/classic car general/ - /ccg/ Travelall Edition >Post your

Is it hard to build a good old American V8 to 1 or 1.1 hp/cui flywheel naturally aspirated? Are there any designs that disqualify from the beginning because of inherent flaws? Are there any designs that disqualify for further power increases through forced induction or nitrous because of inherent flaws?

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429 cubic inches of fuck yeah

>>16597791
Is it hard? No. All but like,5 or 6 of Chevy's crate engines are more than 1HP/CI.

It would be a pain to add forced induction after you've already built it up to be decently powerful and N/A, since you'd have to run high-comp shit.

>>16597801
What about dumping nitrous into the thing until the desired power output once the internals are strengthened?

>>16597791
I mean if you build an 11.5 to 1 screamer that revs to the moon them you put a bar of boost on it you're going to have a bad time without race gas all the time

>>16597823
What's your power goals and what engine? Do you value driveability? Are you ok with fucking up your rings something fierce

>>16597823
engine masters i think got 600hp(?) out of an internally stock 305 sbc by just fogging the everliving fuck out of it with nitrous.

it wasn't until the 700hp mark or something that the thing blew up. I'd have to watch the episode again.

KKK to find the required CFM for your engine the equation is
(CID X RPM X VE)/3456

Random anon from last thread, as previously stated, got my hands on a 67' Buick Special, was thinking of dropping an LM7 into it.

Though, got a few engine options but the LM7 seems like by far the best choice.
Anyone encountered any issues with dropping a modern LSx into an A-body besides the usual engine mounts?

>>16597906
This is true, but it doesn't take into account vacuum.

Here's a great write up from car Craft

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/selecting-right-carb

>>16597946
Friends, are you able to hook up an ecu, soak controller and plumb a fuel system or are you going to convert to carb. One is easier than the other.

>>16597881
I'm just hypothetically thinking something through here. Doubt I'll ever build it, just wanna know if it's possible. Pontiac 400. 400-450 hp on gas. 600-650 hp on nitrous.

>>16597977
Anything is possible with enough money

>>16597962
No problem with hooking it up, I was more wondering if anyone ran into the issue of having to bash in a firewall or frame clearance issues on A bodies.

>>16597977
That being said a 400hp poncho 400 isn't at all unreasonable. Good heads decent compression ratio and a good can will net you that

>>16598020
But can it take a 200 shot of nitrous on top?

>>16598088
If you build it with the proper tolerances in the rings, and you have the correct fuel controllers and you have something that will retard timing then yeah.

The sauce hurts your motor though famalam

>>16598095
How bad can a few runs at the strip once in a full moon be?

>>16598126
You'll get a few seasons probably minimum. I'm not that sure

>>16598165
Crew cab chevelle guy here, that's what I'm gonna do until I have a garage and can do my LM7 swap. Sauce it gud and blast it at the strip every other month. The powerglide must pay for its sins

>>16598377
Top Kek

You gonna go with a th400 for the LS?

>>16598388
Honestly I'll probably do 4L80E, just because denmah has it documented so well, and the price

>>16598403
You've got to run a trans controller and stuff for that but they're good transmissions

>duster fuel pump decides to not work
>meanwhile, I've confirmed the gas tank rapidly leaks
Reeee

>>16598537
Spoonfeedme? If so, man you pulled the short straw with that thing

>>16598549
Yeah shitty Verizon internet is down and I can't be bothered to trip on a phone

The good news I I actually have to search for rust underneath the car

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well this thread didn't last long

I keep playing with the idea I'm selling my Excalibur and buying a Rolls-Royce. Can I get some opinions on this?

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>>16599604
Sell your Fiero and get a Quicksilver.

>>16599604
>Electrics
>Engine and interior parts
That shit is expensive

>>16599617
No. If the battery dies, you can't open the trunk and the battery is in the trunk.

>>16599632
M8 why don't you get a medium priced sports car like an E type or tr6 or something. You already have a luxobarge

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>>16599632
Are we talking about the trunk or the frunk? Doesn't the Quicksilver have lids in all the same places as the Fiero, only two in the back instead of one? Aren't there battery relocation kits for Fieros?

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>>16599637
Because I like my barges. My DeLorean is my uncharacteristic sports car.

>>16599661
Trunk trunk. The Zimmer deletes the rear lock from the Fiero and relies on the electronic trunk release. They're also prone to overheating. It's really a shit car.

>>16599824
Oh that's absolutely hilarious.

>>16599824
Can't flim flam the Zim zam amirite

But I feel it. Then I'd get something different. Get yourself a prewar car like you actually want

>>16599848
I'm going to spend around $250k on one of those in a decade or so; after I buy myself a house with a proper garage. Then I get the fun of deciding what car to spend $250k on.

