I drove to central IA on Tuesday and drove this car. I made an offer and he turned it down but called last night and accepted it.The car is well built but needs a lot of massaging to get the body ready for paint. Price of the car is about what it would cost to buy everything on it for another "starter" car. I'm almost getting the body for free...
From the ad..
355 WITH TUNNEL RAM--ELDELBROCK CARB--- PERTRONICS DIST.-- 350 TURBO TRANY-2000 STAHL MUSTANG 2 FRONT---ALLUMINUM RADIATOR-- CHASSIS ENGINEERING RADIATOR SUPPORT--TRANY MOUNT & MOTOR MOUNT CHASSIS ENGINEERING REAR SPRING KIT-- 80 MALIBU REAR END--TANKS FUEL TANK---KWIK WIRE LOOM--- NEWPORT ELEC WIPER-- HAVE HOOD SIDES
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:38:26 AM
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:41:43 AM
Lost in the 60s said
Oct 19, 2012
Enganeer wrote:
So will we see it tommorrow?
No, I will be getting it next week.
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:43:21 AM
Congrats Mitch! Looks really good. Have you start dreaming up a paint color yet?
Enganeer said
Oct 19, 2012
I sort dig the outlaw black going on there. You should put some side pipes on.
Chris R said
Oct 19, 2012
Kind of reminds me of Franks car.
dashboard said
Oct 19, 2012
I like the current color but it needs the hood sides. I figured you were not going to stop until you had something. Will it get AC?
Lost in the 60s said
Oct 19, 2012
dashboard wrote:
I like the current color but it needs the hood sides. I figured you were not going to stop until you had something. Will it get AC?
It's a grey primer right now. Color is undecided. Hood sides come with it and will go back on. The tunnel ram will come off for an RPM performer too and YES, it will get Vintage air/heat. It will need a better rear axle at some point too.
SShink said
Oct 19, 2012
Cool Mitch!
And... the gas filler neck is still on the fender, not inside the trunk. Which you didn't seem to like on the other ones.
The ad is already down, so he must be serious. What year/make is it? Sorry, if it's before 1955 I'm not good at car identification...
RICKS70SS said
Oct 19, 2012
Man I love those fenders. That car is just BADASS as it sits there.
Derek69SS said
Oct 19, 2012
Looks like a '37 Chevy
Scott Parkhurst said
Oct 19, 2012
Mitch- will you give me a sweet deal on that tunnel ram?
(I don't plan to run it, but I dig the way it looks)
Lost in the 60s said
Oct 19, 2012
It's a '38 Master Deluxe, though most of the "Deluxe" series trim is missing. The interior is spartan but fairly complete and usable for a while with 5 gauges, tach and tilt column. He moved the fuel tank from behind the seat to the sedan location under the trunk and routed the filler neck thru the fender. He doesn't like the filler or tank in the trunk any better than I do. The battery is actually behind the right front tire in the huge cavity of the sweeping fender. I really like that too as I don't care for the battery in the trunk either, or the 20 ft of cable to connect it all up to the engine. He originally had a blower on the motor and it was built as such. He claims the compression is 8.5 but even with the single quad tunnel ram it has plenty of power and no low end bog, as I assumed it would have. Car actually runs out really nice. The engine was new when he built the car 3 1/2 years ago and the odometer, that was new then too, shows 23k+ miles !! He has driven it all over the Midwest and even to BTTF 2 years ago with no issues. It has a Chassis Engineering front suspension conversion but with manual rack and disc brakes. I will upgrade to power rack and replace the 2" drop spindles with standard to get a better ride. It will eventually get power assist brakes too, and I will most likely move the master/booster to under the floor to clean up the engine bay.
Scott, I don't know if I'm going to sell the tunnel ram. I didn't think it would bring much revenue, especially with the single quad conversion, but if I decide to part with it, you'll be the first to know.... I was thinking "wall art too". It would look good with the huge wrinkle wall slick I acquired last January at Karl's...
frank said
Oct 22, 2012
I like it. My chassis eng front end is adjustable. Raise front end up and down.
Lost in the 60s said
Oct 22, 2012
frank wrote:
I like it. My chassis eng front end is adjustable. Raise front end up and down.
This one doesn't have coil-overs. I should call them and see if I can convert it to that instead of replacing the spindles. CE is only 80 miles East of where the car is and I could go there on my way back.
frank said
Oct 22, 2012
Mine doesn't have coil overs either. Has big cup that sites over top of spring there is a big nut on top of tower you turn it it raises oR lowers front end
frank said
Oct 22, 2012
Http://www.chasissengineering.com/page16.html
Lost in the 60s said
Oct 22, 2012
frank wrote:
Http://www.chasissengineering.com/page16.html
This has the cheaper weld-on unit... I don't remember seeing those adjusting nuts on it....guess I'll know for sure on Tuesday. Forecast is for rain there tomorrow.
