My wife and I did a body off frame resto on this vehicle a few years ago and initially kept it with the original 170 ci 85 hp flat-head 6, 3 speed manual trans w/ overdrive. We "showed" it like that for a little more than a year, then got a wild hair to 'upgrade' the mechanicals.
It still looks the same as it appears in the pictures, (clutch pedal and column shifter still there) that is until you open the hood, now what you see is a small block chevy (350 4-bolt main) bolted up to a 700R Trans and mated to a 8" Ford diff with 3.80:1 gears. Now we don't feel the least bit intimidated getting on So. Cal Freeways.
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Posted by: lstude
08/29/2008, 05:22pm
Beautiful car. I real sleeper!