Coolest Trar Evar!!
- Thread starter Greg
- Start date
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Drive it around a lot between now and then, and that will tell you if it's reliable enough for you to risk it.
Very cool!
Yep, that's what I'll have to do. It's going to be fun cruising around in!
I really need to get it legal, I don't have a title, so getting it registered may prove to be interesting.
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
That thing is just AWESOME!
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
It's really been a fun, no stress side project. Hard to put into words, but tinkering with this thing has been good for me. The reward of driving it has been great.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
I just found an old exterior windshield visor online for $100... :greg: That would look killer on the El Combino!
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
You'd better go to sleep before you buy something you'll regret.
Like what, I already own the car. How much worse could it get?
Still can't sleep... :-\
Skylinerider
Wandering the desert
- Location
- Ephraim
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Good call, Curt, I was about to post that.
Greg, the old-skool way to drop fronts is to cut the coils, which I'm sure you already know. In for a dime, in for a dollar, DO IT! I like the period-wackiness of it. About the only cooler thing would be to make it a gasser with a blown 454. and Firestone pie-crust slicks in the back. hahahah
Greg, the old-skool way to drop fronts is to cut the coils, which I'm sure you already know. In for a dime, in for a dollar, DO IT!
I like the period-wackiness of it. About the only cooler thing would be to make it a gasser with a blown 454. and Firestone pie-crust slicks in the back. hahahah
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Coker makes some killer tires, but they're to high-dollar for this project. This is more my style- :busted:
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Good call, Curt, I was about to post that.
Greg, the old-skool way to drop fronts is to cut the coils, which I'm sure you already know. In for a dime, in for a dollar, DO IT!
I have a plan... cutting the coils a little (too much and you screw-up the ability to align the front end) and also stepping the lower A-Arms. That should net me 4" of drop, still have suspension travel and not ride too harsh.
Here's a link to the idea of stepping the lower A-Arms.-
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=317696
No go on the gasser and blown 454... way too much $$$. Drop it & drive it... :greg:
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Yeah, I think both of those ideas will be applied here. I agree, the guy that stepped the lower A-arms in post 53 did a great job, they look like he really thought it out.
Here's some more pics and video from today's cruising...
I'm going to work on getting it plated next week, so I can drive it around town legally!
I stopped by Badbuggys house to show off the new ride... I think he liked it.
Some videos-
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- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Leafs, so yeah it will be easy to drop the rear. I'll probably just build some 4" drop blocks. The springs are 2" wide, so using normal 2.5" wide blocks isn't an option. It does have a torque tube though, so apparently you're not supposed to drop them more than around 4" without converting to an opened driveline.
I want to keep it simple, cheap & easy so it will have to stay on the springs. I dream of having it bagged, but that's big bucks.
I will probably run air shocks in the rear so I can raise it up if I have to. As much as I want to drop the front 4", Jeff thinks that may be a bit much without dragging it on everything. I suppose I could drop the rear 4" and do the stepped A-arms for 2.5" in the front and leave it like that. It would have a pretty cool rake to it like that. :greg:
Badbuggy
rock star
- Location
- Fruita, Co
Yes it is more cool in person than the photos let on. Tons of charm and patina. And the pickup conversion is very cool. Oh, and the horn sounds like a train.
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
Man, that would make for some awesome photos.
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Guess I'll make some calls back east and see if anyone can get me an actual 6-71 blower... and the front axle from some 60's truck heheh
KWight
Active Member
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Great to see the updates
Greg,
I enjoyed reading the progress you have made on your project. It sounds like you enjoyed your weekend more than I enjoyed mine. Here are some shots from the work I am doing on my new house:
(Disclaimer) No trees were harmed in this project on private land:
I hope that you end up taking this to the car show in Moab, if nothing else just for the nostalgia of it!
Kevin
Greg,
I enjoyed reading the progress you have made on your project. It sounds like you enjoyed your weekend more than I enjoyed mine. Here are some shots from the work I am doing on my new house:
(Disclaimer) No trees were harmed in this project on private land:
I hope that you end up taking this to the car show in Moab, if nothing else just for the nostalgia of it!
Kevin
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- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Fast forward 9 years....
I just got a phone call from the brother of a guy that I sent a title to in West Virgina, about 9 years ago. Long story kinda short, I bought this car w/o a title out of Delta, CO. I found a title for the same car online, but it needed to be notarized and also signed by the titled owner! I hunted down the owner, found his phone # and after a brief conversation, mailed off the title with a pre-paid & addressed envelope and a $100 check for the notary and his effort. I NEVER got anything back. Well the guy I sent it to passed away, his brother found my note and the title sitting around the house. He wondered if I needed the title back! I bet it wasn't signed or notarized... but that check was cashed! I sold the car since I had so much trouble getting it registered... it was neat, but a title and registration would have made it that much more fun.
I just got a phone call from the brother of a guy that I sent a title to in West Virgina, about 9 years ago. Long story kinda short, I bought this car w/o a title out of Delta, CO. I found a title for the same car online, but it needed to be notarized and also signed by the titled owner! I hunted down the owner, found his phone # and after a brief conversation, mailed off the title with a pre-paid & addressed envelope and a $100 check for the notary and his effort. I NEVER got anything back. Well the guy I sent it to passed away, his brother found my note and the title sitting around the house. He wondered if I needed the title back! I bet it wasn't signed or notarized... but that check was cashed! I sold the car since I had so much trouble getting it registered... it was neat, but a title and registration would have made it that much more fun.