>>16599865
M8 I keep eye fucking big body mopars but I just can't justify it. So much class though.

>>16599880
Yeah; a fun activity would be "What car should I spend $250k on?"

>>16599890
I know what I'd do. I'd buy a 68 or 69 Torino fast back, a falconer v12 and make them make sweet love together

Or something else but I want a falconer v12

>>16599890
I don't think I'd be able to spend 250k on a single car if I tried. It's easily money for multiple very nice cars.

Here are a few contenders for my $250k budget:

Sub-$100k:
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/cadillac/v-16/1896045.html
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/cadillac/370c/1891071.html

$100k to $200k:
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/cadillac/fleetwood/1898680.html

Over $200k:
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/packard/twelve/1726414.html

HAHA DRUMPF BTFO

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>>16599824
>tfw trunk lock delete
>tfw the trunk only opens with vacuum
>tfw trunk cannot open unless car is running

>>16600418
Don't let Scotty near that fucking thing he will die in it

>>16600446
What is that supposed to mean?

>>16600448
Scotty doesn't know.

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>>16600589

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So there's a big classic car auction happening in July in Ohio, lots of projects available. Who here is going and what do you want? I claim the Tatra.

http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auctions_pictures.php?detail=205

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>>16597794
460 :>

>>16600776
Muh dick. The closest thing any of us needs will ever get to a Tucker.

>>16601050
Speak for yourself; if I chose to, I could be living in one in lieu of a house and paying on it for the next 20 years.

Honestly, though, I just don't like the Tucker.

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>>16597784

>>16601050
I've gone through the pics. Top things I'd bid on in order are the Tatra, Austin Healey, Citroën Traction Avant, DS, and maybe an Isetta to make money on.

>>16601125
Big Healey? 3000 or 100? Neat. Those are a man's sports car

>>16601200
3000 MkII

Keep in mind if you haven't looked through the pics in the link, all the cars need some work to be nice again.

>>16601200
The auction is 1 man's collection of over 700 cars. 1/3 of the cars are Studebakers, so if you want or need a Studebaker here's your chance.

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I don't really know if this is appropriate to ask here but I was wondering if I could get your guys' opinions on what car I should get on a 15k - 25k budget.
I'm pretty young and love classic muscle cars and working on them but I'm not sure on what I should buy. I've been looking at cars for a while and I've come up with three that I like aesthetically and I would like to have your opinions on them. (see fig. a)
Also the car I buy will be kept with me most likely till I kick it. I'll be modding it over the years and hopefully pass it on to my kids one day. Hopefully this didn't sound like blog posting.

>>16601430
probably should have put in the car models too
from the top
1970 Ford Torino
1971 Plymouth Road Runner (although a satellite would do just fine)
1969 Chevelle

>>16601430
1963 Fairlane, keeping and building up the 260 V8 :^)

>>16601486
eh, I'm more of a late 60's early 70's kinda guy
>2nd 5th and 7th gen look cool though

>>16601430
That's what I'm doing with the ferd.

Those are all badass choices.

>>16601486
>Build up the 260
JUST

>>16601050
I respect the ideas and drive that went into thinking up the Tucker but the car that finally came to be did nothing that other cars didn't do earlier. It's kinda like the Delorean of the '40s.

>>16602298
Safety cell and padded safety dash were neat, so was the aero engine but it was nothing they out of the norm

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>>16600776
>Avanti
>Studebaker airport shuttle
>mail vans
>Tatra
>Amphicar
>Nash Metropolitan
>Citroen DS
>stuff I don't even recognize
Holy shit, are they literally only auctioning weird stuff?

Is this a four door Avanti?

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>>16602407
was a thing in the early 90s, would probaly look alright if it was made up like a 60s Avanti

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>>16602414
This looks about as good of an idea as the '90s Packard concept car.

>>16602414
The Avanti corporation was a mistake.

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All new sheet metal to front (except hood) because of ebin nordic rust damages.

Test fitted and taking them to paintshop soon.

Also put on my refurbed front grille so it looks almost like a car now.

>>16602230
The 260 is literally just a Windsor. They were good enough for Shelby.

>>16603260
I know. Dat bore size though.

Also Shelby only used the 260 because the 289 wasn't out yet

>>16603148
What ya got under the hood in that beast?

>>16603267
Yeah but believe it or not but not everyone has an obbsession with big power numbers. If someone wants to build a 260 more power to them because there needs to be more diversity in engine choice

>>16603293
Your not going to build "big or numbers" with a 289. I get your point, and being a special snowflake is nice and all, but if you just wanted to do that throw a flathead in the, which would also be dumb.

