funny you said that Ken, the shipping was almost $200 so I am indeed making the trip tomorrow, gas is cheap right now, let me know if you need anything
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funny you said that Ken, the shipping was almost $200 so I am indeed making the trip tomorrow, gas is cheap right now, let me know if you need anything
Thanks Jeff. I don't need anything right now. Have a safe trip.
And so it begins...finally...the TUB 
He asked me to order door hinges so I went ahead and ordered the stainless quick release ones. I won't likely remove the doors but the price was not much more and i do like the idea of fully opening the doors without having to remove the kick panel hoop. Also thought they'd make it easier for him to take off/on while fitting the doors, saving me some labor $$$
He asked me to order door hinges so I went ahead and ordered the stainless quick release ones. I won't likely remove the doors but the price was not much more and i do like the idea of fully opening the doors without having to remove the kick panel hoop. Also thought they'd make it easier for him to take off/on while fitting the doors, saving me some labor $$$
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Gotta love progress. Looks like you will have to choose which one to drive by the end of the summer.
turns out he decided not to work for the 2 days this week that were well below zero (you know the ones I'm talking about
) so he's working the weekend -jeff
Well the body man gave me wayyy too much time to think about it, so I finally did it. Six is gone, purchased a 351 (all assembly required
) cut out the towers, assembled the block/bell/trans/adapter in order to mark the position of the V8 towers and got them welded in Saturday. For $950 I got;
- 351W block (F0) bored .030 over, nice cross-hatching, line-honed mains, cam bearings and freeze plugs installed
- E7 heads with valve job + spare set of E7 heads
- 2M crank ground .010 and polished, new pistons (assembled), balancer and flexplate all balanced (I will of course need a flywheel)
- New gaskets, bearings, rings, original cam (need specs to see if it's still good, anyone know where I can find them?)
- Complete front dress, EFI system and oil pan, valve covers, other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting, couple sets of new ARP bolts
The receipts for machine work and ARP bolts alone were about $1100.
I read somewhere that I may be able to use the front dress, but likely not the EFI due to height. If that is the case I'll probably go with a carb setup.
Anyway, I'm making my 66 mine, and I'm pretty happy about it. Thanks for reading -jeff
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That sure was a good deal. You're going to love it with the 351. ;D
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Make sure he puts the hump for the parking brake on the drivers side floor pan.
I thought the hump was part of the plate that you weld in? My 72 has nothing there either, just floor pan. I've seen some E-brake setups between the bucket seats that I'm interested in doing.
Another thread dust-off, tub is still coming together, and my latest stopping point on the 351 build is degreeing the cam. Just another one of those things that I know will take time, especially since I've never done it, so I always wait for an opportunity to do it all in one sitting. Better get my ass in gear though because the body man will be wanting the chassis back soon (I hope)
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seasonal update ...
Body man has asked me to order rear lower quarters and that will complete the tub
Got the drivetrain in place, going to try my hand at some OE Ford EFI, scary stuff to me as I have no idea what I'm doing, but I got an EFI conversion book and lots and lots of help from members I know I can count on
...Body man has asked me to order rear lower quarters and that will complete the tub
Got the drivetrain in place, going to try my hand at some OE Ford EFI, scary stuff to me as I have no idea what I'm doing, but I got an EFI conversion book and lots and lots of help from members I know I can count on
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Looking good so far!
