A little gantry...

So a buddy has a 51 chevy that he is swaping the frame on. Here is a home made gantry crane with chain lift taking the body off the frame.

I needed gloves cause this thing is one tetanus shot away from a bad day...

Motor is in...

Well after a few days of ripping out the old motor and putting in the new and tuning it its safe to say I dont want to look at a wrench for a while.

Here is the sound of the old tired motor:

Here is the old motor still in and about to be worked on to be removed:

Here is the old 350 being yanked out:

Here is the new 355 on the stand freshly painted and about to put on a new oil pan gasket:

Here she is installed and ready to be fired:

And this is what the new motor sounds like:

New motor specs:

Balanced 355
Camshaft: Lunati.490/.490 lift
Heads: Port & Polished 202 valves
Fuel: 600cfm edelbrock
Intake: Perfromer edelbrock
Exhaust: Long tube headers with FlowMaster turndowns

There is some more but that is all I can think of now.

New Motor...

I'm taking a perfectly good running stock 350 out of the truck and dropping in a worked 355.... Makes no sense they would say... Its a good thing I dont give a fuck what they think...

Cleaning up for new gaskets...

Grab it by the wheel...

After doin all this work and now finally being able to drive the 69 until I put the new motor in over the next week or so I felt something was missing. I kept the old steering wheel but just restored it a bit with some new paint... It just didn't make me feel like I was driving something with any balls... So I decided to call Grant up and get a nice new wheel...


Removed the old one:

And after modifying the existing horn switch to let the steering hub fit correctly I now have this:

Clampin...

So I have had this issue with my rear pipe for a while and just been lazy and cheap... To find good exhaust clamps like the ones I use are either really pricey or I can't find them... So instead I will just modify...

Here is the clamp in question:

Removed for modification:

Cut about 1/4 inch out that sumbitch:

Welded back together and back on the bike:

Now you can jack the bike up from this pipe...

Anotha fix the shit yoself from Joe's Jalopies

A buddies house and shop....

So being in the car/truck/bike hobbies for as long as I can remember you meet people that share that same passion. Here is a friend who restores Antiques for a living in Ashboro NC. Met him a little while back but now finally getting to see his house and shop. Here a few pics from the day:

Here is the shop

72 C10 project they he is finishing up.

These are all orginal pumps from the day... not re-pops...

Burnin it up in the garage...

There is already enough marks on the floor from oil, gas spills etc... why not some goddamn rubber...