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4SPEED427


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I went to see my friend the other night who is building the 65 Acadian 2 door hardtop/wagon. He showed me the poor man's rotisserie he built. Kind of cool.



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That is neat.  Looks like he has been doing quite a bit of frame and floor work.

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S10 front clip, full frame. It's gonna be heavy!!!

87 Grand National powertrain with the heads having been "improved" a bit.

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That front clip looked familiar. He will be able to use a rear sump oil pan with that set up.

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I like the rised tranny tunnel & stiff flat floor with nice bead rolling (Interesting)

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isn't it usually just the body on a rotisserie? 

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He does nice work for a hobbyist.

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seventy2plus2 wrote:

isn't it usually just the body on a rotisserie?


Yes, but in this case it started life as a unibody so as he replaced the original unibody with this frame, he made it one piece.  The body will not lift off the frame when he is done.

 



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what does he hope for ride height when done?? drop spindles for s-10 are cheap if nothing else.

Excellent work !!

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It's on air bags. I saw it on the floor one day when he had the bags in for the mockup. And I mean, it was on the floor!!!

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very cool indeed!!

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That will be a very cool ride!! Great choice of engine transplants too! Turbos are the way to go for driveability and power... that body style, and built as a 2dr wagon is very very nice!!

Has he built other cars Carl? which ones?
ak

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He used to own the black 67 Beaumont SD clone with the 427 4 speed. I likely don't need to say any more about his talents once I tell you that!!


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