Street Rods/Old Cars - anybody have one?
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Afhunter1
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Dust Rider
WKR
2005 SSR with LS2 V8. 390hp. My uncle owned it and then he died. Nobody in the family wanted it, so I took it. Ugly as sin, impractical roadster, but fun as hell off the line.
turbobrick
WKR
That is how I ended up with my YJ earlier this year. My uncle passed, and nobody wanted the Jeep he'd loved since '95. I was happy to give it a home, I already had an ARB up front, I'm adding another to the rear, re-gear, already did a belly up and super short SYE. Its going to be a low-COG build on leaves and 33s.
My friend's son was dating a girl in high school whose father bought her a brand new SSR for her 16th, she drove like a little old lady so it worked out as far as I knew. The dad daily drove a Diablo so perceptions were a tad out of whack in that household. Such a strange vehicle from GM, but I hear they are pretty fun.
Is that a 71 Road Runner? My dad sold his when us kids were born and has regretted it ever since!
AK Troutbum
WKR
I wish I'd stayed with ARB for my rear bumper. I figured I'd save some $$ and go with a Dobinsons instead...big mistake!
cal30_sniper
WKR
My 86 Burb is running Dana 60/14BFF axles with ARBs and a Twin Stick NP205 and NV4500 5-speed on 34s. I haven’t found anywhere yet it won’t go locked in 4LO and granny gear, even as big/heavy as it is.
cal30_sniper
WKR
72 Satellite. Halfway done with a 6.4 HEMI and T56 swap on it at the moment.
Dad still has the 71 Charger R/T he bought when I was a kid. My brother has a 71 Charger SE with a 470 stroker and a 71 Challenger 383/4-speed.
I love 71-72 B-Bodies, but I’m the odd Plymouth guy in the family.
taskswap
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Mine is a project, nowhere near the status of what some of y'all are posting. But may I present Rocky, an 81' F-250.
It's a work in progress. When I got it, it had rust developing that I didn't have time to deal with so you're looking at a "rattlecan special", basically just me doing a "it looks good across the intersection" $50 Walmart paint job to stop the rust from developing further. So far I've torn out and rebuilt the entire interior and I'm pretty happy with how that turned out, except replacement dashboards (OEM ones all rotted out) are very difficult to find and the liner/cover I got warped in the sun. A future TODO.
Engine is a V-8 351m with an aftermarket Holly 4bl Street Warrior carb and a 4-speed (if you can find the gates - all the syncros are gone) Borg Warner T18 trans, 2x2. It came on 16.5" split rims which were still occasionally in use up until then, and those of you who know, know they're very dangerous. I sourced some cheap 16" replacement rims with the same bolt pattern and threw on new tires, after replacing all the studs (half were worn out, half were left-hand-thread, another oddity of the era). Suspension is all new.
I've tried to keep the rest of the truck as stock as I can. The one thing I changed is you'll notice there's no trim. This is the "styleside" era and it should have black plastic trim running down both sides, but nobody makes repro's of it and original trim is IMPOSSIBLE to find - it's literally the first thing to go the moment one of these hits the 'yards. I keep looking but will probably stay without it.
n.b. it's called Rocky because of Rocky and Bullwinkle, for those who remember that show. This truck has very "squirrely" steering, shifting, and clutch handling off the line (get it?). My other truck is a big white RAM 2500HD and you guessed it, that's Bullwinkle. The big dumb moose.
It's a work in progress. When I got it, it had rust developing that I didn't have time to deal with so you're looking at a "rattlecan special", basically just me doing a "it looks good across the intersection" $50 Walmart paint job to stop the rust from developing further. So far I've torn out and rebuilt the entire interior and I'm pretty happy with how that turned out, except replacement dashboards (OEM ones all rotted out) are very difficult to find and the liner/cover I got warped in the sun. A future TODO.
Engine is a V-8 351m with an aftermarket Holly 4bl Street Warrior carb and a 4-speed (if you can find the gates - all the syncros are gone) Borg Warner T18 trans, 2x2. It came on 16.5" split rims which were still occasionally in use up until then, and those of you who know, know they're very dangerous. I sourced some cheap 16" replacement rims with the same bolt pattern and threw on new tires, after replacing all the studs (half were worn out, half were left-hand-thread, another oddity of the era). Suspension is all new.
