Made a friend.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 03/28/2018 at 11:58 • Filed to: None

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some times I just drive up to the shop and introduce myself, sometimes I make friends with a crazy old hot rodder.

55 chev and 59 ford. Those things got a running hemi between them?

36 chev “Parts Runner”, yes that’s what you think it is.

Takuro Spirit > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/28/2018 at 12:04

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She’s so fine, my 409.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Takuro Spirit 03/28/2018 at 12:06

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No hills here, but that truck’s ready for them if they sneak up on us.

vicali > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/28/2018 at 12:10

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Fire Dome..

I miss when you could see an engine under the hood..

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/28/2018 at 12:10

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Valve covers on the 348/409 are pretty unmistakeable.

Love the decor - and that this guy is into all of the Big 3.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 03/28/2018 at 12:11

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He’slike me. Likes things on wheels.

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/28/2018 at 12:12

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same

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > vicali 03/28/2018 at 12:15

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Or when you could buy a car with a cool name like Jetstar 88 or Barracuda or Firebird or many many others. We still have cool names like mustang and charger, but those are retro.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 03/28/2018 at 12:16

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Samesies fo sho

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 03/28/2018 at 12:22

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If you look really close at the W motor valve covers on the, there’s no little raised bowtie on them, Making them the the Canadian version for use in chev or Pontiac (409 was the top 2 or 3 engine options on my old straight 6 Pontiac Strato-Chief.)

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/28/2018 at 12:26

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You mean the ones on the wall, of course, right? I hadn’t looked closely - my screen resolution isn’t that great.

That’s pretty neat, though, didn’t realize there was a difference! And, I gotta believe that Canadian W-motors are rare beasts!

lone_liberal > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/28/2018 at 12:45

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My dad had a ‘57 Fairlane with a 312 Thunderbird Special in it. Damn I wish he still had that. He parked in a field at my grandfather’s farm and left it there when the farm was sold.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 03/28/2018 at 12:47

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Yeah, we were more of a straight6/283, 3 on the tree people. Good on gas eh. And we bought a LOT of Pontiacs. They’re about the most commonnly available old car.

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 03/29/2018 at 12:46

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Cool - I love old Pontiacs. And Chevys, Dodges, Oldsmobile’s etc etc