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10/21/2014 at 10:53 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
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The art of automobile customizing is in a sorry state today. Most so called hot rod shops simply bolt on expensive aftermarket components and call it done. There was a time when creating a hod rod meant re-purposing components from other cars and if you put a Lincoln Versailles rear end into your Mustang, you were the only one with that setup in your state. Now, customizers just slap on a set of gaudy 20-inch rims, a few bolt-in parts and call it a day. Bring back the glory days of classic hot rodding with this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! offered for $8,900 in Belchertown, MA via craigslist. Tip from jdah.
According to the seller this thing started life as a pile of parts in the 50s and rides on a 41 Ford frame and uses various other Ford parts. It looks like an incredible way to experience wind in your hair and bugs in your mouth motoring.
Power comes from a 1950 Mercury 255 cubic inch Flathead V8 with a Iskederian cam, headers, and cherry bomb mufflers. It might not be "fast" in the measurable sense of the world, but it will be exhilarating.
The seats are flimsy folding bucket style pieces sitting inches over the rear axle. If the old banjo-style rear has been converted to an open driveline, a driveshaft u-joint failure could be fatal. Just be sure your life insurance payments are up to date before exceeding 35 mph in this thing. Unless of course it's still got the original Ford torque tube style driveline, in which case there are no u-joints to fail and the thin driveshaft is encased in a thick steel tube. Carry on...
See a better way to get into a classic hot rod? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> DailyTurismo
10/21/2014 at 10:59 |
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Confused... V8 with three exhaust ports?
cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> DailyTurismo
10/21/2014 at 11:00 |
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I'm in love
wabbalosthiskey
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/21/2014 at 11:01 |
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Yes, the center holes share an exhaust port... (looks for photo)
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DailyTurismo
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/21/2014 at 11:02 |
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Cyl 4-6 and 3-5 share exhaust runner (not valves, just runner) in a setup known as a siamese exhaust port.
Party-vi
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/21/2014 at 11:05 |
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True-fact.
JEM
> DailyTurismo
10/21/2014 at 13:30 |
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This.... this is pure awesome. And very close to me, good thing I don't have a spare $9K.
Fun fact: Belchertown, MA used to be called Crystal Springs but they decided to change it.