I've tried to keep the rest of the truck as stock as I can. The one thing I changed is you'll notice there's no trim. This is the "styleside" era and it should have black plastic trim running down both sides, but nobody makes repro's of it and original trim is IMPOSSIBLE to find - it's literally the first thing to go the moment one of these hits the 'yards. I keep looking but will probably stay without it.
n.b. it's called Rocky because of Rocky and Bullwinkle, for those who remember that show. This truck has very "squirrely" steering, shifting, and clutch handling off the line (get it?). My other truck is a big white RAM 2500HD and you guessed it, that's Bullwinkle. The big dumb moose.
turbobrick
WKR
Thats how my '14 Power Wagon is. Ram 2500, 35s, lockers front and rear, flatbed, just all out goes anywhere.
turbobrick
WKR
ARB makes pretty good bumpers, but I much prefer their lockers, great stuff. The YJ has a no name aluminum stubby bumper up front and a marketplace special steel swing out tire carrier in the back.
Cool cars. I wish I had someone to teach me this stuff. I do a lot of work on cars and all things with motors. But not sure where to even start when it comes to a motor swap and getting gauges to work with said swap.
Ideally a 63 ford falcon. Would love to do a motor from a wrecked mustang or a something from a wrecked chevy truck and throw a 6 speed behind it, id even do a v6. Not looking to burn rubber, or be a show car, just have a fun cruiser.
Ideally a 63 ford falcon. Would love to do a motor from a wrecked mustang or a something from a wrecked chevy truck and throw a 6 speed behind it, id even do a v6. Not looking to burn rubber, or be a show car, just have a fun cruiser.
I’m not a fantastic mechanic but me and my buddies all learned it on our own starting in high school. A couple of them took the automotive class that was offered and we just learned by trial and error from there.
Turns out being able to tune a carb and work on non fuel injected/computerized vehicles is sort of a lost art now in most places. Sad to see.
And you have Youtube now!
This is the answer to (nearly) all things mechanical.
sodaksooner
WKR
We have a couple. 1972 AMC Javelin AMX. Nice running car. Ive added Wilwood front brakes, rebuilt a lot of the systems in it and am currently throwing the interior back together. Also just getting started with a 401 build and will back it up with a Tremec TKX most likely as it no longer has the original 360 and 727 transmission. Also just finished up a fully custom 3" stainless exhaust.
We also have a 64 corvair monza convertible. Just got done rebuilding the carbs and need to replace the fuse block, but other than that it just runs well and is a fun cruising car.
We also have a 64 corvair monza convertible. Just got done rebuilding the carbs and need to replace the fuse block, but other than that it just runs well and is a fun cruising car.
ShooterGrade
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I've got a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. My dad is a mechanic and a huge Pontiac guy, so we bought it as a roller to be my project car during high school. He had a Pontiac 455 and some 6x heads sitting in my grandma's barn that needed to be rebuilt, so we did that during my senior year and put that in the car along with a Turbo 400. It originally had 4.10 gears, but we swapped the rear end out with 3.42s to make it more drive able because the goal was to take it on longer drives. It is mostly rust free, but is starting to bubble on the rear quarter panels. Whoever painted the car before we got it did not do a great job with prep or letting it cure because the paint is cracking in the high stress areas and the plastic portions of the front end, so that will need to be redone at some point.
My long term goal for the car is to turn it into an auto cross car with the Speed Tech Grand Touring Suspension kit, Tremec T56, a 6.0 LS build, etc. Hunting has taken the priority for now though, so that build will have to happen slowly over time. Brakes and tires make the biggest difference with autocross from what I understand, so I'll start there and get better at racing before dumping a ton of money into the car.
Fun side note: the glovebox door is signed by Burt Reynolds
My long term goal for the car is to turn it into an auto cross car with the Speed Tech Grand Touring Suspension kit, Tremec T56, a 6.0 LS build, etc. Hunting has taken the priority for now though, so that build will have to happen slowly over time. Brakes and tires make the biggest difference with autocross from what I understand, so I'll start there and get better at racing before dumping a ton of money into the car.
Fun side note: the glovebox door is signed by Burt Reynolds
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