Sheesh! Another F-1 build...
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And I managed to get rid of the SBC! Came up with an ultra rare BOSS 283ci Ford smallblock 
Back in it's home..
And I only had 2 short pieces of red fuel line left so I bent up a piece of aluminum tubing and stuck that in between the two pieces I had.
And while the trans was out I took a better pic of the shifter so you can really see the offset in it. It stands up straight when it's gear...I've got it clamped backwards in the photo...woops
Back in it's home..
And I only had 2 short pieces of red fuel line left so I bent up a piece of aluminum tubing and stuck that in between the two pieces I had.
And while the trans was out I took a better pic of the shifter so you can really see the offset in it. It stands up straight when it's gear...I've got it clamped backwards in the photo...woops
rockb1
Built For Speed!
That shifter looks great.
Firestone Nostalgia drag slicks size 8.20x15 on a 15x8 wheel. Not sure the back spacing. The 9" rear I'm using is about 1 1/2" narrower than the stock rear and leaves about 1/2" clearance on the inside of the wheel well and about 2 1/2" on the outside of the wheel well. I'm gonna run a wheel spacer just for peace of mind.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Man that is a rare engine
Everything is looking good to me Truant.
Everything is looking good to me Truant.
Boss 283
Iz that the same BOSS 283 I saw for sale in Hemmings? I think I remember an article in a mag about a guy in South America that got one out of a tractor on a rubber tree plantation, he got it out of the country just
before a military coup. And then......
Iz that the same BOSS 283 I saw for sale in Hemmings? I think I remember an article in a mag about a guy in South America that got one out of a tractor on a rubber tree plantation, he got it out of the country just
before a military coup. And then......
Pretty close! This was the one down the road from the rubber tree plantation, across the street from the muffler bearing factory being used to stir the drums of blinker fluid at the old Henway plant. The serial number confirmed it originally came from a '62 Mustang...hence the one year only rear mounted distributor.
dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
Of course everyone knows Fred Flintstone is ol' skool....but I'd like to have a place to rest my feet every once in awhile, soooo.....
Rusty crappy floorpan...
Out with the paper...this way I'd have a template for the other side as well since it was missing some crucial points of where to cut/bend/measure in a few places.
On to a piece of 16ga.
Yeah, had a little less to work with on this side...
Just flipped the template from the other side over and what do you know, perfect fit.
Rusty crappy floorpan...
Out with the paper...this way I'd have a template for the other side as well since it was missing some crucial points of where to cut/bend/measure in a few places.
On to a piece of 16ga.
Yeah, had a little less to work with on this side...
Just flipped the template from the other side over and what do you know, perfect fit.
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
I only know how to do one at a time. Nice work Truant.
Nice work Truant.I only know how to do one at a time.
Thanks Bob! Now I just need to build a dragster to tow behind it
You're using photobucket right? You can copy and paste up to 5 of the IMG Code lines...thus posting 5 photos at once. Most other sites you can post 25 or even more at once. Just be sure and put a few spaces between each "code line" so all the photos don't post side by side making the page a mile wide
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Floorboards look nice Truant. Trans tunnels are always fun . I don't know of any way around the five image limit.
. I don't know of any way around the five image limit.
Thunder1
Well-known member
I really like how the floorboards turned out too! Nice work.
Thunder1
Thunder1
Todd
He's just one of them Rusty-Chainers!
Wow, this build is cool. Nice work.
Then this is the part where I keep getting interrupted by the perfect weather and keep wandering outside just to sit around...and forget to take any pictures....DOH!
Well, here it is all together...
In case you're wondering why I didn't roll the beads at the top all the way across....cause that's where my foot rest for the go pedal.
Well, here it is all together...
In case you're wondering why I didn't roll the beads at the top all the way across....cause that's where my foot rest for the go pedal.
Hmmm...it seems when you don't work on something nothing gets done...who would have thought?!
Anyhow, here's the lastest...
I got a Stewart Warner fuel gauge and sender from Speedway...one problem...the sender is for the 5 bolt style gas tank and my gas tank has 6 holes....hmmm...
So I cut out a 3 1/2" diameter by 1/4" thick piece of steel...
Made a template of the hole pattern..
And drilled it...
Anyhow, here's the lastest...
I got a Stewart Warner fuel gauge and sender from Speedway...one problem...the sender is for the 5 bolt style gas tank and my gas tank has 6 holes....hmmm...
So I cut out a 3 1/2" diameter by 1/4" thick piece of steel...
Made a template of the hole pattern..
And drilled it...