There's a benefit to trying something new, but there's no benefit to suffering for the sake of suffering.

Now if you just happen to have a 260, power to you. But to seek out one I don't get it

>>16603332
Doesn't change the fact that some people want what was original to the car and still have a go at building the engine

>>16603284
M102 109hp carb version.

Coming as soon as i can find an suitable engine: M102 16V 185hp from 190 2.3-16

I also have full AMG bodykit & 16x8 Pentas for this.

>>16603363
Sure, why not. It's a what, the same heads will fit. But it's like starting with a 305 when the 350.

>>16601430

66 buick nailhead, or a convertible karmann ghia.

>>16603432
Except bore size isn't the only factor in building an engine. I don't see why you pretend to know more than you do

>>16604812
>I don't see why you pretend to know more than you do
He doesn't realize that he only knows enough to give the appearance that he knows what he's talking about.

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>>16602407
You forgot the Delorean, Bricklin, Checker Aerobus, Hudson, Panhard. From what I've read the guy liked the more unusual stuff, hence the massive amount of Studebakers. But there normal stuff like a '57 Chevrolet, '57 Thunderbird, Charger, Barracuda, even a 3rd gen Camero as well.

>>16604812
No it isn't.

I honestly don't understand your point. I've started that the 260 is fine if it came with the car, but why take the engine out of the car to modify a 260 when you can build literally any other Windsor. There's a reason Carroll didn't keep scrounging for the 260s, she eventually decided that the 289 wasn't enough either...

>>16604959
You're literally retarded. I literally gave you the reason why he would. I'm not going to continue to spoonfeed a retard.

>>16602407
Based on Caprice iirc

>>16602470
Grandfather has a 79 avanti. It came with a Nardi Steering wheel, drove pretty well. Liked the 350 in it.

>>16604972
M8 if you want to do that, go for it. Look up 302 hot rod, and 260 hot rod and you'll understand where I'm coming from famalam

>>16605041
Popularity and performance are irrelevant to his reasoning.

>>16605088
His reasoning is originality. I don't agree with that and the number of 302 and 289 swaps is testament to that

>>16605171
That's because you're a boomer-tier retard who thinks something should have whatever the hot meme engine is.

>>16605182
I think if you're modifying a vehicle like these, you should put the most cost effective, bang for your buck engine in there that you can.

If I could will it, id have every Ford rod powered by some 427 aluminum blocked Windsor stroker with heads that flow like the Nile. But that's just not possible for everyone

>>16605228
You claim to be a classic car enthusiast but here you are with 0 respect for vintage builds or people going against the grain. You would unironically 455 swap a 49 Olds 88 instead of building the 303 You would unironically 454 swap a Power Pack '56 Bel-Air instead of building the 265. You would unironically LS swap a 421 Catalina 2+2 instead of building the 421.

>>16605307
This, kkk always suggests cookie cutter builds because he doesn't know shit about anything else.

>>16605307
I'd do a 303. I wouldn't swap a super duty, but you've got to think about the vehicle. Preservation is a hell of a thing, but some vehicles like a 260 powered falcon, well there's nothing significant about that as is. Fuck em

>>16605307
>only just now realizing kit kat is a rere past basic car discussion

>>16603425
Oh. I had an om617 in mine, probably the only diesel car I would buy again in a heart beat. It was slow, hungry and noisy, yet some of the most fun I've ever had just cruising down the roads at 80kph

>>16605892
I'm in retarded about somethings, but autistic about others that's for sure.

I can tell you straight up I don't really know anything about modifying Chevy motors other than that I want a tunnel ram on a 427 powered 69 c10

>>16606109
>i dont know anything about something
>but I want this meme on this meme in this meme
You really are retarded

>>16606126
Tunnel ram literally a shit anywhere but the dragstrip, but it looks cool.

Everyone knows the more physical size your engine is the bigger your E-peen is, right?

>>16602470
>Avanti
>Corporation
>but the Avanti was a Studebaker model
>Oh someone bought the rights and tooling and kept making it

Neat, I guess.

>>16606162
Kind of, they kind of slaughtered the lines. Still, at least some people enjoyed it.

Who should I get to insure my beater? It's not even running yet but I'm hardly gonna drive it, save for races and roadkill-style road trips.

>>16606190
Eh?
I'm looking at the pictures of the 1976 Avanti II and the 1963 Stude on Wikipedia and the only differences I see are the mirrors, a chrome strip, and a marker light.
Oh and the headlight bezels. Yeah they murdered those. But the rest of the car looks the same.

