Just pulled the trigger on this all steel zero rust 5 winder.Last painted in 1957.
Has fresh 327 3x2 350 9"
Should have it by this weekend
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Just pulled the trigger on this all steel zero rust 5 winder.Last painted in 1957.
Has fresh 327 3x2 350 9"
Should have it by this weekend
Don,
That should keep you busy for what . . . a week? ;)
I remember building an all steel car. The parts sure fit better than most of these glass monsters today.
http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...0/464030-2.jpg
Glass monsters are ok if ya start with a good 1 and not a pos
Well, it's here
Awesome! What front end?
Old Mor-Drop 4" with split bones Jack
That Wallace for President decal sure brings back some memories
I noticed the Wallace sticker. That was for the 1964 presidential primaries. I remember Wallace's campaigns in '64 and '68 vividly.
Kimda gives ya an idea on how long it's been a hot rod and survived.
Also have an envelope that the tile (which I have also) was mailed to the 2nd owner dated June of 1957. Figure I'm the 4 th owner
Let's see, 84 years between the first three owners, that's right at 28 years each on the average.... :HMMM:;) Somehow I don't see that streak continuing here. :LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
Unloaded, title transferred, interior pulled, took back shelf out and all trunk panels (even found a receipt from 1963) Took the seat up to Tim Rein Interiors 2day and we cut it down and recovered (in 2 1/2 hrs). Got itm back here and stuffed it in and gained 4" of leg room. Great to know the right people who will #1 work 4 ya on a holiday, 2 drop everything else he had goin on, and # 3 when asked ahat I owed him he said "Get out of here, I catch on it later"
Also saw the progress on Henry Rifle's (Jack) 33 coupe Tim is doin 4 him, really coming along great.
Man, that window crank behind the passenger side could give someone a headache.
Not really Jack , it's way below yer head unless you really short
Wow,,that got my blood pressure up a little.. What a find.. I know guys who would probably kill for that one... ;)
Small oil leak fixed, hood painted to match the OG 1957 paint, now to DTPOOI then get the interior finished after It gets back from Louisville NSRA
Fog Light on !!!!!!!!!
Wow, that is a great find and it's nice it has aged so well. Very nice find again!
Thanx Ryan. I doubt that you'll find or see another in this well preserved condition anywhere in the U.S.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
100% RUST FREE and not a patch panel anywhere. It's ROCK SOLID
But the question has to be asked Don....... will you be keeping it for awhile ? Maybe for several years to wath the value increase, money in the bank wouldn't increase as much as this cars value would I would think. Have you taken any photo's of the engine yet to post here ?
Don't know if I'll keep it or not, already turned down a 2 hefty profit offers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Here's a couple engine shots and dash. Check out the wear on the steering wheel.
Very nice, but one question. How do the engine breathe, I didn't see a pcv system or a road draft tube?
All of the engine shots we've seen are drivers side, slightly different perspective. If it's circa '57 it's probably a road draft tube which would be tucked in the back, hanging down on the passenger side by the bellhousing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NTFDAY
In the older Chevy 283 and 327 motors, there was a vapor canister in the lifter valley connected to a hole in the back of the block. On the outside of the block, there was a tube that went down the back of the block as Roger mentioned. The air passing over the draft tube pulled vapors out of the engine. They also left black oil streaks in parking lots, garages and on highways. Check the 4th post down on this page. They were eliminated when PCV valves were mandated.
A Road Draft Tube? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network
I know that Ken knows the old road draft tubes as well as any of us do, or maybe better being an old bow tie guy from the pre-PCV days. The question here is for Don on what his old 327 is running to ventilate the crankcase. Still got the road draft tube, Don, or was it one of the "modern" engines from the early to mid '60's? ;):D That oil fill tube up front kinda pushes towards the pre-PCV version.Quote:
Originally Posted by NTFDAY
It's a later 327 with the oil fill/vent in the front of the intake manifold. Breaths very well.
....and the "road draft tube" off of the back of the block, open to the atmosphere? That's the "old school" question, 'cause ya' don't see those much anymore and I'd bet that there are at least a few who are saying, "What the heck is a road draft tube??" ;):LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
California first mandated pcv systems in '62 or 3 and the factory came up with a "patch" to eliminate the road draft tube. If you look at the link Jack posted in the 5th post, the bottom picture shows the "nipple" like device that replaced the rdt and accommodated a hose/pcv system while still retaining the front fill pipe.
