Project Muscle Truck (again!)

[SkwerI]

Cool deal!

Now we gotta find you a better looking shifter lever...

Dammit Paul! Beat me to it by seconds!

 

[Mr. Sir]

It looks like the dog's been chewing on it.

 

[GASoline71]

The funny thing about that knob... the guy that sold it to my buddy that I bought it from... said his dog used to stand on the seat and chew on the shift knob while he would drive around... he had replaced the knob 3 or 4 times...

Gary

 

[woodworkingboy]

Real old skool is putting the tach sticking up through the hood, outside the front window.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

How true how true

 

[stehansen]

Is the engine back running again yet Gary?

 

[GASoline71]

Oh yeah Steve... it's runnin' and hauls ass...

I mounted the Tach today, but need to finish up the wiring tomorrow... then take it out for a test!

Gary

 

[Paul B]

AND replace the shifter knob...

 

[stehansen]

Awesome Gary.

 

[GASoline71]

Alright... went out today and was messin' around with a buddy of mine. Matt has a ridiculously fast 1972 Monte Carlo. We went for a little "drive" this afternoon, and had a ball... I built the 355 SBC in Matt's Monte... what a sweet ride, and it hauls ass too...

First vid... from my view driving... Matt passing me in his Monte...

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Second vid... is me passing Matt after a short while... with my window down... it sound like the truck is "cutting out"... but trust me... it's not. =)

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Third vid... pullin' in to a rest stop on south Whidbey Island... you can hear the cam in my truck, and the sound of Matt's wicked Monte too...

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This truck is awesome!!!

Gary

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Sweet!
I love my dad's 72... SO happy you got that sorted out Gary.

 

[stehansen]

Sweet!

 

[GASoline71]

Thanks mang!

Here are a few pics from our day...

Gary

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

Man Gary, that's Badazzz!!! Love the old muscle, and love that bodystyle. (The truck's, not your's you weirdo. )

Sweet vids too man. Makes me miss WA.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

One of my best buds in school, his dad bought a brand new 72 black monte.. I loved that car! Never did get to drive it though

Ohh boy did I date me in this post... HAHAHAHA

 

[SkwerI]

Wow, those are both a couple of sweet rides. They sound great, too. I think the cutting out sound may be from Youtube compressing the audio.

 

[blue]

Nice rides.
What sort of BHP is your truck making Gary?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Most excellent, Gary. Are you finished working on her?

 

[woodworkingboy]

That truck definitely has character. Very nice!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Nice truck Gasman! As to the shifter knob, its got to be an 8 ball or a screaming skull

 

[Al Smith]

As to the shifter knob, its got to be an 8 ball or a screaming skull

A piston from a Briggs and Stratton or a beer keg tapper handle works well too if you're talking early old school American hot rodding . I imagine 350 Chevy engines will live on for the next 50 years or so in one form or another .

The Ford 8BA flatheads are at least that old and still can be found in limited numbers .

Good job on the Jimmy GAS .

 

[sotc]

Nice Gary! Glad you got het together again!

 

[GASoline71]

Matt and I are plannin' on a road trip to a big carshow over in Poulson, Montana in the Summer. I will have the only truck goin'... so I will be haulin' a lotta crap over there for everybody... So I have some stuff to do to get ready for a long haul like that...

New wheel bearings front and rear, new u-joints, and stuff like that...

BTW... My dad called me yesterday... he has this cool old shifter knob that he made in high school, that he had in his '50 Plymouth. That would be a cool nostalgic touch to the old beast...

Gary

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Hell yeah! Definite old school!

 

[GASoline71]

Nice rides.
What sort of BHP is your truck making Gary?

It's close to 400... maybe between 380 and 400... Matt's Monte is around 425.

Most excellent, Gary. Are you finished working on her?

Not by a long shot... I gots lots more to do... It's going to be an ongoing project. It needs new rocker panels, and has some rust hole in the floor tha need patching... Some spots inside the cab on the "A" pillars and in the kick panels are rusty too...

It will never be a "show" truck. I am going to be learnin' a lot about patch panels, and body work on this baby...

Gary