looks like it sets pretty nice Richard.

are you going to close up the wheel opening?

thats what we did with the big truck fenders we used.

I hit the swap meet at Delta River Cruisin' at Samstown Casino in Tunica, MS and found this. A bumper identified as a 51 chevy ? rear bumper with a $40 price tag. I knew it wasn't chevy, and thought it might be raw material for a Fargo bumper. I ended up talking the guy down to $15. I'm pretty sure it originally came on the front of a mid-50's Studebaker Hawk!


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This is my favorite part of a build when you can buy parts on the cheap. My front bumper was $25 with brackets.

I haven't done much recently, but I'm gonna get back on it...

Finally got around to trying the camaro exhaust manifolds...I like 'em way better than the truck manifolds. There will be lots more room for passengers feet.

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Started mocking stuff up. Seat is a mystery bench that came with the dodge. column is a mystery column too.
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not a clue....
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I can't believe they didn't center the gauges to the steering wheel.
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lots of set-back
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I actually did something!
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I welded in the tubes for the middle body mounts (I'm doing 6 for the cab)
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Then welded in a crossbar at the rear of the door opening that will be two more body mount locations.
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Since I'm no longer doing the dropped down floor thing, I think I'm going to put some tube in the rocker area to make the front body mounts easier to attach
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Anybody know if the steering wheel and column are Dodge/Plymouth/Fargo?

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the coil attached to the bottom of the column is interesting.

Anybody think it might be from a WC54 military ambulance? I think we had the column from one of those stashed in the barn.

UGH!

I'm using a late model motor (2001) but I still want it to look like a hot rod. I just know there is a tunnel ram hiding in that plastic truck intake.

....kinda funky cutting/welding on plastic

Before
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first round of cuts. Getting rid of the guides for the wiring harness and the mounting bosses for the engine cover cleans things up a bunch
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No turning back now....

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I'm leaving the functional stuff where it is....I thought about shaving everything, but I still plan on running the stock ugly fuel rails (I don't want the rails to stand out any more than they do now). I'm shooting for something that looks like it could be OEM...just prettier.
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Maybe swap to an Edelbrock intake?

I run one on my LS in my Torana, and aside from better mid range and upper RPM power, it does look pretty cool too I'd say.

(I moved the coil packs as well off the valve covers and inbetween the intake runners)

I'd love to run the Edelbrock....my wallet won't let me. I'm trying to make the stocker look a little like yours

I bought mine when they had first come out (Saw it at SEMA and ordered one as soon as Summit had got them in stock) and it wasn't all that bad a price really..

Especially compared to other LS intakes at the time! Holley does a really tall style one now as well I have seen.. but been really happy with the Edelbrock.
Not a lot of car people seem to run them from the height though is all..I have a factory rear facing/cowl scoop on my car though so have the room under that.

Here's what my buddy does to dress them up.

Obviously eating blueberries doesn't help you have steady hands when it comes to taking pics.

We had an earthquake that day.