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It's gettin' to be that time of year. I'm getting the itch to work on the hot rod.

Here are a few pics of my 1955 F-100. It is in dire need of another resto, and it will be getting it this season.

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351 Windsor. Looks much better now, but not running so hot yet for some reason.
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if for some reason it won't run... it's getting this.

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What about the Merc near the dog?

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That's my old man's. 54 Merc./292 Y block/ 3 speed. I don't know if I have a better pic of that or not. I could fill this thread with his stuff. It's cooler than mine. smile

I'll dig for a pic.



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Allright man here ya go. it's the only other one I could find of the Merc...

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Here is one he did for another dude.

39 Dodge Pannel. He made me proud on this one. Worked his azz off and it showed. Suicide doors, flip front hood, changed rear doors into one "hatchback".

Oh yeah....392 blown Hemi set back a lot, narrowed ford 9" w/4.11's, custom floor pan and dash.



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Pa's daily driver. 72 Ranchero. 351 Cleaveland, fmx tranny.

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Wolf in sheeps clothing. For sale BTW.

58 Ford. 427 cammer w/ 3 duces and 4 speed. 9" rear/ 4.56's

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Nice rides Tzone.Pretty cool stuff that old iron ain't it.I still perfer it to most modern stuff today.

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I like em. Even the vintage Chevy's. blush

The rest of them are my dad's. I'm debating taking the stacks off the '55. they are hard to keep clean, and they rattle a lot. The problme is, if I do, I'll have a hole in a set of $700 running boards.



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My '85 M635Csi
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Was 1985 a good year for bimmers?

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I thought so smile. Also one of 3 year models for the M635, a grey market variant of the US model M6 that was lighter, had more horsepower, and is a lot more desirable than the US version.


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I was gonna give you crap about the 85 and say, hey that's not old enough to be a hot rod.....then I realized how long ago 1985 was... gettin old sucks. smile

Good looking cars.

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4 wheeler...

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Nice days ride...

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Then, of couse my favorite, a 40 year love affair with my high school cruiser...

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I like the "goat". Cool


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68 Plymouth Roadrunner, built 440 (I eventually put a highrise dual 4 bbl setup on it and ran without the hood).

Tubbed, 9 inch 3500 rpm stall converter with a built 727 torquflite tranny.

Ran about 600 hp......and would light those big back tires up easy.

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looks noisy...

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do you have to roll the windows up to keep it from twisting in half?



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Here's some of our stuff.

I was out in the shop today working on this one. my daughter's car, 1965 mustang coupe. A code 289 (factory 4 barrel)auto trans.

I'm getting the power steering in order right now. Someone tossed out the original pump, pump bracket & cut the hoses & left the power assist valve & cylinder in place, probably 20 years ago.

I have a new control valve & center link on the way, I should have it Wed. I rebuilt the power assist cylinder today.

Everything else joint & bushing wise up front is new. She'll be a tight driver when i get it back together.

I'll start stripping the paint off of it next week & starting body work. It'll be painted & on the road in a short time. I'll probably post the body & paint work as a project with my daughter "weezy".

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Here's another in my shop. 66 chevy caprice with a 327/powerglide.

This was our daily driver when me & pam were married in 92.

It remained our daily driver up until around 96.

it needs to be gone through, mostly body & paint. I'd hop in it & drive in anywhere right now.

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some junk outside the shop.

64 ford galaxie 500xl, 390 with a toploader 4 speed. rough body.

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54 chev 210 delray. straight 6, 3 in the tree.

it runs, all this stuff runs.

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Originally Posted by northern_dave
looks noisy...

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It was....like that exhaust?

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do you have to roll the windows up to keep it from twisting in half?

Frame was tied. grin


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gives me the willies. I had a 68 coronet in my shop for ages, quarters, floors, trunk floor, just piles of work. that one is on to another shop now getting the front & rear frame tied together (good idea) I fixed a lot of cracks in the body from touque flex.

That one is a 440 with a single demon carb, 727 with the stock dodge rear end.

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Oh yeah I forgot, I had 4.86 gears outback too..

