Oh my.....................................
That is an unbelievable car!!!
Wow, just wow.
Canadian Poncho said
Feb 16, 2008
Here's how the car looks now. It is somewhere in B.C. Which look do you like better?
How the engine looks now:
Call me old fashioned, but I liked it better the old way. If I had kept it, I was going to make it a Super Stock clone. I'd have the tow bars out front, the nose sitting slightly higher than the rear and early 60's style removeable decals on the side like this:
... ****SIGH*** Todd
-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 10:20, 2008-02-16
4SPEED427 said
Feb 16, 2008
I vote the way it looked when you had it. The new look is neat too, but I'm a sucker for a car that looks restored/original.
2drpost said
Feb 16, 2008
69Laurentian wrote:
Here's a pic of the car on the new owners trailer
i gotta go with this look, i like the original dog dish caps. i don't like the 18-22s or whatever the hell they are, on any '60s car. engine looks good, like those dual carbs. dave.
gparis7 said
Feb 18, 2008
That's the look I like - stock with the dog dish caps and thin white walls on black rims. That's the setup I have on my 63 Ventura 2 dr ht and it looks sharp. I'm with Dave - the big wheels do nothing for me on these classics.
guidematic said
Feb 18, 2008
I'm sorry, but those big wheels look just plain stupid. Never did like them, it makes any car look like it belongs in a Hot Wheels blister pack.
Mike
Canadian Poncho said
Feb 18, 2008
I took the car to the track for a kick one Friday night. I ran a 16 flat in the 1/4. I thought that was pretty good since my reaction times sucked, I was on bias ply tires and the 389 was still running the 2bbl! If I didn't sleep at the lights, the car could easily have been in the 15's
Todd
427carl said
Feb 18, 2008
I like the car both ways.. I like big wheels on some things I like 20's on a truck... but whatever floats your boat... BTW Toyota DIDNT Win...........yea...
How the engine looks now:
Call me old fashioned, but I liked it better the old way. If I had kept it, I was going to make it a Super Stock clone. I'd have the tow bars out front, the nose sitting slightly higher than the rear and early 60's style removeable decals on the side like this:
... ****SIGH***
Todd
-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 10:20, 2008-02-16
i don't like the 18-22s or whatever the hell they are, on any '60s car.
engine looks good, like those dual carbs.
dave.