Thread: new kid on the block with a 1960 edsel project

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hi my name is jason and i have been working in custom cars for a while! at least sence i was about 9 yrs old my father and step father both had shop one was a body man and the other was a proformance mechinic.... lol i am working on a 1960 ford for the first time i want to keep it all ford have done a lot of work on cars but changed them over to take a chevy motor(lmao)!!!!
See this car is really special to me it was given to me by my wifes grandfather but he passed away last year, so i want to keep it all ford and i want to build it in to an old hotrod to add a little of me in to it body is going to stay stock looking for the most part. i am going to start with a mustang rear end that way i can give it a little tub and tuck the ss cragers i have under the rear end !!!
now for the hard part i like the looks of the 2x4 intakes and street scoops but i want a bigblock ford motor the 60 ford edsel that i am working on weight about 3700 pound and the small block isnt going to cut it (lmao) i am open for ideas on the motor and would love some in put about the trans.

thank you for your time and input