When it hooked up it launched hard tho I never got the front tires off the ground...still too heavy.

I had the motor in with elephant ears...if you know what those are (not good for a cars body grin eek)

Mostly I ran a single 4 bbl carb Holley 850 dper.


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Here's my 54 Chevy, had it since I was 16, I'm 50 now. My Dad had it since 56.

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Originally Posted by badger
I thought so smile. Also one of 3 year models for the M635, a grey market variant of the US model M6 that was lighter, had more horsepower, and is a lot more desirable than the US version.


Good looking 6 series. I'll have to take a look next time I'm down in Alpharetta. My 3 series needs servicing soon anyway. :-)

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not so much a hot rod but restoring my 88 blazer late summer putting a 454 in it unless i find a 427 in my price range before.

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i have my dad's old 73 dodge 3/4 ton camper special pick up i would like to restore but hard to find parts


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Nice rigs Salvo! Here is my 1960 GMC Carry-all (Suburban) factory 4x4. It has a "crate" 427 Chev in it (have the receipt from 1967) with a 4 speed & 205 transfer, 3/4 ton axles with 4.10 and Detorit/No-Spin rear.
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Also, here is 1964 GMC Suburban factory 4x4 with its original 305 cube V-6 (yes, V-6), 4 speed and remote Rockwell T-221 transfer:
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Originally Posted by ken458
Nice rigs Salvo! Here is my 1960 GMC Carry-all (Suburban) factory 4x4. It has a "crate" 427 Chev in it (have the receipt from 1967) with a 4 speed & 205 transfer, 3/4 ton axles with 4.10 and Detorit/No-Spin rear.
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Holy crap dude I love those 2 rigs!

I've seen the black & yeller one before, I think you posted it here once but I've never seen that 1960, that thing rules!!!



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I love me some Galaxie. That car rocks.

Actually, I like that Caprice too.

The later summer project will be a good one to say the least.


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That Chevy truck and the Landcruiser are sweet rides. I really like those old landcruisers.


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Ever run it on a strip? What didja run?

I have to think that dodge pannel my dad did, flies, or will fly, they guy doesn't have it finished yet.

That Plymouth is sweet dude. You couldn't run a hood, she'd have blown off. grin


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Originally Posted by salvo



My 76 Landcruiser FJ40, shoehorned a 454BB, Turbo 350, NP205 and narrowed Ford 9"

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Can you give us some details on this rig...I'm really liking it.


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Originally Posted by ken458
Nice rigs Salvo! Here is my 1960 GMC Carry-all (Suburban) factory 4x4. It has a "crate" 427 Chev in it (have the receipt from 1967) with a 4 speed & 205 transfer, 3/4 ton axles with 4.10 and Detorit/No-Spin rear.
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These are are sweet rigs.

That 64 burb rocks. Looks like it crawls through anything.


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Originally Posted by Tom264
68 Plymouth Roadrunner, built 440 (I eventually put a highrise dual 4 bbl setup on it and ran without the hood).

Tubbed, 9 inch 3500 rpm stall converter with a built 727 torquflite tranny.

Ran about 600 hp......and would light those big back tires up easy.

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Love those MOPARS


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I love the way a strong built Mopar sounds.

I don't want to offend any owner of them but it almost sounds "tin like" when the big cam is thumping in em. I only hear it on the mopars, and I like it.


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Tom, I have never run it on the strip, But unofficially it would run in the mid to low 11's depending on its mood.

I know exactly the sound you are describing "the tinny" sound, I had a 312 duration cam in it and it "thumped" grin


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Oh yeah I had a gear drive in it too so it had a whine to it....love the whine.


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I like that too. I like the blower whine better, for entirely different reasons.

No matter, you hear either of the 3 sounds, and you know it's serious business.


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Originally Posted by Tom264


I know exactly the sound you are describing "the tinny" sound, I had a 312 duration cam in it and it "thumped" grin


Well, I'm glad you knew what I meant. It is a great sound, and can't be reproduced by custom exhaust, just Mopar HP.