>>16600776
>Thread is /CCG/ '68 Travelall Edition
>There's actually a '68 Travelall in that collection
Heh. I'd have used that pic when I started the thread if I knew about it lmao

>>16606235
Dairy land auto insurance

>>16606236
Those are still true to form, but look at the 80s and 90s abominations

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Finishing my brake conversion at work, got more done in one week than the two months sitting at house

>>16607331
whoa. I think that car has autism

>>16607331
That's cool as fuck

>>16607353
The plane is a Temco T-35, only two or three dozen made. (The same guy owns a P-51 as well, so...yeah. Even on a common Cessna our avionics invoices routinely go tens of thousands if you're putting tons of Garmin into it. Even the shittiest Planes are expensive!)

Also means lots of tools I can use on my car!

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How rewarding is it to fix up and drive an old car? Ive been debating turbocharging my FRS but I think fixing up a 240z would be more fun, though not as fast.

>>16607529
it's fun as fuck, but more expensive than a drug addiction.

be prepared to fab your own parts if you don't have alot of monies

>>16607539
Not necessarily true famalam. S30s have a huge aftermarket and there's plenty of kits to swap engines and modify the l series.

>>16607167
>Dairy land auto insurance
Wow, no

>>16608139
If you're just getting insurance to follow minimum insurance requirements, that's when you want dairy land

>>16608161
They're fucking shit and you'll probably get aids just by signing up.

>>16608165
Oh yeah 100 percent. For actual like insurance they are like the diabeetus. I've got my motorcycle on them because it was fucking cheap.

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i dont even want to know how long thats been like that

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>>16608602
gotta have all the torques,dude

>>16608602
>>16608782
Chrysler never made anything bigger than the 440.

>>16609054
Those are common stroker displacements.

>>16610137
Allpar has nothing about it, it's someone's wet dream obv.

>>16608602
Since November 25th, it looks like.
Don't worry, I fixed it.

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Got the engine in, super excited to piece everything back together and get it on the road again.

>>16610800
What car is this?

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>>16611403
1977 Corvette

>>16611727
Very cool

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bumperino

>>16601107
isn't this the truck an anon got stolen from his barn last year?

>>16613271
God damn GM made some gorgeous full size two doors back in the day

>>16613271
Jesus-fucking-zombie-Christ-on-a-pogo-stick those are the same hubcaps as I have on my 1978 Excalibur! I've been looking all over since I lost one and here they are on a fucking BUICK?!

>>16614421
Those are actually caps and not rims itself?

>>16614615
>>16614421
Or do you actually mean the center cap itself
>>16614237
I think this might be one anons, that dropped into /ccg/ one day

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>>16607331
I can't get anything done at home either

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>>16614615
>>16614621
They're hubcaps; the center cap is SLIGHTLY different, but the backside is identical.

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Hmm

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>>16615187
RIP connecting rod

>>16607866

can you read?
>it's fun as fuck, but more expensive than a drug addiction.
>[...] fab your own parts if you don't have alot of monies

and you reply
>not really expensive cause you can buy things

dam son, you ARE retarded

>>16607529
very rewarding, 10/10 would suggest, doing repeatedly

bonus points if you fix it up while dailying it for extra thrills and ulcer inducing adrenaline

>>16615592
Is like 300 to 450 dollars for an LS swap kit. That's wholly reasonable. You'll spend more in time or paying someone to fabricate that from scratch.

>>16597898
Yeah if I remember correctly 250 worth of Nitrous ended the motor

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This is my current solution:

>>16615730
Looks good to me dude

>>16615757
The thing is, I only have 4 of them.

>>16615801
Sounds like it's time to pony up for some full size Dayton wires

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>>16615834

>>16615947
The only problem is that the offset needs to be a LOT deeper; I have a set of 1" spacers on order, but I hate wire wheels.

>>16615947
I like those. Nice wheels

>>16615722
Were you aiming for a little shithead spotted dog?

>>16615834
>Dayton wires
It's an Excalibur, not a Stutz.

>>16616018
I get a lot of those comments; either that , or comparisons to Hitler.

>>16616031
I was merely jesting. They're just jelly.

>>16616024
Kek.

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What about these hubcaps instead?

>>16615249
Ungh, X-100s are my weakness.

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bumpo

>>16616054
I liked the ones you posted before >>16615730
, they matches those flex pipes

I bought a '73 Nova SS, but the original VIN tag is gone and replaced with one that doesn't even match an old Chevy. Don't know if it was a state-issued replacement or what.

It still has the cowl tag, and I almost have the full original VIN from it. The only digit I'm missing is the engine code, and there are only 2 possibilities for it.

How fucked am I when it comes to registering this thing?

>>16620993
pretty fucked, might end up being stolen.

