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Just finishing buttoning up the flathead. I'm getting ready to start thinking about shifter options, does Lokar or anyone else make a floor shifter than can be easily modified to fit the 47' Hydra-matic? Or should I just start from scratch.

Thanks for the info gentlemen. I will make sure to take care of this. I pick up the cam tomorrow and will then drop it off at the mechanics. Hopefully we can get the flathead running in the next few weeks.

Hey all, thanks for the input I appreciate the concern. I forgot to mention that the end of those frame rails will be chopped off flush with the front crossmember, I just haven't got around to it. Also, I will be using a different front leaf that has a bit more arc and once it's under load the...

Some photos of updated pieces and parts!

Sorry for the lack of updates ya'll. Without the motor I feel like I have just been bumming around tinkering with random things, but I will definitely get some photos of the steering and gas tank setup as well. All of the parts for the engine rebuild should be in by the end of the week. If...

I forgot to take pictures all weekend :eek:. I'll get some more detail shots the next time I work on it. Started to mount the steering box/play with different pitman arms and got the underfloor brake setup installed. Now I play the waiting game while the block gets baked, crank is ground, cam is...

Thanks again Torchie. I'm on the hunt for 3 Holley 1904s so if anyone has one or if you know of anyone with one, please PM me.

No idea how I overlooked this. Thanks for this! Also, while rummaging through all of the stuff that came with the truck I found the original 37' steering box and pitman arm which I'm pretty excited about running. Are these old boxes unreliable and difficult? I'm thinking if our grandparents used...

I'm running into some troubles. I have 35' ford spindles, wire wheels, and brake drums. I bought and installed So Cal Speedshops backing plates and brake shoes. Tried to pop the 35' mechanical brake drums back on and they don't fit. What drums can I use? New or old.

Hell yes! I will definitely check out the San Jose locations this weekend [cl

Quick question, I want to run a 3 carb setup on the Olds 238 for the look, but I'm wondering how many I should actually run and plate off the others?

Extended the frame rails a bit. Once that was done I cut out the inner section and sleeved the vertical pieces inside the top and bottom frame rail. Four bar tacked in, I ran out of time so I'm going to check my measurements this weekend and make any necessary changes. All in all it...

I apologize for the large photo size guys. I resized all of these so hopefully they aren't too big. This weekend I got to finishing up the front end and moved on to the rear end. I decided to go with a triangulated four bar rear w/ coil springs which was pretty cheap and very plug&play...

Some friends stopped by to check out the project [dr

Some quick updates from the weekend, sorry there isn't a lot of pictures. I got caught up in the work and forgot to take a bunch. Tore the floor out and getting ready to channel down a few inches to hide the frame. Still decide whether or not I want to channel the front down a little...

Thanks I-R-POPS. I will be running it fenderless and hoodless. Hopefully I can get some good framework in this weekend.

I'm looking for a 2x1 intake manifold for that 238 oldsmobile flathead. Can anyone recommend one that might work? Pic updates coming this weekend after some serious chop and weld work.

Managed to get some time in this weekend. Worked on stripping the front end of everything that I didn't need and then splitting the wishbone. Cutting off all of the unnecessary pieces for the mechanical brakes. Now everything is separated and ready to split the wishbone. Unfortunately...

Not a lot of action this weekend. A lot of driving around and finding parts. It got up to 112 degrees in Northern California and moving this stuff around in that heat was brutal. Here are my finds. 35' ford front end, going to run a split wishbone. 36' ford pickup bed. I bought it without...