My First Resto-Mod (Guidance Appreciated)
Nice start. Don't diss that 383,just yet..A stock bottom end,484 Purple Shaft,bowl worked 906 castings,12's easy.
Yeah or stroke it to 431. The Low Block also gives you a little more room in the engine compartment.
You don't want to use 4130 steel for body work. You need a low carbon steel 10XX. 41XX steels are chromoly, higher strength so a thinner gage can be used but much harder to weld. (Think race car roll cages where a thinner tube can be used to save weight) I believe it has to be TIG welded.
"41xx steel is a family of
SAE steel grades, as specified by the
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
Alloying elements include
chromiumand
molybdenum, and as a result these materials are often informally referred to as
chromoly steel (common variant stylings include
chrome-moly,
CrMo,
CRMO,
CR-MOLY, and similar). They have an excellent strength to weight ratio and are considerably
stronger and
harder than standard 1020 steel, but are not easily
welded (need pre and post weld thermal treatment to avoid
cold cracking)."
I was in an automotive paint store about a month ago and noticed they had low sheen black on the shelf. (some call it suede) Can't remember the brand but it was already mixed. I don't know much but I know it takes just about as much work to do a quality low sheen paint job as a high gloss one.
Looks like you have a solid car to start with so that's good. Check AMD and other sources for patch panels.