>Fixed one leak today by replace valve cover gaskets
>Created another leak when a bolt broke off the thermostat housing, trying to replace the thermostat

All of my why. Now I have to get the intake manifold off and get the bolt out

>>16621109
>having to remove the whole manifold to get the thermostat off
Is this the... power of.... Ford?

>>16621230
I might be able to weld a nut to the broken bolt and get it out, but I can't drill it out when it's on the engine, cause the timing cover is in the way

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>>16620919
The only problem is that they're for my '66 Imperial and I need to buy a total of 6 hubcaps; they're not cheap, either.

I can get six of pic related for $100.00; less for the Lincoln hubcaps.

>>16621308
What's the wheel size?

>>16621339
15x7

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>>16621531
They're Corvette/SS rally wheels; like these, but 15"

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>>16621039
I could have someone run the VIN for me beforehand to find out. If it is, I'll just use the thing as a drag car or something

>>16621575
They're a 5x5 bolt pattern?0

>>16621660
People yank VINs off fucked cars and sell them on ebay all the time. You just don't want it to end up being a salvage or stolen vehicle.
Anyway congrats on the purchase.

>>16621308
I've always wondered: are those flexpipes functional or are they just for show?

>>16621695
I might look into that as well. Even if I can't legally register it, I only paid $450 for the thing.

>>16621726
completely functional

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>>16621663
I believe so; classic GM.

>>16621726
Fully functional.

>>16621726
As a caveat; they were functional from 1966 through 1979; they became cosmetic with the Series IV redesign in 1980.

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So the though if this auction in Ohio is rather exciting. Problem is what to go and buy. At most I could have about $25k to play with, which wouldn't be nearly enough to buy everything I find interesting. I like the Citroëns, Jags, Healey, Isettas, and I could probably get 1 if not 2 of them. But then there's that damn Tatra, there's really no pricing information available on a T600 so what's it worth? How much should you even pay for it with the then hopes of making a profit?

>>16622025
>So the though if this auction
You're drunk, go home

bamp

>>16622025
What is that slab in the background?

>>16616864
I would have sex with cadillacs

>>16615955
I'll buy your wires when you're ready to sell.

>>16623370
Looks like a wall kkk

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Bumping with my '75 Eldorado.

>>16625901
>KUK

KEK

>>16625901
Please tell me you daily the Eldorado and the wife drives the ford

>>16625901
Please tell me you daily the Eldorado and you neighbor was allowed to park next to you for one picture, simply because the color was close to the same and you thought you'd get reactions on 4chan, but really he has to park acros the street because you double park in that spot on the regular

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>>16625929
Ford is my sisters. Caddy is my only car. Only comes out once or twice a week.

>>16625994
That thing looks brand new bro i like it

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1961 midget.

How hard will this be

>>16625994
>4 bucks a gallon of gas
>drives a gas guzzler

We had a movement in America when gas prices spiked like that to junk a good plenty of those shit heaps.

>>16626017
Can you just shoehorn some hunk of shit VW engine in it?

>>16626032
Will it be that hard to fix the current one? Just drop a different one in?

>>16626023
11-13 mpg isn't horrendous for an 8 liter motor.

>>16626017
how much you pay for it?

>>16626089
700

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>>16597784
just took her to the taco bell drive through, so happy. Total rewiring was almost a complete success but the ammeter is doing weird shit.

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>>16626095
Good price?

>>16626077
16mpg on the motorway and i'm really careful. Not too bad!

>>16625566
Make me an offer; heck, I'll include an older but decent set of tires.

>>16626126
looks pretty good for 700
but again just looks

>>16626126
not a bad looking body there. I'd say the best way you could go about this is bifrucate your process a bit.

I wouldn't bother trying to solve the engine while it is in the car, I'd just take it all out and put it up on a stand, and start your assesment / rebuild there.

If the engine turns out to be bunked, then you make the call as to wether you're looking for engine parts, new engine, or something from a different car.

I don't think VW engine is a good candidate due to its form factor. I'd lean more towards a japanese 4 banger if you want simple and sane, (seen a toyota truck motor put to good use that way)

Or if you want to go insane, what about a rover small block v8 (or a buick 215 if you can find one)

>>16626344
Nice. Yeah that's sounds like a good start.

Should be fun, just me and my dad

>>16626108
Got any more pictures? I've always had a soft spot for these.

>>16626552
help a brother out

>>16626779
how cheap is dirt cheap

>>16626814
ad price is about 3200 USD
cars here are a bit expensive mind you

>>16626835
what are you going to do to it?

