--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EBZ00008 Date: 07/29/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 05:44pm \/To: BILL CLARK (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 27 Jul 97 10:46, Puleeeeze Brer Bill Clark, Dooooon't trow 396 in dat der Briar Patch! BC> On (26 Jul 97) Roy Witt wrote to Bill Clark... BC> BC>> And if you reversed and ground a little on deuce motor mounts the BC>> 265 would bolt right in. BC> RW>> Now that statement jogged my memory a bit...Weren't the Chevy II RW>> motor mounts similar to the 55-62 Corvette? It's been a long time RW>> since I've leaned over the fender of a Chevy II... BC> BC> OOPS! I was referring to a '32 Ford. Kinda dates my hotrodding era BC> ... Well, you got us off on another thread with it...I was out to a rod builder's shop the other day. He's doing a 61 Chevy pickup for a friend of mine. Under this tarp I spied the fatboy type wheels of which I think you know what they are. When I asked if it was alright to look under the tarp, the guy pulled it off completly. He explained that this was his dad's 29 Roadster. Flathead and all. When I asked where his dad was, I'd like to talk to him, he said he was out somewhere in the 32 highboy... ... I glue all my bills together. It's a mail bonding ritual. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EBZ00009 Date: 07/29/97 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 08:05pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 RW> JP> I will mail you as many as you want. :) Brakes are done. Taking a RW> JP> cooling off before putting the tires on and testing. RW> Fenders? Yeah, I have spares. :) Of course not, DOLT, I meant pictures. You should know what I meant to type. RW> Geeeez...about time. Where'd you end up getting drums? Da Nada. Still gets greasy after about 10 minutes. --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Used ?? I Prefer Well Broken In (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EB^00000 Date: 07/30/97 From: TOM COLLINS Time: 10:53pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 396 JP> Da Nada. Still gets greasy after about 10 minutes. Questions, questions..... Can the drums be 'sleeved'? Have you checked to see if there is a newer vehicle with the same diameter and width brake geometry that can have your bolt pattern redrilled (remember putting Buick drums on other cars in the fifies and sixties because they had fins on them)? Have you tried Hemmings, Late Great, etc.? Do you have part numbers? Or describe the year model again, and I'll check around here (north Texas). Tom ... For a Breath, I Tarry. . . ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: The Oasis BBS: (817) 613-9002 (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EB^00001 Date: 07/30/97 From: BILL CLARK Time: 12:54pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 On (28 Jul 97) Roy Witt wrote to Tom Collins... RW> Not likly. 283's were hard pressed to make it to a 4" bore. That'd RW> be an 1/8" to bore out. You'd need a perfectly cast block. I remember RW> a lot of them going to 292, but hardly any 301's from 283's. Some, RW> but not many, and those weren't streetable due to the heat warping the RW> thin cylinder walls. I remember a bunch of 283s punched to 301 running around the streets of southern Ohio in the late '50s. In fact I had one that made it's way through 2 different street rods before I became bored with Chevys, and went to Olds for the sake of something different. -bc- wclark@worldnet.att.net --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Wow... I just had a V8 (1:132/180.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EB^00002 Date: 07/30/97 From: BILL CLARK Time: 01:06pm \/To: TOM COLLINS (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 On (27 Jul 97) Tom Collins wrote to Roy Witt... TC> whether or not a 265 could be bored to 4 inches (making it a 301). And TC> did the guy put the '55 engine in a 60's Chevy II? It's now apparent TC> that he possibly could. But was it a 265? If it has an oil filter on TC> the LR of the block it wasn't a 265, but must be a 283. TC> I still say no, a 265 can't be bored to 4", due to the cylinder wall TC> thickness. You're mixing up 2 different guys. I put a 55 265 into a '32 Ford (deuce in my era) using stock '32 Ford motor mounts. I did not, for a NY Heartbeat, suggest that a '55 265 could be punched to 301! -bc- wclark@worldnet.att.net --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Wow... I just had a V8 (1:132/180.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EB^00003 Date: 07/30/97 From: GERALD CHRISTOFFEL Time: 07:15am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Desoto radio Anyone want a old Desoto car radio? Think it came out of a 1949. I converted it to work on 120 volts AC. You pay the shipping and it's yours. --- FMail/386 1.22 * Origin: What's_the_Point? (1:140/23.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EB^00004 Date: 07/30/97 From: GERRY CALHOUN Time: 06:49pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 Fireo > RW>> Some people think they moderate ALL of the echos... > JP> > JP> One of the two of us will get in trouble before this is over. :) > JP> Wanna talk about tose world class Fieros ?? > > Now that you mention it. I never got to drive one, > but I always thought one might be fun to drive on a > go-kart track... A go-kart track? But don't you know a Fiero is the fastest car in the world? You just cann't give some guys a clue... Gerry --- FMail/386 0.98a * Origin: PETS R US! - 805-946-8345 - Lancaster, CA (1:2004/201.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC100000 Date: 07/29/97 From: ERIC CURTIS Time: 10:20pm \/To: DAN BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: What's on topic On 07-29-97 06:53 DAN BAKER Says: DB>AREA:OLDCARS EC> If you check the confrence rules, any pre 75 car is considered an o EC> and is on topic. DB>What about a can a little later... I own a 1978 Volare Ex-police car, ( DB>Rare) Or my first car 1976 Pacer X(also VERY rare). My buddies 1978 A DB>R/T Sport Pak(1 of 628) Very Rare, Very FAST. Please don't count out m DB>fine late 70's models. I lot of the "sticker" performance car of that DB>now becoming very rare and sometimes desirable... I would say those qualify for the exception to the rule clause in the rules . Although as far as Mopar's goes, I'm still partial to the 70 340 swinger I use to own. Sweet little car and it even had the Pistol Grip shifter still in it (of course headers and dual Thrush mufflers helped too) . Curt. e-mail: ecurtis@isd.net --- * WR 1.31 # 595 * Old Bugs never die, they just go FASTER! * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Bringing New Life to FTSC Mail (1:282/4117) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC100001 Date: 07/30/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 06:17pm \/To: DAN BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Copa Cars > Is anyone out there into Cop Cars.. I own a 1978 Volare Ex- Police car. > It is a former Ephrata, Pa unit. I found the broadcast sheet for the > vehicle. Around here the taxi companies stand in line waiting to buy up the old cop cars when they come up for retirement. > It got all the goodies 2.45 Sure grip, hi-pressure cut-off for the air, > the > coolest spotlight, cop brakes, 15 X 8 Cop wheel with hubcap and > trimrings, HD > Everything. At least you got the cop wheels. Too bad its stuck with a 2.45. > Fast... I don't even want to start on that subject.. And what is your quarter mile time then? Still got the stock motor? 318 or 360? Alex. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Never pick your nose with my finger. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-438-1066 * Internet * 4GB * (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC100002 Date: 07/30/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 06:17pm \/To: DAN BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Daytona > Which kind of "REAL" Daytona 1969 Charger Daytona or the 1975-77 Charger > Daytona. NoW there are the "Real wheel drive" Daytona's Either. As you say, they're RWD. Alex. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Real cars send the power to the rear wheels. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-438-1066 * Internet * 4GB * (1:2401/0)