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Yep, and coming out of a 4" exhaust the had single chamber mufflers coming out of those terantula style headers (came out of the inside fenderwells) it was thunderous.


I miss that car......maybe I should get another and really build it up with a 540 aluminum SC'd Hemi......



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naw....get something fast. grin

That would be sweet.

I like those headers, but I'm glad I don't know how to make them. they look like they could give a guy fits. They can't be all that easy to install either.


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If race cars count, I built this streamliner with a friend.

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He's run many different engines, the first time out he ran a 300 cu/in chevy and set a two way average of 304mph with the fastest time through the last mile 330 mph. I've lost track of how many classes he's set records with Nebulous III.

While one of the slower engines he's run, this flathead with the custom aluminum heads and exhaust out the top is one of the coolest looking mills he's had in the car.

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That thing is awesome...heck yeah race cars count.


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race cars count specially when they are that cool.Thanx for posting pics


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I really dig the crazy flathead, wow that's cool!!



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One would look pretty sweet in the Chevy truck you have dave... just sayin'.

Nothing like the sound of a flat head either, or a Y-block for that matter.

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(yoda voice)

confused by these words I am... chevy truck?

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I aint got no chevy trucks layin round here man!!

i do have a 51 ford tho & it does have a flathead in it.



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Originally Posted by northern_dave
I really dig the crazy flathead, wow that's cool!!



Wow, that isn't nice to call Tom a flathead! grin

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I've posted pics of the truck before; '78 F150 4x4 warmed 351M/C6. It's due for another minor resto. I also have an '88 Suburban in the shop I've owned since near new. Hard to believe it's already 22 years old.

I don't have any pics yet because it's a work in progress, but I'm presently restoring a '69 GTO convertible, 400 RA3 stroked to 468, 4.11 12 bolt, B&M TH400. Found it in a barn west of here, most of the work is mechanical. Good body needs a top, some minor ding/dent straightening, and a paint job. Arrest-me red. Been a Poncho driver for 35 years, my first car was a tri-power '65 GTO, have had a bunch of Goats, Birds, GP's, even a couple of Judges. Wishin' I had all of them back.

The 32 year old truck

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Hope hot boats count as hot rods- I got out of screwing around with cars for a while, mainly because I inspected aircraft for a living and was pretty burned out on wrenching at home. Found a little time to put together a couple of offshores with small blocks that I ran up the Mississippi, Lake Michigan and Huron, and in the Atlantic in the area of Pompano Beach.
My hair isn't on fire anymore, although I miss the sound of a pair of engines breathing behind me out of four-inch exhausts. We might get the urge again.....

Formula 242, pair of stroked small-blocks I built with the help of my local machinist and the advice of various experts in the HP marine biz..

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Our Active Thunder, at a friend's house in Pompano Beach- twin 350MPI's.
Believe it or not, we had a LOT less invested in these boats than a lot of guys have in their bass/fishing boats.

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Glad we got rid of them when we did; it's been 5 or 6 years now. This is not the economy to own such things. Nothing depreciates like a boat. Cars are a much safer bet.
We have an old cruiser we putt up and down the Mississippi with; I bought it off of eBay for less than 3 grand from Bart Starr's Rawhide Boys Ranch outside of Appleton, WI. Good charity for a good cause. We're still on the water, just at a more sane pace.
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Originally Posted by northern_dave
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confused by these words I am... chevy truck?

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I aint got no chevy trucks layin round here man!!

i do have a 51 ford tho & it does have a flathead in it.



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Me loves some fast boats......

I want a Fountain like nobody's business.


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Originally Posted by Tom264
Me loves some fast boats......

I want a Fountain like nobody's business.


Here's one you'd like. Don't know much about it other than it has 2 FI Chevy Big Block 500's.

They pulled up to a bar on the lake where we were "fishin".

35' long.

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out of the bay in the background I caught a 45" musky a few months before.


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I think he's on land speed record vehicle 7, he's also built a lakester (wheels outside the body) and some motorcycles. I really like the small motorcycle liner 5050. I don't recall all the speeds but going 170 mph with a 125cc engine is impressive.

