Big Block Redneck Donk

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 06/08/2016 at 16:40 • Filed to: None

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Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/08/2016 at 16:49

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so, you making a run at this one???

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/08/2016 at 16:51

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Poor little Chevy II.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 06/08/2016 at 16:55

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Nope. Sort of fascinating, though.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/08/2016 at 17:03

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could probably be turned into a gasser.....with a little effort. already has the front solid tube front, the rear fenders are already radiused, big block, disc brakes all around

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 06/08/2016 at 17:05

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But that wooden backseat!

Birddog > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/08/2016 at 17:09

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Nice find!

That’s the car you buy when you finally had enough of the HOA’s Bull.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/08/2016 at 17:17

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yeah, i know...... it looks like he ran the car through a neighbors fence, and threw the evidence in the back seat........

but it is a novel idea

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 06/08/2016 at 21:39

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Thank you for the interest you’ve shown in my Nova trials. I appreciate it.

I have to enroll my eldest daughter in classes tomorrow for Fall semester. She’d do this herself, but she has been away for more than a year and can’t, but she’ll be back in time for school. I don’t know how much this will cost.

This morning, my wife showed me something on the HELOC statement: that the minimum amount they’re charging us each month doesn’t keep the total balance from growing by about $24 each month. Then there was the balance...

So my Nova aspirations are returned to the backburner for perhaps another ten years. It’s already been thirty years...

An aside: the MSD Atomic TBI setup costs over $2500! You can practically buy an LS V8 and transmission from a pickup for that amount, with the computers, professionally pulled. Just add shipping.

And with all of the above, I have this van. It’s a white ‘97 GMC Safari with all of the paint literally falling off. I re-engined it awhile back with a Goodwrench long block, re-sprung the rear with an extra leaf, had the transmission rebuilt by an excellent local shop, and I grease the front end diligently every 5000 miles. I think you’d be hard pressed to find one that drives better than mine does and it’s carried me and my family from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back THREE TIMES.

Sometimes you already have all you want in life but you just don’t recognize it.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/08/2016 at 22:46

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yikes, when it rains it pours.....

the nova aspirations dont have to go to never never land. it just means that the starting point you get just might need more attention.... and more opportunities for “customizing”

yeah i hear you on already heaving everything you want.... a couple of my projects are CLOSE to being done. am getting that nervous “dont meet your heroes” jitters on finishing them. in meantime i get to keep cruising the old 71 truck, its carried me to all kinds of wonderful places. one of those just not for sale trucks.

when i had started on my longest long term project, i had wanted a first design nova(63ish). after exhaustive searching i discovered i couldnt touch a beat nearly rusted in two shell, front suspension falling out from underneath it for less than $1500.

so i rounded up some parts and started building a different lightweight racecar. its a franken-car has probably at least 10 donors in it. ill have to eventually post some stuff about it. i mention it every so often. i hear that seeing is believing.

Vans like what you got, although not exactly glamourous, are the ones that have drug the family all over the place... got a few memories tied up in them too. might be time to slowly upgrade it and give it some attention too. maybe a fresh coat of paint, some wheels..... the kind of stuff the nova would get. make it more “exciting”. it might not be a drift van, and it might not make a good drag car, but its an honest old friend.

i enjoy hearing about the chase.

priorities first of course, but......

fun projects are where you find them...