all gears!the straight six was a very anemic 162 cubic inch in a heavy car.

and heres a shot in my mates 64 holden the EH model,this was a 179 straight six with three on the column but a crash first gear,,google EH HOLDENS and you will see some great examples of one of australias most popular car,,these got speedway and drag use and all sorts of soup ups done to them,both these shots are at phillip island.

scottly · « **Reply #178 on:** December 29, 2011, 07:50:35 PM »

Good pics there, Dave. Liked the surfboard on the roof!

Here's a pic of my mid-engine VW bus motor; the tunnel ram was only a mock-up.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #179 on:** December 29, 2011, 08:21:41 PM »

I don't imagine you would need a heater in that VW Scott....

scottly · « **Reply #180 on:** December 29, 2011, 08:54:58 PM »

Well, there is an insulated box that encloses the motor.

I do have a wee little heater that came from a bug-eye Sprite or something, plumbed to the stock defroster vents.

sohc boy · « **Reply #181 on:** December 29, 2011, 10:27:30 PM »

yea thats the bussiness...i like it

Bob3050 · « **Reply #182 on:** December 30, 2011, 09:34:53 AM »

Quote from: scottly on December 29, 2011, 07:50:35 PM

Good pics there, Dave. Liked the surfboard on the roof!
Here's a pic of my mid-engine VW bus motor; the tunnel ram was only a mock-up.

Scottly: How about a couple more pictures of the VW? Maybe an over all view?
Bob

sohc boy · « **Reply #183 on:** December 30, 2011, 03:07:29 PM »

yea scottly more pics , what transmission an diff

scottly · « **Reply #184 on:** December 30, 2011, 05:33:02 PM »

Quote from: sohc boy on December 30, 2011, 03:07:29 PM

yea scottly more pics , what transmission an diff

I'll tell more if you each donate $1 to the Bear fund.

rbmgf7 · « **Reply #185 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:41:26 PM »

What I have (always wanted one):

I've only owned Ford trucks. My first was a '95 Ranger then moved onto a '96 F150 and now I reside with my '94 Bronco.

What I always wanted in my garage (when I get my own place with a large enough garage

)

'69 429 Boss

I'd take a '67 ot '68 Cougar only. Don't care for the years after.

and a '56 F100. I've seen one sitting on a guys property back home in Missouri ever since I've lived there. It's gray primer with a cheesy flame paint job. I'd drive it the way it is. Ironically, there is a guy directly across the road from him with a fully restored '56 F100 which sits in his garage. Beauties, they are.

Notice how the colors match? That's how I want 'em; black. Can you also tell I'm a bit of a Blue Oval man?

rbmgf7 · « **Reply #186 on:** December 30, 2011, 06:52:23 PM »

Quote from: srust58 on January 28, 2010, 10:46:50 PM

Here is my 63 Ford Galaxie

When I came across this, these cars make me sing this song:

Reverend Horton Heat - Galaxie 500

scottly · « **Reply #187 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:56:38 PM »

I got the 413 that's in my bus now from a buddy, who was going to put it in his '56 F100, with the rare wrap-around rear window. The truck's name was Virgil. Man, we had some good times in that truck! I remember a late night, somewhere on the 101 near Santa Barbara, and the radio announcer proclaimed it was midnight. I had just turned 21 years old...

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #188 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:18:52 PM »

I've always had a soft spot for the F trucks, still got an 82 Bronco.....

sohc boy · « **Reply #189 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:36:21 PM »

Quote from: scottly on December 30, 2011, 07:56:38 PM

I got the 413 that's in my bus now from a buddy, who was going to put it in his '56 F100, with the rare wrap-around rear window. The truck's name was Virgil. Man, we had some good times in that truck! I remember a late night, somewhere on the 101 near Santa Barbara, and the radio announcer proclaimed it was midnight. I had just turned 21 years old...

.... $1....Geees your a hard man Scottly .....been lookin for a 55 56 EFY for a while myself as a tow vehicle have 78 chassis and 351 running gear ,waiting

scottly · « **Reply #190 on:** December 30, 2011, 08:59:56 PM »

Here's a pic of the first 413 I had in the bus; a 1959 Golden Lion with the cast iron torque-flight trans. This was taken before the first shake-down around the block. (Damn, getting nostalgic about Virgil

)

keiths · « **Reply #191 on:** December 31, 2011, 09:02:11 AM »

Love that photo Scottly. It reminds me of how my wife would sit on an aluminum chair, before I installed the captains chairs.

scottly · « **Reply #192 on:** December 31, 2011, 08:00:18 PM »

The '59 415 ate all it's bearings at the drag-strip. I blame it on oil starvation due to the Direct Connection windage tray, which I believe didn't allow the oil to drain back into the sump fast enough. I swapped in the '65 413 HP mill, after trading my '61 baja bug for it. (The bug suddenly developed a very nasty noise, which turned out to be a crankshaft broken neatly in half. Gene was pissed, until I told him how rusted up the 413 was. Bent 4 push-rods due to stuck valves the first time I cranked it over.)
I ran that motor for a couple of years, then after a friend clued me in about a transmission shortening kit for the later 727 trans, rebuilt the motor and relocated it about 16" further back. The rear is an 8 3/4", currently fitted with a sure-grip and 3.91 gears. The drive-shaft is about 9 1/2" long.

Bob3050 · « **Reply #193 on:** January 07, 2012, 04:57:23 PM »

Here's one that falls into the "why did I let it get away" category. This was a running stock '32 Ford three window coupe that a buddy of mine bought and then sold it to me after he removed the engine and transmission. I paid $75 for it in 1963 and sold it for $150 when I got drafted in 1964. If I had only just left it in the garage.

The hood and grille shell and radiator were in the trunk and passenger seat.

scottly · « **Reply #194 on:** January 07, 2012, 05:54:08 PM »

Here's a pic I took of the intake of my neighbor's '27 T pick-up, circa 1968? Chopped, channeled, 283 bored to 301, 3 speed overdrive. He sold it (or traded it for a Corvette; don't quite remember

) to someone in Lompoc.

bender01 · « **Reply #195 on:** January 09, 2012, 07:17:47 PM »

This is my Fathers car. Its been painted once other wise its an unrestored 67 327/350 horse with about 50k original miles. These pics are from last summer with a new top and redlines. The 91 Cutlass is what I have to buy for an old car since 60s muscle cars are a little out of my league

FWIW they only made 1300, 91 convertibles and they were mentioned in Hemmings a year or so ago. 90 only saw 400 produced.

bikerbart · « **Reply #196 on:** January 12, 2012, 08:19:25 AM »

here's my old 64 galaxie 500 xl rat,390 4 bbl,300 hp.

geminimotors · « **Reply #197 on:** February 23, 2012, 08:01:38 PM »

Restored a 69 cutlass S for by brother as a fundraiser for his 69 W-30 4 speed Convertible. More photos here:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.229796733720088.62323.229714190395009&type=3

http://www.myspace.com/calicutlass/photos

dave500 · « **Reply #198 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:32:31 AM »

hungry hungry holden.HQ series,,the mechano set of cars,if you have 3/8,1/2,9/16 sockets ,then you can rebuild one.

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