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Somewhere I have some pics of my kids stuffed in it, we'd gone to visit family and managed to swing by Jacks on the trip. Somehow we showed up on his 72nd b-day and all went out to dinner. He's a memorable guy for sure.

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friggin' awesome!

he looks like a cat that would build a hopped up flatty.


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I could write a thread just on Jack, he's quite the character. I'd finished engineering school and was not yet gainfully employed after working a summer internship. My friend had built a lakester as his senior project, and I got to know Jack at Bonneville when I went with my friend when he raced there. I started wrenching on Neb II, the liner that got jack in the 200 mph club, and he said we should build a new car to get him in the 300 club. To get in the 200 club you have to set a record over 200 mph, the 300 club a record over 300 mph. I think we started coming up with design ideas in Sept of '92, but Oct we started cutting steel. I'd show up to his shop around 8am, get to work and he'd be home from work around 4, then we'd work til about 9 or 10. The car was ready to race the next year. As Jack said, I'm probably the only guy that could put up with him, so it was a good partnership.

He more than anyone else showed me that if you have drive and vision you can accomplish anything. He didn't have much $, no fancy shop, no sponsors but he had the aritistic vision and drive to do things different than others. As he said, I can't outspend my competitors, so I have to out think them. That he has done from his early days of racing karts in the 50's, and drag racing in the 60's. Eventually NHRA rules got to the point that you couldn't be inovative and it came down to a $'s game. Bonneville was the perfect outlet for his creative energy, you have to follow safety rules, but asside from that you can be as creative as you want in the unlimited class's.

As I recall the specs on the car we built are 28' long, 28" wide and 24" high. You sit so low in the car you have to look through a parascope to see out the window. The cooling system is a tank of water that is integral to the chassis and placed behind the front wheels. We ran the water through the frame rails. I built the chassis, machined the quick change gear box and built the trailer. Also helped on glassing the body and a zillion other small tasks.

The plan was that I'd drive the car and get in the 300 club, but I managed to meet my wife shortly after we finished building the car, and while my wife was supportive of me racing, I just didn't have the time.

Jack has offered me the car, it's just I can't see competing at B-ville from AK, and I dont' have a place to park a 28' race car.

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Me loves some fast boats......

I want a Fountain like nobody's business.


Here's one you'd like. Don't know much about it other than it has 2 FI Chevy Big Block 500's.

They pulled up to a bar on the lake where we were "fishin".

35' long.

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I likes it.....but of course theres not too many Fountains I dont like.


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Fountains are good North Carolina boats :-). George HW bought one quite a few years ago too.

Fountain declared for bankruptcy just a few months ago, not sure whatever came out of it.

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Happy b-day dude.


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I've been thinking a skater 32 would be a pretty good way to reduce the commute to my fishing grounds.

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Over 100mph with twin 300 o/b's, which actually makes for pretty good fuel efficiency. But I'm thinking my next boat will be a 28' cabin cruiser w/ twin o/b's.

Current boat not a hot rod, but I did build it myself.

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Originally Posted by tzone
Happy b-day dude.


it aint his damn berfday! grin

he was just part of the berfdays-fools gang.

april fools.



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Current boat not a hot rod, but I did build it myself.

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That is an awesome boat- you should be especially proud since you built it with your own hands.

The scenery in the background ain't too shabby either......

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Nice looking boat! I've ridden in a lot of them on L. Michigan. They are fast, but suffer a little in the ride department in big water. They also sit VERY low in the water when sitting still, and a few of them have sunk from following wave action because of it.

I still think the best ride comes from a Cigarette; I've only owned one, a 31 Bullet. It wasn't too fast; 64 with a pair of 454's, but it was a wave crusher. If I could find a great deal on a 38' Top Gun Cig, that would be our next, and final performance boat. For the time being, I'm plodding along in the Formula cruiser at 30 knots, and fishing out of my old Starcraft and Herter's fishing boats.

