68R/T
I got drunk and swallowed my teeth, now
Many of you from the Scat Pack days may remember a thread I had going about a '49 Ford pee-cup that my brother was re-doing in nostalgia hot-rod style. Well, I finally got around to taking my camera and snapping some pics.
It's almost finished, (are they really ever finished?) The main project he wants to get done this spring is swapping out the original 4.40:1 something rearend to a 9" with 3.00:1 for better highway gearing.
truck
Wheels are Wheels Vintique 8"x15's on the rear and 7"x15's on the front
Exhaust is shorty headers with 2-1/4 pipes to the rear with Smitty's. (don't ask if you don't know)
right side
He did his own replacing and finishing of the oak bed floor
the power plant?
more power;
239 ci bored .040, Offy intake with 3 Stromberg 2's, Edelbrock aluminum heads bumping compression to 8.4:1, 3/4 race cam, Pertronix and shorty headers. Original rating is 100hp, with all the upgrades the estimated hp should be about a 40% increase.
nose
The extra guage to the bottom left is for the left head. Flatty's use seperate temp guages for each head and there's no room for 2 temp guages in the dash panel
He also did his own seat re-covering with a recover kit. Floorshift manages the OEM 3-speed
Soon to be installed 3.00:1 9-inch from a '72 F-150
It's almost finished, (are they really ever finished?) The main project he wants to get done this spring is swapping out the original 4.40:1 something rearend to a 9" with 3.00:1 for better highway gearing.
truck
Wheels are Wheels Vintique 8"x15's on the rear and 7"x15's on the front
Exhaust is shorty headers with 2-1/4 pipes to the rear with Smitty's. (don't ask if you don't know)
right side
He did his own replacing and finishing of the oak bed floor
the power plant?
more power;
239 ci bored .040, Offy intake with 3 Stromberg 2's, Edelbrock aluminum heads bumping compression to 8.4:1, 3/4 race cam, Pertronix and shorty headers. Original rating is 100hp, with all the upgrades the estimated hp should be about a 40% increase.
nose
The extra guage to the bottom left is for the left head. Flatty's use seperate temp guages for each head and there's no room for 2 temp guages in the dash panel
He also did his own seat re-covering with a recover kit. Floorshift manages the OEM 3-speed
Soon to be installed 3.00:1 9-inch from a '72 F-150