>>16626779
doesn't look like there's any rust, probably due to it never raining wherever you are.
The brushguard or whatever the fuck that is on the front looks bent.
did you ask if it had been in any accedents?
also the leaf springs look like they connect to that bent shit

>>16626849
if i do end up buying it i'd either restore it and sell it
or clean it up all around,fix up the interior with parts from another car,do something about the body and paint then use it as a non daily
it would depend on how hard it'll be to get the OEM parts and how expensive they are

>>16626879
winters are a thing here actually but we don't use salt,pretty rare to find rust on any car
the brushguard is fucked yeah
seller doesn't know much about its history but he says the body is in a good shape
not sure about the springs,need to ask about those

>>16626017
>>16626126
How does the body look better than the engine bay? Was the hood off it for a period of outdoor storage? It looks fucked under there.

>>16626925
>OEM parts
You realize most cars discussed in this thread are too old to have any true OEM parts right? Almost everything we use is reproduced by 3rd parties or rebuilt.

>>16626965
or,
NOS parts are so much more expensive than their aftermarket counterparts.

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>>16625627

>>16626925
>seller doesn't know much about its history
little red flag going up, especially since you say it's a good deal
I would go down there and check it out first in person and check out the tags/vin if it has any (couldn't see from pics)
also why is it in a landfill/quarry

>>16626971
Yeah some NOS parts are so ridiculously expensive sometimes

>>16627002
oh my bad its a junkyard car

>>16626965
yeah i'm just not too in on the technical english terms

>>16627002
i might be checking it about 3-4 days or till i can get someone who knows what he's doing to tag along anyway

>>16626130
That ain't bad at all dude. My 81 Lincoln has Overdrive and only gets 16 or 17 mpg on the highway only doing 90km/h. Probably gets somewhere around 9mpg in the city

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>>16597784
Current project and first classic car I've owned. 1957 Bel Air 4 door. 283V8.

>>16627279
Looks pretty nice for being a project. What work are you doing to it?
I love that blue on it

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>>16627342
Just getting it running again and fixing it up, needs kick panels, some interior work, and some body work done. To get it running all it needs is a new fuel pump I purchased installed (or so says the guy I bought it off of). The blue is called "radar blue." Blue is my favorite color so works well.

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Still feels good that this is $270US online and a total bro of a towtruck driver gave it to me for free

Why don't Y blocks get any love?

>>16627628
Not very good head design, and the FE surpassed it. Also weird exhaust set up that would be good for turbo though

>>16627633
>the Y-Block was replaced because of head design
Two things
A. Why are you so obsessed with head designs? Its easily changed.
and
B. The Y-block was replaced because its architecture didn't allow it to be any bigger

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So cold. So salty.

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1966 galaxie, selling it

Literally on the verge of starting but I don't know what to do next.
When I turn it over there's smoke coming out of the tail pipes. The cylinders are firing but I have to shoot some fuel down the runners for it to cough, and it stops when all the fuel that was sent down the runners is used up.

>>>/wsg/1533497

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>>16628065
fug

face when poor

>>16628095
Fuel pump, timing

>>16628164
I've been messing around with the timing a lot. Though I'm not sure if I should advance it or retard it. Manual has 7 deg of initial timing, however if I push it too far it back fires through the carbs.
Fuel pump was replaced and the float bowls should be full. Not sure if it's a problem with the carbs though because I did drive the car home, only issue was that it would spit through the carbs when I let the revs drop, pulled it out but forgot to mark the position.

>>16628176
Sounds like timing to me. Pull the #1 cylinder plug and crank the engine over with a socket wrench on the spark plug until it's at TDC, then just see if the rotor is pointing directly at #1 cylinder on the distributor cap, that will rule out timing at least.
Do you know if the floats are properly adjusted? or is the carburetor fairly new?

>>16627824
Flow is where power or efficiency is determined, usually hand in hand

This is true. It's a cool fucking engine.

>>16628207
Sorry, "Crank the engine over with a socket wrench on the crankshaft until #1 cylinder is at TDC on compression stroke" is what meant to say there

>>16628210
You ignored the it's changed easily part retard.

>>16628217
I've been doing it with my thumb over spark plug #1. Will buy a piston stop and do it properly.

>>16628262
Eh, not really needed. a screwdriver works to. doesn't need to be anything fancy. You can tell when the piston get's to TDC easily.
I don't suppose you have another Carburetor, or even know someone with another carbuetor that you could try, to rule out carb problems?

>>16628255
There's only so much you can change. The fundamental architecture has an ass backwards intake set up and a really small combustion chamber. That, and the turbulent runner design don't help.

>>16628332
Don't have anyone I can go to to swap Carbs. I live in New Zealand. Only other thing I could do is get a carb rebuild kit.

