What do you do with extra accumulated parts??

[Aussie D25]

I'm so jealous that you guys can just wander off down the street and pick up a great car like that ...I'm sure they aren't just lying around for everyone to trip over yet I cant help but imagine that there are wrecking yards packed to the hilt with old cars over there .... for us we have to search high and low or peruse trader mags/websites for a car that wont cost you your soul, hoping to god that you can actual find parts for it if you do decide on a classic.

That engine that you put in looks brilliant and I'm green with envy over the Cherry Bomb exhaust , the charger on their website they have up for sweepstakes would look great in my garage.

[Rodney Bullock]

Aussie, what you say is true. These cars are everywhere, if you know where to look. If you are willing you can accumulate alot of parts like bob. After a while you could just put a car together with spare parts. I was at a guy's garage some weeks ago he has enough 55 chevy parts to put a car together tonite and drive it tomorrow.The problem is after you build it you have to tag it insurance it. This is why I must have restaint, Bob don't help either:)

PS I tied the woodworking thing:eek: The splinters are murder!

[Rodney Bullock]

Shel thats funny, believe it or not I never broke boards in my 20 plus years of Kicking. I did break a cylinder block once. In the early days when I practiced The Jow-ga technique The iron palm was one of there art forms. I learned the power of moving my "chi" and actually broke a couple. This was not what I really wanted out of it so I did it less and less. I had lots of friends that did it though however they couldn't fight a lick:D

[Rodney Bullock]

Rodney, that is why Norm is suggesting the saw blade.

In the past you have been woodworking with kicks and chops:eek:

The saw blade is slower, but generally a cleaner, more uniform cut:D

Shel I forgot to mention, there was a rival school I used to compete against in the 70's that's in New York, They were mean, hardcore guy's. The organization's style was called Fu-Jow Pi I remember at one tournament I guy got fouled and there whole bench cleared:eek: Gosh I miss those days;) Those New York cats were great competitors. They soon found out that I was from flatbush as well

[Norm's Coupe]

PS I tied the woodworking thing:eek: The splinters are murder!

Rodney, that's why they make and sell those things called "work gloves". Then you get no splinters.

[steveplym]

Looks like a great project Bob. Was the transmission okay after all those years sitting? Looks like you are going to make a nice driver out of it. Good luck, I look forward to following your progress.

[BobT-47P15]

Tranny seems to shift into the gears OK when sitting. Have not driven it

yet since there are no brakes. Have rolled it back and forth a little to see

if the clutch and tranny work. The clutch presses pretty hard, so when

warmer will look at the overcenter spring hookup. If that seems correct,

will get with the mechanic for his thoughts. Overall, it's a pretty good old

car, but at the same time still needs several things done. A much better

starting place than a lot of 'em that come up for sale.

[Norm's Coupe]

Bob,

Did you initially say that the guy was going to put a V8 in the car? He could have installed a heavy duty clutch for drag racing. That would make the clutch hard to push down with a strong pedal. Years ago when my daughter first started driving she we took a car she liked for a test drive. That clutch pedal was so strong you almost had to stand on it to get it down. Later we found out that the clutch was a heavy duty clutch they had installed. We kept looking for a car then.

[BobT-47P15]

No....the last guy was going to rebuild the flathead that he got in the

car. Tore it all down.....then gave up on the job. Gotta go get the

block when it warms up. He bought new pistons and a new gasket

set and some other stuff. Came in the sale.