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American iron

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:03 pm
by Bill Hincher
Boyz just gotta have fu-unnnnnnnn
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I get to tub the rear end on this beast

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:43 pm
by jeffball610
That thing gotta Hemi in it?

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:54 pm
by Bill Hincher
no its a 440 torqueflite set up, I gotta pro street the rear end and set up the engine, its too wild for the street

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:31 pm
by Robert Venable
I'd like any details on this ride you can share. What kinda build up did the motor go threw??

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:11 pm
by Bill Hincher
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:48 pm
by 75COLT
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This is my American muscle. 68 Dodge dart w/ 440cid.

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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:40 am
by 4g63mightymax
Here is my American.... muscle? A 1964 Impala Convertible (straight 6, 4-speed muncie :) ). Don't mind the wheels, they are only on there because the stock wheels didnt work with disc brakes.....they will be gone soon I swear.
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10 years into this one....someday it will be done...

-Jeremy

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:44 pm
by Bill Hincher
around here we have trouble finding rust free projects, this is a 1957 Mercedes 190 sl I found in a junk yard
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this was built over 20 years ago so the state of the art set up was a Corvette frame set up with a 427 Chevy engine
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This is a very YOUNG Bill :D proudly standing next to my money pit :D
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After the mechanical work, I paint all my own cars, this is my back yard where I sanded and sanded and sanded , but natural light is the best
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This is the same car, I have done this project three times, once with original driveline, once with a twin turbo small block Chevy and then on the last go around , with a big block Chevy
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DON'T GET ME STARTED! :D :D :D

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:50 pm
by 4g63mightymax
1) How does the twin turbo small block compare to the 427 big block in power, driveability, fun? I would think twin turbos would be sufficient enough to not need to "upgrade" to a 427?
Thoughts? opinions?

2) Is that a Gremlin behind the Mercedes in the first picture? Gosh they make me laugh, but I would love to have one. :lol:

3) It appears that there is some kind of mightymax/d50 type vehicle under a blanket in the background of one of the 68 Satellite pictures....? Do you have a top secret rusty Mightymax project that you are hiding from everybody?

-Jeremy

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:39 pm
by Bill Hincher
well, small block Chevy's are like assholes, everybody has one, so the big block is more for impressing the other guys at the car show

that ' gremlen' is a 77 honda accord

the car under the blanket behind the road runner ( not satalite) is the mercedes ( I still have everything I ever built)

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:22 am
by 4g63mightymax
This thing looks like it has 6 lug mightymax wheels?
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Oh and satellite, roadrunner, coronet, GTX, Belvedere, they are all B-Body's cut me some slack :lol:

-Jeremy

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:42 am
by Bill Hincher
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT tarp! no , I stripped out a couple Toyota trucks and kept the frames, they make excellent donors to old hot rods with a v-6 chevy engine in the narrow toyota truck frame, you can build the frame up and slide it under the old car of your choice.
Its a living :)

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:00 am
by 77amc
Bill, that's what I'm looking into now with that Honda project. I had a 86 accord hatch that I chopped a toyota frame under the seats and dropped the accord body right over it and it would have done nicely, but lost my storage at the time.. BUT I found two more frames really cheap to use. JUST the time to do it.
This older man here has a ton of older Chryslers and was working on an old Coronett? with a hemi and crossram on top.. I'l try and send ya some pics

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:45 pm
by Greg55_99
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I'll be bringing my baby out of her 25 year slumber next year...

Greg

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:46 pm
by Bill Hincher
whats a knuckle head?

The last time I heard ' knuckle head ', I was sharing a cell with a guy name ' Joe Bob Wille-Mohhamed' and we was supposed to dry out for the night ( luckily Joe Bob had some ' ludes' in his socks so we never did dry out)

Man! were we fuct up

:lol: