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1965-1968 Mustang Fastback, 65-66 would be first choice. Ford or Chevy pickup 1967-1972 1967-1972 Ford Bronco
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I've done a few. One I always wanted was a 60"s Jaguar XKE, getting beyond my means now. From the eye appeal standpoint, excellent choice - and road performance is very good. Owned one for a while in the 70s - maintenance/repair aspect was a downside, occasionally a near nightmare..
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I've got a 1986 K5 that I would love to drop a LS engine in.
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'66 or '67 Austin Healy 3000 MK III. Bob Nice !!!.
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One of my favorites is a 1966 Chevy 2. The one I'm thinking of came with a 350 engine rated at 350 H.P.
Perhaps you will allow me to diverge slightly from "restore". Lord willing next year I will retro-mod a '68-'70 AMX. It should look stock. I want it to be as quiet as a Lincoln. The engine is going to be a Mopar's Helephant hooked to the transmission Mopar suggest.
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My Grandaddy’s 53 Chevy pickup he used on the farm. After he died my crackhead cousin got it and promptly sold it to raise funds for his favorite pursuit. The rest of our family came close to shooting him over that act of stupidity. I should have gotten it anyway since my dad got it for my granddaddy.
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I had one of those, my first new car. It was a 350 HP, but it was a 327 cubic inch. Wish I still had it, or the 57 Chevy I traded in on the Chevy II.
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I've done a few. One I always wanted was a 60"s Jaguar XKE, getting beyond my means now. From the eye appeal standpoint, excellent choice - and road performance is very good. Owned one for a while in the 70s - maintenance/repair aspect was a downside, occasionally a near nightmare.. So many choices, I would like to have a sixties Olds Toranado. or Coupe Deville
The 66 Toronado is one excellent car - interesting mechanicals, exceedingly durable, nice body style, great road car for travel. I had two daughters learn to drive in mine because it seemed safest - and they loved that boat. It had a few "advancements" in that GM seemed to try out new ideas on the Olds models while deciding whether to incorporate in other brands/models. Ten years old when I bought it in Tucson, absolutely rust free, and it was in high demand when I sold it after moving to Maryland/DC area. Drove it about 50k miles and doubled my money when selling it. Not easy to do that with most cars.
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Always liked the 1959 el camino. Yes - maybe their classiest design.
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One of my favorites is a 1966 Chevy 2. The one I'm thinking of came with a 350 engine rated at 350 H.P. - - - - - The 66 Chevy 2 wasn't available with a 350... 350 wasn't available until 68/69 so if you find one with a 350 it has been changed out.... but still a great engine for that car.... Over time and with experience, I have come to the opinion that the 327 is a bit better balanced and flexible that the 350s - and have owned a bunch of both.- not a knock on the 350. With not much effort/cost, you can stoke up a 327 quite a bit (like the 327ci/365 HP Corvette version) and still have a "correct' engine for that year.
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It's in the garage on the family farm in KY awaiting my retirement and having a place to do it next year. My Uncles 51 Ford. It's been there since 71 after suffering some unknown malady up on the mountain. They drug it down with the tractor and it's been under cover since sitting, essentially in mid-air on a raised wood floor. 19K miles and even the paint is still decent. I see a big clean up and getting it running and it being me the dog, shotguns and flyrods transport in the wilds of NH. Be careful cleaning it up. I bet be under cover that long it will make a cool patina finish truck.
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Posted this a couple weeks ago when I purchased new tires. There is still a tons of things I need to do to it. Biggest project would be to convert to disc brakes and 5 hole wheels. It has power drum brakes now. It has a 350 with a Turbo 400. I pulled the 283 someone installed in it and sold it. I do not have the spid tag. It was obviously born as a v8 auto PS PB long bed light green truck. There always something to be done on old cars/trucks.
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'58 Chevy truck. late 1930s Chevy sedan.
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Posted this a couple weeks ago when I purchased new tires. There is still a tons of things I need to do to it. Biggest project would be to convert to disc brakes and 5 hole wheels. It has power drum brakes now. It has a 350 with a Turbo 400. I pulled the 283 someone installed in it and sold it. I do not have the spid tag. It was obviously born as a v8 auto PS PB long bed light green truck. There always something to be done on old cars/trucks. That is a really nice truck. Have a 68 Suburban the same color. Converting the front drums to discs a good idea and not too costly/difficult. Why go to 5 lugs?
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I'd like to have a Jeep CJ5 with straight six and manual shift. A CJ3 would be cool as well. Both in factory configuration with no apparent mods to be used for summer/street only. Something like this .....
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One of my favorites is a 1966 Chevy 2. The one I'm thinking of came with a 350 engine rated at 350 H.P. - - - - - The 66 Chevy 2 wasn't available with a 350... 350 wasn't available until 68/69 so if you find one with a 350 it has been changed out.... but still a great engine for that car.... Over time and with experience, I have come to the opinion that the 327 is a bit better balanced and flexible that the 350s - and have owned a bunch of both.- not a knock on the 350. With not much effort/cost, you can stoke up a 327 quite a bit (like the 327ci/365 HP Corvette version) and still have a "correct' engine for that year. The single most important feature of the 350 that would be my reason for choosing it over a 327 is the larger main journals. Not that there's anything wrong with the 283/327 or that they are particularly weak...it's just that I tend to want the *more bulletproof* stuff when choices are to be made. Fact is, though, if I were going to be doing anything at all with a small-block Chevy, I'd build a 377.
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