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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
And that is how this 1 is done.
Weird deal the govt helped ditch road draft tubes on gas engines so long ago. Diesels still have them today.
The reason I brought the question up is because when I returned from Okinawa in 1964 my Dad had bought me a sweet little 57 Ford Custom from the same dealer that he purchased his new T bird from. The road draft tube was plugged and the oil filler breather was changed from open to closed and a mickey mouse pcv system installed.
That was in June and a couple of months later heading to Anaheim from Santa Fe Springs where I had dropped a buddy off there was suddenly a load bang and oil all over the right side of the windshield. The pressure in the crankcase had built up to such a point and had nowhere to go that it blew the dipstick out and put a dent in the hood. I stopped at a gas station cleaned the windshield off and added almost 2 quarts of oil and put the dipstick back in it's place.
The next morning I pulled the plug on the road draft tube, you should have seen the mess it made on my Dad's asphalt driveway, and went back to an open oil filler breather. But the damage was done as it starved the bearings and she started smoking so I sold the car to one of my buddies, he knew the history, and in Sept I went home to Ohio to pick up my 36 5 window coupe.
Oh and by the way, the road draft tube on a sbc is located on the driver's side, not the passenger side.
Not to further hijack Don's thread, but if so the location must have varied from year to year, or by engine size because my '60 Chevy w/348 hung down on the passenger side, tucked against the bell housing unless my memory has totally gone away.Quote:
Originally Posted by NTFDAY
Roger, the operative word there is "sbc"Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Now back to the advertised program, heck Don, two offers already for a profit, I would say that is only from guys who know you personally, imagine the interest if advertised internationally. I would be tempered to keep it for awhile and enjoy the car. Yes the steering wheel certainly has history and imagine if it could tell just who has had their hands massaging it's rim. You certainly have a piece of USA Hot Rodding history there and although that might not be the same as here in NZ it is still something to be proud of. I have an old Offy triple carb inlet on my bucket with the oil fill tube sticking up at the front on an angle, is that the same as yours ?
Mark, Manifold is the same. Just may put it on the market internationally and see what happens. Probably keep it until early next year then try to sell it, but ya never know, if the right offer comes along it could go down the road.
I'm only the caretaker of this 1.
You're starting to sound like a museum curator, Don. ;) That trip to the Nethercutt Foundation's museum must have planted a seed.:):):)Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
Yah could be right Roger, with a car like this and it's rarity I feel that I'm only "the caretaker" as it will still be here when I'm long gone.
I was the caretaker of another 32 all steel 3 window a few years ago also.
The Al Jardine ( Beach Boys) Little Deuce coupe which I built for him in the 70's and bought it @ auction 30 years later. Had it for 6 months and sold it to a private collector in PA.
That's a very cool little coupe, and Al Jardine may well have called it his own "little deuce coupe" after their song was so popular, but I'm pretty sure the car that inspired the song was the one Chili Catallo built in Michigan in the late '50's that was on the cover of Hot Rod in '61 and was the album cover for the Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe album two years later in '63.
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Not sure why, but I was a HUGE fan of the Beach Boys back then, even from the sticks of the Ozarks where the only beaches were river banks or lakes. That HRM was one of the first I ever bought, too, and I wore it out!! I still have five of their LP albums today, just not the "Little Deuce Coupe". :( All said & done, I like the one you built/had better than the Chili Catallo car, but it was a quick ride in it's day.
Roger, Your correct about the "Chili" car, but Al's personal car is the 1 that toured with them and was driven on stage of all their concerts.
When I bought it after 30 years in Al's possesion it had less than 3000 miles on the clock
That's soooooo cool! Yeah, the "Chili" car was a show queen by the time it made the HRM cover. The Beach Boys were the real deal, along with Jan & Dean to a lesser extent. Still love to quietly sing along with a lot of their hits from simpler times. Good memories.Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
Still a Beach Boys and Brian Wilson fan after all this time. Their early music helped me get interested in cars. No ocean in Iowa, so I couldn't surf anything but the cornfields in my dad's '49 International pickup. Now after many years, I finally have my little deuce coupe!