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>>16601107
Whut, my dad has one just like that. Restored it in good a good shop in Mexico where it's cheap, but still well done.

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>>16628483
He rebuilt the engine, I6 with a 3 speed manual

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>>16628494
>only gets to drive it a few times a year

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>>16626632
not really, only one. I haven't had the car running and outside much,and I need to finish the paint so it actually looks good

well, except for one.

This is what the wiring looked like when I first got the car. It was basically built by a carpenter. I ripped every wire out and started all over again, and I didn't done use no diagrams, hah!

Its a great car to drive. At least, the pinto version is. Its amazingly light, my guess is 1500 lbs at most. She just wants to go forward. I haven't yet figured out how fast she'll go but probably the absolute limit is shy of 100 somewhere.

I mean, also in a way these things are pretty much absolutely terrible in every way, and you have to be a small guy or gal to comfortably drive it. I'm 5'7 and I basically am at the upper limit of 'working properly' in the car interior, so that's worth being mindful of. The whole car shakes, quakes, shudders and shimmies also, its just the way the thing is made. I'd like to think the body on mine is pretty solidly well built and all that, but it still just flexes so damn much that with the engine and the road and all that, you just expect your mirrors to be just about completely useless.

Pedal placement is pretty bad also, the brake pedal especially is basically too low, the pedal itself is where the heel of my shoe is and I don't know how to change that because it appears to be standard to the design. Hah...

>>16628332
Well I redid the timing.
I found some marks that were left by the previous owner on the balancer.
Lined it up and set the 1st spark plug. When I turn it over it sounds like the engine is firing without having to pour fuel down the runners.
Right now I think the biggest issue is that the float bowls are not actually fueled up.
I can see vapor escaping from the vent tube on the front carb, however the rear carb does not.
I'll fill up my gas can tomorrow and add more fuel to the gas tank because I'm sure it's low.
The tank is 85L, and the gas can is 5L. Pretty sure there's air in the fuel system as the fuel pressure gauge wavers quite a lot.

>>16628386
>you can't change the intake or combustion chambers with a fundamental redesign of the head
This is a retarded post even for you

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>>16628483
Wicked, the 58/59 Apache is my absolute dream project.

>>16626942
Yeah I was wondering the same.

I think because it's not the original paint It was redone at one point.

>>16628858
You can't change the stacked port, and you can buy aftermarket heads but they'll still have issues.

It's a good truck engine for what it is, and they look cool with the stacked ports, but I implore you to reconsider

>>16625901
Damn i love how cars used to look. I hate how newer cars look

>>16630004
You realize the stacked port affords a number of advantages right?

>>16630553
Well equal length intake is nice, but the restriction is in the head design itself. Its not like the LS has multi length intake runners.

You have to look at it historically though. It was a big improvement compared to the Flathead, and the FE and Windsor where an improvement in that.

So I'm repainting my 1970 dodge challenger this upcoming week. I've prepped most of the body, just needs to be checked over by the body man and then primed and painted.

I did have to do 3 patch panels on the car where there were rust bubbles. While doing a patch, I noticed the front fender had fill in it. I ended up sanding some paint away and found that there was more than I initially thought. The car was side swiped many years ago and I was aware there was some fill in it but It's about a half inch thick right above the wheel well. The filled area hasn't cracked or warped in 15 odd years and it's over a large surface, about 13 inches across the fender hump.

I also want to keep this original fender as reproductions don't fit as nicely.

Do you guys think it'll be fine to leave it?

>>16631356
me again

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sup yall, long time no see.

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How do you oldfags feel about third gens?

>>16631511
I'm a fan of the bull nose bronco

>>16631461
How's your dad's car lard ass?

>>16631595
sick insecurities dude.

>>16631617
The truth must hurt

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page 9 bump

>>16631001
13 inches long and a half inch deep? That's a lot of filler...

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I was going through my old road and track magazines, and I stumbled across this story I neglected as a kid. A great story about Hank Williams last ride, recreated by one of my absolute favorite writers that I've experienced. This is the exact opposite of jalopnik tier nonsense.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/amp28196/egan-hanks-last-drive/

>>16631956
Boi wouldn't you think I'm the first one to know im gravitational advanced?

>>16628805
Do the butterflies have to be partially open when I crank the car or can they be closed?

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>>16634629
Car should start with them closed, if the engine is cold

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Is this still worth fixing?
68 cutlass s

>>16635891
doesn't actually look that horrible.
>cut out cancer
>weld in new sheet metal

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>>16635891
>worrying about floor panels

>>16635891
I'm sure you can get replacement panels. A body parts are everywhere for the Chevelle

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>>16628006
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Send blankets.

