Recent content by 58 Guy

58 Beef up I'd been told that the 58 with the Tortice shel or Armadilo or whatever you want to call it is prone to pulling the mounts right off the frame. I'm not to sure about the later bananna bars but here's what I made up for mine. I re-weld over the Factory welds (It must have been a...

Very Nice Nice , Nice , Nice What's that hiding behind the Vicky:dunno 36 maybe:?

Rare Hey Ray Don't have power steering on mine but don't let that one go the Originals gen w/ps pump are farely hard to find cause they almost always chucked em out in favor of an Alt.

Yeah Hey Clyde That's interesting, at least if you make em yourself you stand a better chance of getting what you want, if you take your time. Whats the old Henny Youngman joke about a Hooker who says that she'll do anything he wants for a hundred bucks and he says OK PAINT MY...

Spares Many Thanks, Dave I've got the one that was already on the car with the 235 and got a new one. Hope they work OK but I don't want to cut into you spares. Called Jim on Friday but he was busy, want to hopefully get out there next weekend to see him. Hope to see you also.:cheers John

Just Curious Just curious about dif in power but agree that the long tubes would give better flow. It really is a game of inches:rofl

Home made headers Just throwin it out there:pray Has anybody had luck makin there own headers:crazy

Cool That's pretty neat! Hope you can get Intructions Guess it wasn't an orig op but looks NOS Geez that's a big light.

?????? My 58 didn't have one, does it come with a setup like the brake light switch, does it have it's own light assembly, can't remember (Mines in a million pieces right now) but does the dash pannel have a place for it?

Bench Test Any recomendations for a good bench test (aside from the ones in the manual) Got a variable power supply but not sure if it would put out enough juice to show up a problem.:scratch John:D

points Does anybody still run with POINTS:eek::eek:

Stats Hi Dave You've used them allready, do you have any Dyno numbers or an educated guess as to the dif from the shorties to stock manifolds:dunno John

Any Luck Just bumping this back up Any luck yet My brother has a 65 Pontiac Parisienne with a 283 (It's CDN so the motor is a Chevy) it's got power steering or power assisted. I can take some pics if it will help John

Are they all JUNK Just got a new Volt Reg from Ecklers same place I got the Gen Rebuild kit. Do you think it's probably CRAP also. Still have the original one from the 235 that I was running in it before Will that work with the 348 I would think so Dif motor same Juice Might...

Additional Hey what's the weather like out there in Mich. We've got the winter Olympics starting hear in a couple of weeks but it;s mild and not much snow up in the mountains I guess they'll have to fire up those expensive snow making machines or change it to the Summer Games...