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"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 05/12/2014 at 11:12 • Filed to: None

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I think this is even has heat.

http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/4443361090…

JR1 > CalzoneGolem 05/12/2014 at 11:16

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Nice Hot Rod but I never understood why people always put small blocks into Fords. Are Ford engines really that much more expensive?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 05/12/2014 at 11:16

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*HISSS*

*Recoils like vampire*

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:18

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It's a *little* cheaper, and the conversion parts are off the shelf parts at this point. No. Effort. Required.

OPPOsaurus WRX > CalzoneGolem 05/12/2014 at 11:18

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hose flames are so hot they have melted all the snow around it. Also if this is a recent pic, I feel bad for the dude still having that much snow on the ground at this time of year.

CalzoneGolem > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:19

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350s grow wildly so they just go and pick one.

offroadkarter > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:19

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Back in the day when the gen 1 SBC came out it was more powerful and faster than a flathead V8 car so thats when the trend started. I agree, I hate when I see a old non GM hotrod with a damn SBC in it, its so unoriginal in this day and age but its a trend that will carry on for a long time.

McMike > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:19

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Just think of all the Camaros sitting in front yards.

The SBC, they're everywhere

JR1 > offroadkarter 05/12/2014 at 11:21

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To each their own I suppose but a non Ford engine in a Ford would turn me off from buying it,

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/12/2014 at 11:21

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*holds the picture closer to ramblin'*

CalzoneGolem > OPPOsaurus WRX 05/12/2014 at 11:22

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The pics are 2 months old.

offroadkarter > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:22

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oh I agree but sadly this is such a common thing

offroadkarter > McMike 05/12/2014 at 11:22

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Why are all those F bodies up on blocks in yards? Because all the engines ended up in old fords like this one

camaroboy68ss > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:28

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They also fit better in the early ford. The Chevy small block is a much smaller package that a small block ford. In most pre war fords you really have recess the firewall to get a ford to fit at all. A small block Chevy can fit in 32 and later fords with no firewall cutting needed, its tight but can be done.

camaroboy68ss > CalzoneGolem 05/12/2014 at 11:30

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not bad I'd swap the frame first thing to a speedway model a frame with 32 ford rails with a dropped I beam axle up front.

JR1 > camaroboy68ss 05/12/2014 at 11:32

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Ok that makes some more sense as to why the engine is chosen over just cost.

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 05/12/2014 at 11:34

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Not a fan of a 2nd gen Camaro frame? Probably handles "OK" for what it is.

camaroboy68ss > JR1 05/12/2014 at 11:35

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cost is also a big factor, I have little dealing with fords but it was a nightmare compared to a Chevy. My grandfathers last hot rod had a 302 ford in it when he got it, the firewall was cleaned so much for a small block ford we had enough room to drop a big block Chevy in its place.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 05/12/2014 at 11:36

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*Goes to happy place*

(390, Y-block, nailhead)

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 05/12/2014 at 11:38

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oh I love caramels but I prefer my hot rods with stock style frames and if ifs is wanted that a good kit for that frame. But I prefer dropped axles they can ride pretty nice. My 33 ford pickup has one a d I wouldn't change it for the world.

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 05/12/2014 at 11:57

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Yeah, the fbody subframe doesn't have the same appeal as a dropped axle. A trade off of style vs. handling. And I think the track width is kind of wonky on this car.

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 05/12/2014 at 12:03

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yeah it is a corvair front end works better with the model a and is just as old school because that fad died in the 70s. Corvair front end and a jag rear and you have a 70s rod

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 05/12/2014 at 12:11

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Is it just me or does this model A have mismatched track widths?

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 05/12/2014 at 12:14

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kinda looks like it, front looks wider than the rear. Usually the other was is ok to a certain degree. My 33 is just a tick wider. I wonder what rear end is under it

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 05/12/2014 at 12:20

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Looks like a GM 7.5 to me, and the front is wider than the rear.

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 05/12/2014 at 12:29

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the more I look at it the more I see of just using the body, motor and tranny and getting rid of the rest.

ly2v8-Brian > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/12/2014 at 14:07

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Glorius Golden Nailhead!