2nd pic 2nd pic from brothers truck show lowrider magazine like i said iam learning how to post pics from my phone. Robert
Looking Good ! Robert ; Your truck looks good , making good progress there . What harness will you be using ? . I miss my old '49 '3100 but am better served by my current slushbox tranny truck .
wires Not sure seems like iam always going 10 steps backwards plans for now is clean up firewall Maybe go sbc wife came out to the garage told me quit messing with it and put in a v8 with a/c and disc brakes. so thinking cap is on.
Re Power Why not go exotic ? there's plenty of cheap Jaguar DOHC I6 engines out there , sturdy , economical and imagine the faces when you pop the hood and they gawk at the polished dual cam cylinder head.... Or a 4 Liter fuel injected Jeep engine ? again ,cheaper than dirt , reliable and different . We're talking under $500 for everything , F.I. and all . Anyone can plop in a V-ate Robert . Why aren't you sleeping ? it's 03:50 ! .
3 speed transmission Just a thought if I were to go sbc I could use 3 speed transmission with the overdrive keep the steering column stock ???? will look into that
I tried to do the stock shifter on the 53, no room for the linkage. If you want to go stick, look at the t5 conversion or a tremec! If the wife is on board, get to it!
sbc Was a thought on the 3 on the tree behind a sbc the guy I got the trans from has one his 56 truck with a sbc if it won't fit I would just go automatic on the column don't want to do a floor shift. anyway just some thought on change up got time to think about what combo.
Robert found this you tube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlfHh80ZbSI Good quick shot of your truck in the first part.
Looks like your making real good progress, Robert. I agree with Russ, sounds like your wife just gave you a full license to GO!
$until My wife wants a/c unlike us we sweat our tails off because we love driving our trucks as far as v8 its a realy tough disicion for me I love the six in a row looks sound so iam going to take my time to think this one out got a lot of holes to plug on the firewall if I were to do a v8 I already know what I want it to look like the whole set up.
I6 & ac Glad to see you've not lost your senses Robert ! . AC is easy to add to any 216/235/261 . Using the Sanden compressor yields colder AC and more power for motorvation .
a/c a/c unit cheaper than whole new drive train my hot rod buddies all saw v8 easy for them to say there not writing the checks lol
Just pop for a crate engine if you don't know the engine runs perfectly. It will save you in the long run. After the 53, I have reaffirmed that I will not be installing rebuilt engines, as the past several have been headaches and apparently no one rebuilds them for sh*t.
Robert, I think the old six in your truck is cool also. A 235 with A/C would really be neat. I guess my comment just comes from the "speed freak" in me. My wife thinks thats what is going to get me in the end.
