Lurk No More

Demon 408 said

Welcome to FABO. I got bored with the numbers matching stuff, so when I built my Demon I wanted to go with the early 70's "day two" look. My car represents what was a common look on a Saturday night at the local Burger Chef on Michigan Ave in 1972. I used an Edelbrock LD-340 intake, original Direct Connection valve covers, retro Autometer Tach, 833 4-speed trans and manual steering to give the car the look, performance and feel I was after. Of course all the modern upgrades are out of sight.

Good luck with build, you and your son will have a great time.

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Thanks for the welcome, guys! And that's a clean Demon.

Love the car, I'm looking to something closer to a late 70's street/strip machine, the sort that would head out to the Main in Walnut Creek or Napa, and then be seen at the drag strip at Fremont or Sears Point the following week.

The steelies are great, I've given that a lot of consideration, I think I'm leaning towards something classic like Cragar S/S or Centerline Autodrags. Definitely some bias-ply rubber, M&H makes some pretty retro stuff. Love the tach, I already found some older Autometer gauges....I also found an early MSD that fits with the theme.

I've been keeping an eye out for a used Eddy tunnel ram, or possibly an old Tarantula....I had thoughts about bolting on a 6-71, but I think I'd rather try and make power the old-fashioned way.... :thumbup:

I'm also going to ditch the power steering, and replace it with one of the Flaming River manual boxes....is that the route you went? A quicker ratio would be a lot safer.