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Post by spud on Jan 24, 2021 10:10:55 GMT -8
I loved the show for many years. I got a lot of raw materials... just not a lot of time. Gonna send reb a pic or two of it. Maybe this will provide motivation.
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Post by landbarge on Jan 24, 2021 11:34:01 GMT -8
Like the mopar big block samurai?
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Post by spud on Jan 24, 2021 12:15:28 GMT -8
No. Just a real shitty javelin put together from spare parts. Nothing weird. From boneyard back to the street.
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Post by landbarge on Jan 24, 2021 12:19:43 GMT -8
Nothing wrong with a driver
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Post by spud on Jan 24, 2021 12:45:44 GMT -8
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Post by sc397 on Jan 25, 2021 8:53:11 GMT -8
Holy shit! That car is in better shape to start with than any on my cars ever were.
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Post by spud on Jan 25, 2021 9:26:46 GMT -8
I didnt show the rusted wheelwells and rear shock mounts ripped outa the chassis, they cut up the radiator support, someone tried towing it with the botton rad support. I hammered that back in. Someone dropped it on the ground with no suspension and the exhaust pushed the floorpans in and outa shape. I hammered them back with a rubber hammer. The axle pinion and rear u joint has battered and split the Driveshaft tunnel. Not a bunch rust tho. A lot less rusty than my other 70. The passenger fender is pretty bad. Had a couple tons of bondo in it. Its in the garage getting hammered out and about 50 bondo holes welded up. I dont get why people dont hammer a dent out, but drill it full of holes and pile a gallon of bondo on there. Real shitty work. Car had the half vinyl too. Chassis was picked clean when i got it. Not a nut bolt screw clip or anything. Fenders were zip tied on. I put the gold door assembies on it. I got a decklid with an orginal spoilerr for it. I think its roadkill material. Not a pile of total shit but not a easy fixer upper either.
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 25, 2021 16:59:09 GMT -8
Great candidate for an LS beater there. Grab a cheap ls, and go beat the nuts off it.
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Post by spud on Jan 25, 2021 17:26:33 GMT -8
I have considered that. Also have vortec 350.
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Post by sc397 on Jan 26, 2021 5:36:07 GMT -8
I can't believe that no one has come up with this idea.. I think the coolest thing that would make tons of power, gas milage and trouble free driving would be this.. Just imagine a 1981 Caddy 8-6-4 engine topped off with the Motocraft Variable Ventury carb and a Prestolite distributor. Or, just go with the olds gas to diesel conversion engine. If you want to be pioneer, I have a couple of 390 blocks with a couple of cylinders blown out of them. You could make a massive V6 out of it and just leave 2 holes empty. Just trying to think out of the box here.
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Post by spud on Jan 26, 2021 7:44:27 GMT -8
Your a little to far outa the box for me. I kinda liKe the 4.3 v6 / 4L60 package in my s-10. Its got 190 hp and gets 23-25 mpg. I think it would be a good powerplant for an old car. Not like im gonna do it. Roadkill is more about making a car outa shit i have laying around. Kinda cleaning up. Nobody will give me anything for this shit, but a running car is easier to get rid of. Roadkill might even look pretty cool.
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Post by Captain Awesome on Jan 26, 2021 10:55:12 GMT -8
Rick's humor that would fall on deaf ears at gAyMC...... or he's gone full blown gAyMC on us! lol
The Junkster saw Prestolite mentioned and wet himself.
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Post by javtwotone on Jan 27, 2021 6:32:13 GMT -8
I can't believe that no one has come up with this idea.. I think the coolest thing that would make tons of power, gas milage and trouble free driving would be this.. Just imagine a 1981 Caddy 8-6-4 engine topped off with the Motocraft Variable Ventury carb and a Prestolite distributor. Or, just go with the olds gas to diesel conversion engine. If you want to be pioneer, I have a couple of 390 blocks with a couple of cylinders blown out of them. You could make a massive V6 out of it and just leave 2 holes empty. Just trying to think out of the box here. NICE! only thing you missed was the Corvette 4 by 3 T10 for the trans option...
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Post by sc397 on Jan 27, 2021 7:22:23 GMT -8
Right! Also missed adding cryco's Lean Burn System..
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Post by sc397 on Jan 27, 2021 7:27:57 GMT -8
Seriously Spud, put some nice tires and wheels on it it would look cool as hell. Like most of our cars in the '70's and '80's with various states of bodywork paint and rust... Except, we had whole chunks of sheet metal missing.
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