My old man hotrod/dd

[tRustyK5]

Woohoo, I'm not alone!!

 

[KirsL]

I debadge/desticker all my vehicles. Letters in on the tires since it makes them easier to clean.

 

[82355]

Letters out, big blocks in.

Martin

 

[Greg Ducato]

Count me in the minority that turns white letters in and removes all dealer badging on day one.

 

[Justin V]

Dealer badging has to go.

 

[skunked]

They don't do dealer badges out here. Every time I see them I know it's someone out of state.

 

[Sn95.0]

Has he found body parts for this yet?

 

[80' 427]

Just a door

 

[80' 427]

Sorry I like the letters out

 

[Sn95.0]

I've asked a few people that might have some body parts or would know some are sitting but come up with nothing.

 

[80' 427]

I have found some on car part searches in Ok and other areas south.

 

[80' 427]

Oh since I posted last. Road grader added a new body line that needs repaired. Got a free 454 that I $500 rebuilt with a cam and timing chain and some gaskets and paint. Hoping for 400hp. Rebuilding the 800 cam qjet, headers 2.5 duals 2800-3000 converter.

 

[GWeakland620]

Whoa, a picture.

 

[80' 427]

How bout dis?

 

[80' 427]

And here is the 800 cfm bump

 

[80' 427]

I actually have a edelbrock qjet that I will build later to include Dual Main Air Bleeds but for right now it will use this Single Main Air Bleed carb to get it moving. These don't allow near the control over full curve that the DMAB carbs do.

 

[GWeakland620]

Maths. Cool.

No tunnel ram?

 

[80' 427]

Tunnel Ram is for the K30

 

[skunked]

RV engine?

Those P30 tubular manifolds fetch some pretty good coin FYI

 

[80' 427]

Nope, 79 engine 454 in a 85 C20. I assumed the manifolds were factory for the 85 but idk. Still not sure the back story. My buddy gave me the truck if I would pull and return the th400. He thought is was all factory. The blue paint and thermostatic choke clued me in to the fact that it wasn't stock. The engine code lists it as a 79 10-20 LF-9 (like 190hp?). When cleaning it up I could see it had one stock steel shim gasket and one composite. Had and crane energizer cam but stock chain. I installed a pink HV pump spring in the stock oil pump and added a erson 228/235 cam, new chain, 3/8 pushrods/guide plates and hosed it out. Actually looked good inside for the most part it. I have about $1000 in the swap including all the engine parts, new headers, exhaust, converter, regear and posi rebuild. I will run it for awhile and beat it like a rented mule possibly even putting it on the bottle. I have plans to build a 505-510 someday but this will be fun for awhile.