Okay...I got the car finally..ended up payin 1100 for it...yes its rough...what rust there is is surface and the body is perfectly straight without so much as a ding in it. A set of centerlines came with the car..here's some pics. The first one is how it's been sittin for the last 10 years.
Here are some more...we are gonna strip the peripherals this week and send it to have it media blasted and primed.
I know you will restore it to its former glory. $1100.00 is a fair deal. I am assuming you mean to finish it as a track only car
rick, not much of a"drag only car" person. would like to know about the ...arm rest location ...frank...
Frank my guess would be it was moved there because it conflicted with the roll cage...door latch is up there with it.
You really are getting into this drag racing, huh? Any history on the car? Was it a long time racer or is this an unfinished project? If I missed part of the story on a previous post I apologize. Seth
looks like a good start! Rick Racer!!!!!! its kinda like golf (which I played for years)...once you try it...your either bitten by the bug or ........
The Build My armrest was "relocated" to the same spot.Both of them. The white line on the dash and the double white lines onthe wheel are to be sure the wheels are straight. FYI -I did not build this car.I bought it from a gentleman from Tucson AZ. All props to him..he did all the fab and planning on this car. I got this car for 5K. Turnkey. I had enough of trying to get my 302 Stang into the 10s 1/8th.Put some feelers out for a big block small car -Pinto-Maverick-Mustang-.He contacted me and we put the deal together. Once again props to him Al Sciutto, Thanks Some one here or FORDMUSCLE probably knows him. Back to the build,HELL YEAH That is a perfect start for your build.I dont think your going to have to make a lot of changes (I dont say mods). Good Luck If I can help in any way just ask. REDMAVERICK It took me 2 hrs to type this -DRUNK\34VJ34P
one thing I just noticed, and Rick I am sure you have too. You will have to do something with the roll bar running across the drivers door. Bend it, make it a swing out bar or something....cause you and I are around the size "smallness" and I ain't seeing my a$$ crawling in there
Yeah, Rick, good point. If you put a bend in the bar by the door, it will make it easier for me to get my tiny hiney in the car, when I go for a test drive at the FFW mini-meet.
Modifications on that bar are definitely in order unless I lose a hundred or so lbs. Terry the car wont be ready for this years FFW...it's gonna be a slow process. I'm trying to decide on keeping the existing rear suspension setup and just freshen it up or go with a completely new frame rail kit with 4 link and coil overs. I've been told the 4 link would be better for the kind of HP I want to run. Nothing will be done until after the holidays now anyway...got some time to think on it. Seth the car came out of the Columbia area where it ran during the 80's in the early 90's it ran local and some of the old timers know the car and remember it being a formidable opponent. The car is extremely light the way it sits right now..we didn't have it centered on the trailer once we got it on..me and my son just pushed it over rather effortlessly. The more I look into building the 460 the more a high compression 408 is looking better and better.
Rick, look on the bright side about our builds and drag cars. Our cars get to weigh less because the driver adds sufficient ballast.
4 link vs. ladder bar? which is better? if I keep the ladder bars I'm gonna put a set of axle housing adapters on. They wrap around the axle housing and attach to the ladder bars for added strength.
Rick, I haven't done either. However, in my research - reading, talking to folks who have, asking questins at the drag strip, and communicating the chassis guys - I came to the conclusion that 4-link is the better way. You have more control on the set-up, etc. But, I also came to the conclusion that ladder bars are cheaper and require less modifications and will work fairly well for a lot racing applications. The most important conclusion I came to about rear suspensions for drag racing, is that it is mostly opinion. It absolutely depends on who you are talking to. With that said, I defer to the opinions to be posted later.