If you're really serious about getting into a Fountain, I know where there's a helluva deal on a repo- it's a 42 Lightning with twin blown and intercooled 556cid's/#6 Speedmaster Racing drives. I believe they're running around 950hp a piece as set up right now. That could go up or down with a blower pulley change. I'm sure the boat breaks 100 easily, probably more like in the 120 range. Just remember that boats like these are measured in gallons per mile, not the other way around....not for the faint of heart at the gas pumps.

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Current boat not a hot rod, but I did build it myself.

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Happy b-day dude.


it aint his damn berfday! grin

he was just part of the berfdays-fools gang.

april fools.



Yeah... I checked this first this morning before I looked in the campfire.

had me, until I saw it was your befday too. grin

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458 Lott;

Is that a Tolman Skiff? It looks very familiar. I am hoping to find the time to build the open 18 footer.

Nice work on the Jumbo with cabin. That takes LOT of man hours and dedication to finish. Kudos.

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Yes it's a Tolman, but a stretched widebody w/ pilothouse, not a Jumbo. I shoulda built a 24' jumbo, but my garage is only 22'-9" long, and building a 22'-6" long boat with 1/2" verticle clearnance was a big enough squeeze. I didn't keep an accurate tally of how many hours or how many dollars (I still don't want to know). I figure 1000 hours of labor, my workspace was less than ideal which made for less efficiency.

My plan is to sell it and build a Great Alaskan, which will be 28' long with a 2' swimstep extension, so effectively a 30' boat. The current boat just isn't big enough for the 5 of us to do multi day trips and sleep on the boat, and PWS is too wet to effectively camp on the islands.

If possible I'd say go with the 20' standard, basically no additional labor, minimal material costs, and I think you'll find the added length makes it a better boat. You should be able to bang out an open skiff in a winter no problem. It's the cuddy cabin, pilothouse and all the accessories you add that triples the time over an open skiff.

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Thanks for the advice on the 20' Standard. Have heard the extra length makes it ride better also.

Need to get my Hot Rod, a 1972 BMW 2002 tii out of the garage first. Just finished putting a 5 speed in it.

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Nice truck! I like.

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Gotta love the Cruisers, My 33 year old beauty is running great but needs a bit of cosmetic work, and I'm gonna add power steering this summer. Still running all stock power, but the entire suspension has been replaced with Old Man Emu. The whole interior floor is line-X and Most everything in the engine is new. Those 410 axles are begging for a set of 33X10.50s too! The rear has an ARB so I guess I'll have to do the front, hopefully before the snow falls.

The interesting thing about a cruiser, is that if you can find a frame, you can buy all the parts to build it brand new from the frame up. I've learned over the time I've had this one, that Cruiser owners are kinda "cult like". Who would think you could buy every single part brand new. Every connecter, lock, latch, rubber moulding, gasket, sticker, screw, everything to build from the frame up brand new to this day..... for a vehicle that is as much as 50 years old!

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el pollo loco.

the crazy chicken. grin

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23 T, 302 small block Ford,balanced,10 to 1 comp.Comp Cams,etc. est. 300 HP,C-4 w/ shift kit.

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Same as above xcept chopped windshield down 3 inches, and changed induction.Building a roll bar also.

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Sweet! One of these days I'll either build a t-bucket or a super 7. I'm leanin towards the 7 w/ the utterly insane idea of a Hartley H1 under the hood. Kinda spendy, but a 2.8 liter 10,000 rpm 400 hp motor that weighs 200#'s does have some appeal laugh The power to weight ratio and handling of the 7 would be pretty mind boggling.

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Well if were doing boats!!

My last boat, 2000 38 Powerquest Avenger, warmed up 502 Mags with Bravo 1 drives. Fun boat, ran in the upper 70's in 3 to 4 footers.

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here, come for a ride along in el pollo loco the 69 roadrunner. grin



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Me loves some fast boats......

I want a Fountain like nobody's business.


I would bet my rent money you would like a Cigarette WAY better than a beak. Where we run in lake MI the Fountains dont fair as well as the PQ's and Cigs, the Cig/Apache is the ultimate big water boat.


