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alloy T56 Elitist

Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 1716 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:37 am Post subject: New project..........may need some help with it |
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Well.............am thinking of picking up another 55. Anyone wanna help with it????
Thinking about having these guys haul it home for me.
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83Z28BlackBetty Bam-Ba-Lam

Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 2083 Location: Aloha
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: |
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I say we could have that thing runnin in about a week or so. lets do it. And it'd be a huge chick magnet.  _________________ 1983 Z-28 5.7 LT1, T56, Headman headers, BW 9 Bolt Posi Disc, WS6 suspension
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Xophertony Rodeo Queen

Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 5306 Location: Portland, Oregon.
1988 Pontiac GTA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: |
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wow! an all original 1950 hunk of rusting metal!
for real though, what is that.  |
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miamivice Member

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 450 Location: Seattle, WA
1982 Pontiac Trans Am
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| nice! looks almost as good a shape as the charger we just picked up off ebay out in the mid west |
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alloy T56 Elitist

Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 1716 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| Xophertony wrote: |
for real though, what is that.  |
Ok, this is a joke right???? |
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| alloy wrote: | | Xophertony wrote: |
for real though, what is that.  |
Ok, this is a joke right???? |
You're a machinist... you could make a frame and body without rust easier than trying to doctor that piece of crap. |
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Schultzy89GTA M.R.A. (11sec Club)

Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 4417 Location: Gresham, OR
1989 Pontiac GTA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: |
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My dad is a TV repairman, he has an excellent set of tools, we can fix it! /spicoli
I assume that you are the one joking Dan. If not then yes, I do have a shovel and I can help you bury that poor fitty-five.
BTW, have you ever posted pics of your '55? Don't recall seeing the car.
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Quasi-Traction "I have petals"

Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 3873 Location: stumptown
1986 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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hey, cut what's left of that crushed roof off behind A-pillar, and at where the quarters meet the B-pillars and weld a piece of steel tubing between both sides of the windshild at the top.......and VOLA you have a convertible!!!
"ok, ok, there's some scratches, a few dents, some cosmetic stuff, maybe some fiberglass....call it what, 80 thousand? Ok, so you take 80 from 200 and we call it a deal?" _________________
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Xophertony Rodeo Queen

Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 5306 Location: Portland, Oregon.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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i know it used to be a car. but how am i suposed to identify what kind of car from somthing with only 3 remaining body pannals, all of which are rusted or dented. i am gonna take a guess and say it's a oldsmobile.  |
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83Z28BlackBetty Bam-Ba-Lam

Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 2083 Location: Aloha
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Schultzy89GTA wrote: | My dad is a TV repairman, he has an excellent set of tools, we can fix it! /spicoli
-Schultzy |  _________________ 1983 Z-28 5.7 LT1, T56, Headman headers, BW 9 Bolt Posi Disc, WS6 suspension
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Xophertony Rodeo Queen

Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 5306 Location: Portland, Oregon.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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"you guys had shirts on when you came in here..."
"yeah, somthin' happend to em' man" /spicoli.
that movie is awsome. |
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chevymad Master B
Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5476
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Some people have started with worse.. not many but some. Think you'd need to invest in a spray welder. |
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alloy T56 Elitist

Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 1716 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: |
You're a machinist... you could make a frame and body without rust easier than trying to doctor that piece of crap. |
Ok, Paul, don't mince words, tell us what you really think of it
| Xophertony wrote: | i know it used to be a car. but how am i suposed to identify what kind of car from somthing with only 3 remaining body pannals, all of which are rusted or dented. i am gonna take a guess and say it's a oldsmobile.  |
Well..........this is a "GM" site, and I said it was a 55.........so guess it could be an olds going from that, but to us "old" folks it's a 55 chevy.
Well, here are a few pics of the car as purchased. Haven’t done much to it since I’ve moved, but and going to get the body off the frame again and start on the frame, brakes, suspension, engine/trans. Gonna put a 9” in it with some 3.70ish….gears I hope. Got a track lock for it already, and a 350 roller motor out of a 90 caprice cop car. Heavy duty block, oil cooler provisions, and 4 bolt. Also got the 700R4 out of the same car for it.
Someone previously spent some big $$$ having the hood louvered and nosed to remove the bird and front emblem. I’m not sure if I’m going to use this hood or not. It kinda rains here every now and then and how the heck do I keep all that water out of the engine bay with so many holes in the hood??? Still haven’t decided on a color yet, but defiantly not yuck yellow as it is now.
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Schultzy89GTA M.R.A. (11sec Club)

Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 4417 Location: Gresham, OR
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Coolness! That will be a nice cruiser Dan.
Tony, if someone says '55 without a qualifier pretty safe to assume that it is a 1955 Chevy.
Sorry about the red POS in the way of the real car
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Dan I think that wagon rocks. Leave the hood dude! It's not going to be a daily is it? If no, louvers rock.
I'd love a wagon. The '55-'57 sedans are played out IMHO. Good piece of history but no my thing.
That wagon would be awesome.
Maybe a hurst with fat tires and a blower.... drools. |
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Schultzy89GTA M.R.A. (11sec Club)

Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 4417 Location: Gresham, OR
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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alloy T56 Elitist

Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 1716 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Schultzy89GTA wrote: |
Sorry about the red POS in the way of the real car
-Schultzy |
Yeah........move that thing outa the way will ya
| Twilightoptics wrote: | Dan I think that wagon rocks. Leave the hood dude! It's not going to be a daily is it? If no, louvers rock.
I'd love a wagon. The '55-'57 sedans are played out IMHO. Good piece of history but no my thing.
That wagon would be awesome.
Maybe a hurst with fat tires and a blower.... drools. |
I hope it's gonna be a daily for me, just not sure when. I'm kinda thinking a SD TPI setup cause I don't have to hang a MAF off the front of the intake. But TPI presents problems of it's own. Have to rig up a speed sensor, and bypass the VATS. I'm sure there are other considerations, but those are the two that come to mind first on my list as far as a TPI setup goes. |
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| alloy wrote: | | Schultzy89GTA wrote: |
Sorry about the red POS in the way of the real car
-Schultzy |
Yeah........move that thing outa the way will ya
| Twilightoptics wrote: | Dan I think that wagon rocks. Leave the hood dude! It's not going to be a daily is it? If no, louvers rock.
I'd love a wagon. The '55-'57 sedans are played out IMHO. Good piece of history but no my thing.
Get a C950 setup with wiring.
Then get the appropriate TPI Parts.
Easier to tune.
No speed sensor.
No Vats.
No problems.
That wagon would be awesome.
Maybe a hurst with fat tires and a blower.... drools. |
I hope it's gonna be a daily for me, just not sure when. I'm kinda thinking a SD TPI setup cause I don't have to hang a MAF off the front of the intake. But TPI presents problems of it's own. Have to rig up a speed sensor, and bypass the VATS. I'm sure there are other considerations, but those are the two that come to mind first on my list as far as a TPI setup goes. |
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alloy T56 Elitist

Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 1716 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Here are a couple of pics I found tonight. I'd love to be able to do the sheetmetal work like this guy does. I love the hood/cowl treatment he came up with. This is quality work to say the least.
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Xophertony Rodeo Queen

Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 5306 Location: Portland, Oregon.
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| oh cool. that will be awsome. an L98 (kind of) in a 55 chevy. sweeeet. fuel injection owns. |
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