Yeah, that's just a plastic mock up engine. It's gonna be SBC powered--350 from a 69 Chevelle. Gonna be about 365HP/350TQ with a 3 speed and 3.54 gears. It'll be stupid fast considerind all said and done it'll weigh about 1900lbs at most. He's undecided as to how much to chop the roof if any at all, it's got a reeeeallllly long wheelbase because he's using an old racing frame along with a suicide front. Too much chop and it'll look out of proportion. All i gotta say is it's a daunting task building a car from scratch. They make it look so easy on TV
In my not so spare time, I've been helping my best friend Steve build his dream car, a 1927 Model T hot rod. He's been gathering parts for 4 years now, as he prefers to find period correct parts and hand fabricate most of the other's rather that build some catalog hot rod with mail order parts. It's not much to look at yet, but someday it's gonna be a furry on wheels.
I came across an almost completely gutted TC in the junkyard today, but noticed the front swaybar was still there, would it be an upgrade for my 87LX and would it bolt right on?
It's a 6cyl, i have no plans to change until it blows up. Not sure if the two tone paint was factory, it was repainted at some point as u can tell from the over spray and such in the door and hood jams. Even so i love the color scheme, I'm not too keen on the red pin striping, but it's growing on me. Future plans are pretty much to find some alloy wheels, add a small sub woofer, and upgrade the exhaust. I took it out on it's first long drive today to Carlisle which is about a 70 mile drive for me. It really gave me a scare on the way home as there was all this grayish/white smoke coming out of the back. I pulled over expecting the worst, turns out it was only the water moisture from the A/C dripping down onto the exhaust. I was also disappointed to find out my digital speedo maxes out at 85 even though it seems to accelerate pretty hard beyond that
What's up everybody. I just became the 2nd owner of this 87 T-bird LX last Wednesday. It was traded in at the dealership I work for by some old guy in his 80's. It was very well maintained, just inspected in May, oil changed 300 miles ago, new tires, exhaust, new oem headlights. And even had a full tank of gas!! I've always been a Chevy guy, just because it's what I grew up around. In general tho, I'm just a car guy. When I saw this T-bird it was love at first sight. It's got the power windows/doorlocks/mirrors/seat, trunk popper, locking fuel door, sunroof. The A/C blows nice and cold. I tend to like cars that are a little off the mainstream. I still have my first car in which i leaned to drive in; a '79 Chevy Monte Carlo and I've got a big old bomb of a '69 Impala 4dr Hardtop. I also used to own an '82 Malibu. Anyway, It's gonna be a learning experience for sure. Hopefully I don't bug anybody with too many questions, I'm usually the expert when it comes to Chevy's. New wheels are first on the list for this thing as 2 days of listening to these wire hubs clang and chatter down the road is driving me crazy, then I want to add a small amp and maybe an 8" or 10" sub Here's some pics right before it left the dealership and came home with me
