"A" Body Truck, Maybe?
I know....I LOVE A-100's!! I had a nice original one, but sold it. Now I regret it. But I know where a few more are right now. Yes, they are amazing as far as open space. I installed A-body headers on my stock 273 in my A-100 and it took all of I think 1 hour....lol. The only problems with them are the how the radiator is shrouded by the front of that engine box. I installed a built 340 eventually and when the freeway traffic slowed down to bumper-to-bumper, I started sweating bullets. The coolant temp gauge would creep up fast. Then I bought a big engine oil cooler and mounted it under the front bumper, sort of at a 45-degree angle and.....get this.....on the back of an upside-down fiberglass 6-pack scoop riveted on under that front pan up there to catch the incoming air and blast it thru the oil cooler. That....kicked ***!!
Have you seen that giant block of cast iron bolted up under the back of the truck? (sort of behind the license plate) People told me about it, and I didn't believe them, but it's there! I removed it, then that thing would REALLY fry tire! I weighed my A-100 with the 340 and it weighed around 3150! Cheers to your project! Now you made me start thinking about looking for another one!
I know....I LOVE A-100's!! I had a nice original one, but sold it. Now I regret it. But I know where a few more are right now. Yes, they are amazing as far as open space. I installed A-body headers on my stock 273 in my A-100 and it took all of I think 1 hour....lol. The only problems with them are the how the radiator is shrouded by the front of that engine box. I installed a built 340 eventually and when the freeway traffic slowed down to bumper-to-bumper, I started sweating bullets. The coolant temp gauge would creep up fast. Then I bought a big engine oil cooler and mounted it under the front bumper, sort of at a 45-degree angle and.....get this.....on the back of an upside-down fiberglass 6-pack scoop riveted on under that front pan up there to catch the incoming air and blast it thru the oil cooler. That....kicked ***!!
Have you seen that giant block of cast iron bolted up under the back of the truck? (sort of behind the license plate) People told me about it, and I didn't believe them, but it's there! I removed it, then that thing would REALLY fry tire! I weighed my A-100 with the 340 and it weighed around 3150! Cheers to your project! Now you made me start thinking about looking for another one!
