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- Electric City, PA
great story 59lark. sounds like the norman rockwell life!
Option 2 is a good idea, I think. Gives it a little, late 50's, early 60's hot-rodder feel.
My favorite of the SBC's.
Thanx for the positive comments guys....while I have restored/rebuilt a few cars including my blown flathead powered 32 Ford 3W coupe in my Avatar, I cannot claim to have done the work on this peach. The credit for this beautiful car must go to a certain Mr. Lopez whom I purchased this car from the Nor Cal / Bay Area at Christmas.
Me?
Well lets just say that I am the keeper of the keys, as most car guys realise, that all we pretty much are.
All Im gonna do on this ride is make her more efficient, safer and more enjoyable to drive with ore usable HP/TQ, better economy etc.Ive thought about dropping in a 235 but then it still wont be original and Ill still be stuck with the torque tube/4.11 gears. Even if I removed the 4.11s and installed 3.5's, the 235 wont have the TQ down low to really move the car with the numerically lower gear.....so the nice traditional 283 it will be.
I also LOVE 39-40-41 Dodge, Plymouth cars and the Chrysler from the 46-48 period as well. Beautiful end of Deco era cars always have my attention and this one will have mine for some time to come.
Wish me luck fellas !!
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