66 RAT said
Oct 22, 2012
I like the look with no running boards. I also like the dropped front end but understand your desire to improve the ride. I would guess that there's not too much travel in the suspension right now. The wheels look good on the car also.
Bungy L-76 said
Oct 23, 2012
I don't think changing the spindles is going to give you a better ride. It will only raise the car's height. The dropped spindles only move the spindle up 2". You still have full suspension travel with dropped spindles. Personnaly I like the way it sits now.
I drove to central IA on Tuesday and drove this car. I made an offer and he turned it down but called last night and accepted it.The car is well built but needs a lot of massaging to get the body ready for paint. Price of the car is about what it would cost to buy everything on it for another "starter" car. I'm almost getting the body for free...
From the ad..
355 WITH TUNNEL RAM--ELDELBROCK CARB--- PERTRONICS DIST.-- 350 TURBO TRANY-2000 STAHL
MUSTANG 2 FRONT---ALLUMINUM RADIATOR-- CHASSIS ENGINEERING RADIATOR SUPPORT--TRANY MOUNT & MOTOR MOUNT
CHASSIS ENGINEERING REAR SPRING KIT-- 80 MALIBU REAR END--TANKS FUEL TANK---KWIK WIRE LOOM---
NEWPORT ELEC WIPER-- HAVE HOOD SIDES
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:38:26 AM
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:41:43 AM
No, I will be getting it next week.
-- Edited by Lost in the 60s on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:43:21 AM
So will we see it tommorrow?
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/3325428538.html
Congrats Mitch! Looks really good. Have you start dreaming up a paint color yet?
Kind of reminds me of Franks car.
I like the current color but it needs the hood sides. I figured you were not going to stop until you had something. Will it get AC?
It's a grey primer right now. Color is undecided. Hood sides come with it and will go back on. The tunnel ram will come off for an RPM performer too and YES, it will get Vintage air/heat. It will need a better rear axle at some point too.
Cool Mitch!
And... the gas filler neck is still on the fender, not inside the trunk. Which you didn't seem to like on the other ones.
The ad is already down, so he must be serious. What year/make is it? Sorry, if it's before 1955 I'm not good at car identification...
Man I love those fenders. That car is just BADASS as it sits there.
Looks like a '37 Chevy
(I don't plan to run it, but I dig the way it looks)
It's a '38 Master Deluxe, though most of the "Deluxe" series trim is missing. The interior is spartan but fairly complete and usable for a while with 5 gauges, tach and tilt column. He moved the fuel tank from behind the seat to the sedan location under the trunk and routed the filler neck thru the fender. He doesn't like the filler or tank in the trunk any better than I do. The battery is actually behind the right front tire in the huge cavity of the sweeping fender. I really like that too as I don't care for the battery in the trunk either, or the 20 ft of cable to connect it all up to the engine. He originally had a blower on the motor and it was built as such. He claims the compression is 8.5 but even with the single quad tunnel ram it has plenty of power and no low end bog, as I assumed it would have. Car actually runs out really nice. The engine was new when he built the car 3 1/2 years ago and the odometer, that was new then too, shows 23k+ miles !! He has driven it all over the Midwest and even to BTTF 2 years ago with no issues. It has a Chassis Engineering front suspension conversion but with manual rack and disc brakes. I will upgrade to power rack and replace the 2" drop spindles with standard to get a better ride. It will eventually get power assist brakes too, and I will most likely move the master/booster to under the floor to clean up the engine bay.
Scott, I don't know if I'm going to sell the tunnel ram. I didn't think it would bring much revenue, especially with the single quad conversion, but if I decide to part with it, you'll be the first to know....
I was thinking "wall art too". It would look good with the huge wrinkle wall slick I acquired last January at Karl's...
This one doesn't have coil-overs. I should call them and see if I can convert it to that instead of replacing the spindles. CE is only 80 miles East of where the car is and I could go there on my way back.
This has the cheaper weld-on unit...
I don't remember seeing those adjusting nuts on it....guess I'll know for sure on Tuesday. Forecast is for rain there tomorrow.
I don't think changing the spindles is going to give you a better ride. It will only raise the car's height. The dropped spindles only move the spindle up 2". You still have full suspension travel with dropped spindles. Personnaly I like the way it sits now.