>>16635891
who cares

worst case scenario you gotta find a new home for your gofast at some later point.


make it all about the motor, and not about the frame.

i'd look at rust as weight reduction and go faster until it just simply won't hold up and is FUBAR

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>>16636654

>>16635891

Yeah, those floor pans are pretty rough.

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>>16636654
>>16636691
>TFW when we haven't had any snow in 4 weeks.
Fuck mang I just want to skid.

>>16635891

It depends on how far you're going with the car, if it's just a rough project you're throwing together, I'd just lay some steel over the perforated spots and epoxy glue it in place.

If you're actually stuffing money into it and want a nicely restored vehicle, all of that needs to be cut out and replaced. Considering that you're putting the hours into stripping the entire interior, I'd say replace them. This is your chance.

Also take it down to an alignment shop and make sure the frame isn't bent / rotten before you make a big investment in the car.

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Why is it so ded lads

>>16597784 I live next to the old Studebaker factory, it's being converted into nigger apartments ):

>>16637785
It's not car show season. It seems like no one has any active major projects right now. /o/ is slow as fuck in the winter in general

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>>16631511
That is my favorite front clip.

Coo, man. Real coo.

>>16637827
That's, really sad....

At least the nummi plant is still making cars
>But for Toyota

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>>16638136
Flying rat

>>16638143
I used to work in restoring the old factory, they had a bunch of old cars on the fourth floor.
local negros break the windows with rocks, and the entire neighborhood around it is literally the hood.

>>16638187
:(

Damn that's depressing dude, stude is a genuine chapter in American history

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>>16638150
I'm gonna shit on your car just after you wash it.

>>16638198
YOU SON OF A BITCH

>>16597784
Just delivered one of these. The dumb nigger was going lower it and put 24"s on it. I tried to gently talk him out of it.

>>16638303
Poor thing. It deserves better than that.

>>16638303
>Donking an international
FUCK

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>>16638198
not on my watch pidgeon

>>16607377
>The same guy owns a P-51 as well, so...yeah.

Holy shit. You got any pics of it?

>>16607377
please tell me you fly the p-51 to Europe to remind those clowns who saved them from Communism?

>>16638562
rip birb

Work was so fucking slow today, all we really did was work on our own cars.
I got the replacement turn signal housing in, put the rest of my dash back together from the heater core replacement.
Fucked around with the power antenna motor, it's dead as fuck it seems.
New bulbs in the cornering lamps, finally. Greased the front end then fixed an exhaust leak on my right downpipe.

Next on the list will be pulling the door panels off and greasing all of the window regulators and door locks with some sweet, sweet Sil-glyde and replacing the plastic push tabs in the door panels themselves

>>16638562
Holy SHIT.

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>>16639122
>Work was so fucking slow today

Exact opposite here in NJ. Snow storm hit today so I spent 11 hours in a plow truck doing conmercial snow plowing.

>>16639263
Work was slow due to the snow we're getting. Had a snowstorm overnight and got 9 inches or so.
No one's really leaving their houses, all we had was a car come in with the wipers not working and then a tire rotation.

>>16639287
I guess that's typical for most places. You work on what's already there or wait for something to show during the storm. Most garages aren't also commercial plow contractors as well. We only had 1 tractor break down, blew a hydraulic hose, but 20 min at the shop and we had a new hose made and it was back out plowing.

>>16603148
Really strange that this is a classic now. Huh.

Nice car, though.

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>>16635902
>>16636108
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>>16636666
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>>16636959
Thanks for the responses guys. I am not trying to make it into a showpiece by any means, just trying to get it back on the road and be safe. Was planning on cutting out all around that brace then weld sheet metal over and buy new braces and weld them in. Also, there is a rust hole at pic related that we need to fix, can i just box it in and be good? Pulled the 455 because it was seized and am plannin on putting the original 350 back in it

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>>16641118
just make it look clean if anything anon.

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how do I patch this

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Does anybody know what the specific name if this vacuum valve is?
It's for manually opening the headlight covers without turning the lights on, on Ford cars.
I've been trying to find it on google and rockauto, summit racing. Can't find it though

>>16641442
Bondo and coolant-oil paste

>>16641663
I think it's called a headlight check valve

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>>16641757
I tried that already, it just comes up with this valve that's a bit before the one I need

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>>16641680
opinion discarded

>>16597791
Flatheads have to be pretty much race built to get to 1hp/cubic inch. Their torque numbers are respectable though

1hp/ci on an OHV engine is child's play

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Is my van a classic?

>>16642750
Is this the one with the engine under the driver seat?
Fuck these things

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>>16642750

>>16643175
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