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Dave, I think you were speeding about the time you hit third... smile

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3rd has talked to me before, depends on the road, temp etc grin

poor, poor clapped out old 383 grin

Might have to bump it past the stock 335 hp out to around 450 hp for next summer grin



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Just come back from a cruise get together which was kind of a mini car show at a friends house up the road a few miles.

Damn I should have brought the camera.

As I left I got into it pretty good and I report an honest bit of rubber sacrifice in 3rd.

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On the opposite extreme, once saw (mostly heard), a Super 7 at the Reading, PA airport road races, with a modified SAAB two stroke in it.

That thing sounded like an 850CC McCullough on wheels and flat-assed flew. 10,000 RPMs wasn't a struggle for that little beast.


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I predict rebuilt suregrip by spring.



9" w/ 4.11's and a Detriot locker?

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that would be fun but I'd rather kep it 3.50 or taller for highway.



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Originally Posted by Tom264
Mine had 4:86's in it.


Get BB ford and you don't need all that gear. grin


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Originally Posted by northern_dave

here, come for a ride along in el pollo loco the 69 roadrunner. grin



Nice video, however I feel compelled to critique your run in that Bad Boy.

First thing. your shiftin' it like you're driving some kind of Jack Wagon. laugh

Rev that motor to about 4 grand, side step the clutch and MASH it. Burn Baby, BURN !

Don't let up on the gas bangin' 2nd. Speed shift it!!!!! Side step the clutch again. The dash and everything else inside needs to be shakin'. I wanna see smoke in 2nd gear. grin

Wind the livin' pizz out of it before grabbin' 3rd and don't throttle back. That sumbish needs to be sideways.

If it's still alive by the time you get to 4th gear then you can shift it like an Old Lady.

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I was trying to be nice, leaving the church parking lot....


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I haven't owned a muscle car since about 1985 when my 1970 Cuda was stolen. mad

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Mine had 4:86's in it.


Get BB ford and you don't need all that gear. grin
Puuleeeez.... grin

Mopar all the way bro.


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Mine had 4:86's in it.


Get BB ford and you don't need all that gear. grin
Puuleeeez.... grin

Mopar all the way bro.


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Any of them Mopars you guys are posting wear a Dana 60 rear? Are they reasonably quiet? Broke one?
Have heard some BB Mopars came with them. thinking about one (Strange S60 variant) for my Chevelle,

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No Dana in my roadrunner. 8 3/4" suregrip.

I have dana 60's in other stuff, trucks.

I would think if you are stepping up to a D60 you are also beefing up driveshaft & joints & you must be delivering better than 500 hp to the dana to justify it?



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Nice rigs Salvo! Here is my 1960 GMC Carry-all (Suburban) factory 4x4. It has a "crate" 427 Chev in it (have the receipt from 1967) with a 4 speed & 205 transfer, 3/4 ton axles with 4.10 and Detorit/No-Spin rear.
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In high school a friend had one just like that, same blue color, except with stock engine.....a big block or DMax would be nice. At the time I didn't appreciate that thing like I do now. Wouldn't mind having one but you never see them anymore.

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I think he's on land speed record vehicle 7, he's also built a lakester (wheels outside the body) and some motorcycles. I really like the small motorcycle liner 5050. I don't recall all the speeds but going 170 mph with a 125cc engine is impressive.

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Somewhere I have some pics of my kids stuffed in it, we'd gone to visit family and managed to swing by Jacks on the trip. Somehow we showed up on his 72nd b-day and all went out to dinner. He's a memorable guy for sure.

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Have heard some BB Mopars came with them. thinking about one (Strange S60 variant) for my Chevelle,
Mine was.

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Nice rigs Salvo! Here is my 1960 GMC Carry-all (Suburban) factory 4x4. It has a "crate" 427 Chev in it (have the receipt from 1967) with a 4 speed & 205 transfer, 3/4 ton axles with 4.10 and Detorit/No-Spin rear.
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In high school a friend had one just like that, same blue color, except with stock engine.....a big block or DMax would be nice. At the time I didn't appreciate that thing like I do now. Wouldn't mind having one but you never see them anymore.


