Recent content by 4speedman

My dad took me to the local dragstrip in 61 i was just a kid who liked cars the chevrolets were the kings and when the 62 409s came out in late 61 i knew i would have a car like that someday i bought a 63 409 in 1966 and still have it today

My 63 ss a St Louis car has it on top of the frame as the pictures shows under the driver floor very hard to see or impossible to see with the body on frame

I to was a late great member since the early 80s enjoyed the monthly magazine went to three of their national/ reginal meets took a car to two of them but when they sold out to eklers they seem to have little interest in the late great group i stayed with them foe a couple of years and they just...

Have the balls been kept with the rocker arms that they were used in

Thats good info i did not know that the 6 cylinder rockers were the same as 409s

My 63s are a medium to dark gray on the under dash heater box.

About that oil breather cap the 63s 340 horse engines had a cap similar to that i am not sure about the 65s

I need two of the narrow slot aluminum wheels 15 inch with most of the offset on the inside the kind that are used on gasser style cars.

Would that be a close or wide ratio

These engines are not cheap to rebuild as stated above replace the valve springs and drive it awhile and see what it shows you then if a rebuild is go ahead with that if you are like most of us car guys you won't put many miles on it anyway.

Gas tank in the trunk these cars are so small there is not much room choices have to be made

The front end is a speedway mustang two type thing with tubelar a arms and QA coilovers and power rack and pinion it works with the stock GM pump the brakes are gm disc and calibers it came in a kit from speedway motors That rear is a winters quick change with 4.86 gears but with the spur gears...

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Yes on the steel. Inner door will be covered with sheel metal but i want some kind of bead rolls or those holes with scolloped inlays eastwood sells a tool to do that with my deck lid has has a inner panel already put in it so it is ok

These pictures were taken two and a half years ago when i first got the car movin under its own power it has progressed a lot since then window are in slot mags on the front lights are on inside floor painted now front fenders are not on yet but i am working on that now