Had a blast, remember meeting Omar, Alex, and Clay after I informally turned my <Model deleted for good taste> into a 4-wheel-steer rig. Some really nice rigs and folks in attendance.
If we end up attending (Saturday only) I can bring a spare steelie from my old 1974 drum brake FJ40. It has what appears to be a good 31" mud tire on it. All the hubcap clips are there. If somebody could use it, email me at reporynot at hotmail dot com - Price? Goose egg.
I was worrying about that a little bit. The panhard bar will probably reach from the driver frame rail to somewhere below the bottom of the passenger shock. The relief cut into the shock tower gives around 3 1/2 inches of inboard movement at the other end from the 'reference' position mocked...
Mine came out of a late 80's Regal, has a mild cam, Edelbrock intake and 500 CFM carb, and slightly shaved heads. It was a real screamer on gasoline, not quite sure what it will do huffing on that Impco 300A. I would be tickled pink with 200 HP.
The DOM tubing, the heims, and other goodies were supposed to be shipped last Tuesday or Wednesday... called the vendor up Friday and they had not yet shipped any of it.
What we got done in spite of it:
Settled on a 95 3/4" wheelbase and carefully located the front axle, centered it and set...
The rear is SOA on fairly short perches. The front will have radius arms pivoting on heim joints, suspended by some Fox nitrogen air shocks with 14" travel. I think I am going to set it up with about 4" up-travel and the other 10" down. Due to the short passenger axle tube I am limited in...
Thanks, I'll check it out. Might very well need to clock the case ... and might end up going with a 700R4 if I can get the package any shorter.... this is an old-style Downey adapter and it is pretty long.
Here's a shot as of today. That front end is a kingpin-style Dana 60 from a SRW...
Here's where it morphs from weekend project to life-sucking entity: The thought hit me: "An automatic transmission sure would be nice in this thing". Should have smacked myself right then. Turns out that pretty much the only way to get a GM automatic transmission in one of these things is...
To say that it is a poor candidate for restoration is understating it a bit. I sanded off all the rust visible on the outer panels, and hit it with some primer. Under the fenders, there were numerous repair panels riveted in place. Further inspection revealed some to be "recycled" road signs...
Up for sale is a setup to run a Toyota alternator on your Buick 231. Everything in the photo is included (alternator, too)
$135 including shipping in the lower 48.