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Thanks Tom264 and northern dave. Wondered if the lockers in them are as noisy as one I had in a work van, Maybe so.
dave, reason for Strange S60 possibility is that it works out to a few hunnert less than any supplier's 9" and only about $3-400 more than all the guts, shipping and labor to build a 12 bolt housing from a 69SS I scrounged. Can then sell 12 bolt housing to a 69SS restore and I will be even closer to same money. Don't need all the S60 offers as it'll support alot of HP. My 64 has a stock 454 from a 73 PU, may build a little more HP someday, but adequate for getting to church on time as is.

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Originally Posted by 338Federal
My 64 has a stock 454 from a 73 PU, may build a little more HP someday, but adequate for getting to church on time as is.


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nothing old, these belonged to my ol'man before he passed. The car belongs to my sister now and the truck is mine. Only one picture of the truck right now...

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sorry for the crap pictures. The car is making 680HP to the rear tires after the last dyno and ran in the mid 10's last time out.

The truck has been de-tuned to 450HP cause it's a daily driver.

Car is an 03 cobra and the truck is a 00 GMC 1/2ton sitting on 3/4 ton axles....

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Yeah, I'll be praying for Him to heal broken axles if I don"t get my rear in gear.

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underneath said pickups hood...

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'fuel injection is nice but..... I'd rather be blown"

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Need to get one of those for my wifes Expedition.


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You could probably sneak it in there without her ever knowing.


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My brother has one he is trying to sell me, it came off his Mustang Cobra

$1100 and its all mine.


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To make full use of blowers, the build spec of the engine is quite different than normally aspirated.
I have a pair of BBC quad-rotor WhippleChargers down in the shop set up for Merc EFI- I keep them around thinking I may get another boat to use them on some day..... or maybe use one in an S10 project.....

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there's a bunch more chit you'll need beside the blower itself... but it's a cheap way with the one off the cobra. they make 8-12 PSI but you can change pulleys, you'll have to pollish the internals too.


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Originally Posted by Paul Walukewicz
there's a bunch more chit you'll need beside the blower itself... but it's a cheap way with the one off the cobra. they make 8-12 PSI but you can change pulleys, you'll have to pollish the internals too.
Yeah thats one of the reasons I will probably not do it. plus my wife dont need an air stuffer...I do! grin


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amen brutha! bought my wife a Charger and opted for the 3.5L instead of the hemi! she drives fast enough without the added power!!!


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how do you like the charger? I never really considered one until looking for a car for my wife in the last few weeks. They've grown on me a bit.


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I love it... been thinking of getting myself the SRT/8 and putting a little more power under the hood! the 3.5 is plenty fast for my wife and gets 23-25MPG on the hwy. i'm a huge SOB and i love the fact that i can set the seat all the way back then get in behind that seat and still have leg room! that and the telescoping steering wheel is pretty cool too! Factory tires are chit though!


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oh, the lifetime power train warranty is nice too! can't get it on the hemi though, i think??? could be wrong... been known to happen from time to time...


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Paul, what kind of mileage get with the air stuffer?


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Solves that issue...she bought a Merc. Milan today.


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there you go then.... ha ha! at least you had some input.... ha ha...


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with everything that's been done to it i generally get 17 HWY, sometimes a bit more and if i get on it a lot it goes down pretty quick... grins But not as bad as one might think, the worst i ever got was 14 and that was pulling a trailer and loaded pretty heavy..


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That's pretty good. Even pulling. I got 14 w/ my f150/5.4, average for mixed driving. Pulling a fishing boat or atv trailer stayed the same. Pulling a car it dropped to about 9.5.


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something to be said for having power to spare... it really pays off when towing! it's the constant downshifting that kills the mileage...



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Not a hot rod, but the closest thing is kart my son and I did a quick restoration on.

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Still haven't found a suitable parking lot to run it in. It's geared far lower then I've ever geared a race kart, and will hit 50mph wot. It's setup with direct drive, so nasty vibration and doesn't pull at low rpm, but when it gets on the pipe it pulls like crazy.

