Swapped a dying big block El Camino street racer,for a semi straight ,72(?); Plymouth Scamp. Rust free,I was good. Of course ,I massage things. Here is a start,near the end.
Too many ,mistakes.....
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Thanks to : CrackedBack & Bad 440,for intelligent comments ,vs. my idiotic rants....Thanks.I'm slow as hell,more to come.
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Why the heading (Too Many Mistakes...)?
Why the heading (Too Many Mistakes...)?
Oh I don't know Tim. I wouldn't call all of your rants idiotic. lol
Lookin good buddy.
Lookin good buddy.
Too many times set aside & restarted.
txstang84
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Oo! Another Scamp-sweet! I'd welcome your idiotic rants, Tim.
The original reason,how I got to here: I built a "pump gas" 408,on my own. The machine work ,was perfect. Used KB 356's milled down,worked stock rods & balanced.(Scats,were not an option in 04..).I home ported,the heads myself(ith some bad *** help).,280-ish ,by 0U812... 4 inch arms,suck up so much camshaft....
And I ran,a stock distributor intermediate shaft.. (
My own fault. I knew better ,and it broke. ...(I gambled)....
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
OUCH! How much damage?
The stock shaft broke.. The damn cam,,idled soo sweet at 800 -900 In drive. J have one of those grinds,not for sale.....
bad440
everything,all the time..
Well you live you learn....bet your car don't weigh as much as my tank lol...and its lookin good....
The theme of the build: low buck/no buck, early 70's street/strip ride. Mounted a Hemi scoop/stock steel hood ,years ago. Time to make it effective. Low buck cold air induction plate. A 12.00 Wallyworld oil drip pan,home made template & rattle can Dykem is the start. More to follow....
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PanGasket
has cork sides
Looks pretty good Tim. I was wondering where your project was.
Getting there,man.Love your damn grill.
PanGasket
has cork sides
I need to sit down and polish it real good. I also need to change my avatar to an updated picture of it
your scamp is pretty wicked though. I've always liked them, I just hardly ever see em.
Thanks.I'll tap your post today,actually have a couple questions I'll post....
txstang84
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Cool deal, Tim. Sucks on the oil pump shaft...but-I can't wait to see more work happening on it.
Some progress.... Started the front bumper,a while back . Chrome was shot,and I don't care for it (in this application). Sanded 80 &150 grit dry,hit with Dupli -Color etching primer. Dried overnight,hit it with Hammerite silver rattle can. This stuff ,is crazy.Back bumper prep: some Rust-mort & undercoating....
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Got the sealing pan mounted & sealed. Measured and drawn out ,on the Dykem. I need to mount a 19" x19" base plate to the air cleaner base. Then mockup time.
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
:happy1::happy1::happy1:
- Really interested in seeing how this turns out. Do you still have smurf fingers?
- Really interested in seeing how this turns out. Do you still have smurf fingers?
Got the bottom air pan done this afternoon. Found some good aluminum sheet (.080"), cut it to 18" x 18". Measured ,cut & mocked up. Came apart for two coats of etch,two coats of flat black. The original centered air cleaner base,was too far back. Swapped for a Jets offset base, went with a 14" x 4" filter as well.(Fram CA 3492).
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txstang84
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Looking good
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