cool! V dub. I think that the hood looks good woth it on, but I would keep the original hood original and find another to put the scoop on..best of both worlds!

my buddy has a ford dump truck and it has the same scoop and works as a cold air intake and its factory but it sits backwards to the way you have yours, i understand these were used on other makes and models , i like it siting the other way, maybe glue it on so you dont wreck you hood, if after you dont like it just razer blade it off and you hoods ok,

God I HATE those vw busses! I always seem to get stuck behind one of those things on a big hill with no passing lane.

LOve the scoop ,do it

Just missed one of those at Barrie about 4 years ago - for $25.00.

I'd have punched four or five rows of louvers in between the tin stripes!

Dave, you asked and IMHO you gotta mount the scoop, make it functional, hopefully motivate her with a stroker Poncho motor (505ci?).  and please, lower her dress, she looks like a pear shaped girl with her skirt too high with the current stance.  If you need more room, tub her

Offset rims is probably the easiest way to get the fat rubber underneith it. I dunno though, I kind of like the ass up in the air look.

Those are the same as a 567 Chevy. To put big rubber under it, you knock off the spring hangers and swap them side for side and inside the frame rails. You'll have to weld on new spring mounts on the diff, but you'll be able to put a 10" rim inside the wheelwells along with big tires.

arrowhead wrote:

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Dave, you asked and IMHO you gotta mount the scoop, make it functional, hopefully motivate her with a stroker Poncho motor (505ci?).  and please, lower her dress, she looks like a pear shaped girl with her skirt too high with the current stance.  If you need more room, tub her

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I am building a stroker BBC (496 ci) - because the tri-five Canadian Ponchos are the same as Chevys under the skin, it's a fairly easy fit.

I don't weld, and one objective for this car is to do it all myself, so no tubs, no relocated springs, sorry.

Dave

 

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Offset rims is probably the easiest way to get the fat rubber underneith it. I dunno though, I kind of like the ass up in the air look.

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Yes I could have simplified life with 1" additional offset rims, but (a) I *REALLY* like how those old Ansen Sprints look, and they never made them with any other offset since part of the appeal was (and is) the "deep dish" look, and (b) I only paid $180 for all 4, perhaps I could have some custom-made but for maybe $300 each, too much money, and I wouldn't have the same dish. So I needed to do one of three things:

(1) cut the fender openings like the 2 Lane Blacktop car - which I considered, but decided I liked the factory raised design:



(hard to see on my primer-black car but it is there)

(2) go one smaller size on the rear tire - but I *REALLY* wanted the bigger tire, 10 inches wide X 29 inches tall; or

(3) high-lift rear springs to give enough clearance to install the tires (I did try it with the tires deflated, and they could be forced in with great difficulty, but were almost impossible to take off) - so, high-lift springs got the nod. And here's what I've got:



And I do like the rear end jacked up. Fits with the 'theme' of the car as illustrated by the script on the dash



(yes I still have not finished the kick panels, but I will someday - I have all the parts, it just has not risen high enough on the priority list yet, eh?)

Dave