Gotta love the sound of a two stroke getting on the pipe and screaming to 17,000 rpm.

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Hey!! Let the kid drive it!! lol!!

Looks Great!!
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I did let the kids drive it, just my daughter took pics of me at the wheel. I don't exactly want them tuning the carb with the chain right under it, and the only way to tune the carb is drive it and dial the needles.

Fortunately they are a bit more reserved in the use of the gas pedal than I am. I'm thinking my combined weight with the kart is around 380#'s, and with ~20hp it pulls hard, drop the combined weight to 250#'s, and it'll pull wicked hard!

It's not too bad to bump start it with the kids in it, lift up the rear end from the seat, lurch forward and drop it while pushing hard. When I drive it, the kids can't push start it, so I have to run along side of it, lift it up, drop it and push til it starts, then hop in. I'm thinking I'm just asking for a runaway one of these days shocked

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Originally Posted by northern_dave
Here's some of our stuff.

I was out in the shop today working on this one. my daughter's car, 1965 mustang coupe. A code 289 (factory 4 barrel)auto trans.

I'm getting the power steering in order right now. Someone tossed out the original pump, pump bracket & cut the hoses & left the power assist valve & cylinder in place, probably 20 years ago.

I have a new control valve & center link on the way, I should have it Wed. I rebuilt the power assist cylinder today.

Everything else joint & bushing wise up front is new. She'll be a tight driver when i get it back together.

I'll start stripping the paint off of it next week & starting body work. It'll be painted & on the road in a short time. I'll probably post the body & paint work as a project with my daughter "weezy".

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Here's another in my shop. 66 chevy caprice with a 327/powerglide.

This was our daily driver when me & pam were married in 92.

It remained our daily driver up until around 96.

it needs to be gone through, mostly body & paint. I'd hop in it & drive in anywhere right now.

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some junk outside the shop.

64 ford galaxie 500xl, 390 with a toploader 4 speed. rough body.

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54 chev 210 delray. straight 6, 3 in the tree.

it runs, all this stuff runs.

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I've got a project I'll rev up in a couple months that you guys are going to like.



I know this is a semi old thread...

but Dave, I remember you could find a bunch of old cool cars in MN, but what I hated back there was how they were always rusted out..

since moving to Oregon in 95, I love that you can find stuff around here still in great condition.. at least a solid body..not as plentiful as the barns of MN and the upper Midwest..

at the end of July we always have a Back to the 50s weekend in town here..with a Saturday cruise where they block off the two main drags thru town... and the cars get to cruise.. with zillions of people on the side walks... and plenty like me taking tons of pictures...between 500 to 700 each year...aren't digital cameras wonderful..

have a 68 Mercury Cougar that me and Seafire JR would like to start work on.. only hold up is lack of facility and cash flow under Obama-nomics..


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You look different in that pic than in your avatar. My how time changes us.... grin grin

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I've been playing around with different tuned pipes on the kart. Seat of the pants tuning says the current pipe is a bit too long as the engine seems to fall on it's face at top rpm, but it pulls harder down low.

An older couple stopped by last night and I asked the husband if I'd shown him the racing kart, he said no I hadn't, so we looked it over, and later I had the boy hop in and take a ride around the street so he could se how it ran. Then I hopped in and took a couple zips up and down the street. Friend had a big smile on his face saying he'd never seen a race kart and was amazed at the performance.

I asked my youngest boy if he wanted to drive it, and he said no, it scared him.

I think I'm going to pull the 50cc motor out of their mini atv and mount it on the kart. It won't be scary fast, and it'll be much quiter, not to mention you can come to a stop w/o killing the engine.

I'm really wanting another 125 shifter kart, highly impracticle with very few options to race it, but the performance is unreal. The other thought is get a porsche 914 I saw on craigslist, build a light tube frame, mount a hayabusa 1300 turbo in the rear, and plop the 914 body on top. Would make a neat street legal kart, sequential shift 6 speed gearbox and I'd probably set it up with a spool vs. a diff, if you're going to build a radical impractical toy, might as well make it radical.

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