Grocery getter
Yes, also known as the dark days. LOL. I actually had a lot of fun years messing with Ford mud trucks. Built a couple smoking small block Ford's. I don't think this Scamp is going anywhere for awhile. Got a lotta love in it.
Did that too..
...it all started with....yeah....it was fun but when I realized that all we had for a hot rod was a 1 ton Chevy flatbed 454 4bbl 4 sp dual exhaust and duals on the rear.. dual tanks.....yeah, that was my lowest point in life-a Chevy 1 ton, it was a roofers race truck-and I don't do trucks but......
did settle in to a few Fords along the way, a '68 Torino, oh Falcon, that got itself a solid built 351C, and I was single-high paying job-garage in the hills, and a parts store owned by a retired drag racer from California. Things like titanium valves, do't know that they worked any better than the others, but it was a serious learning experience and picked up at the same time a 72 Torino fastback 351C, factory 4 spd on a split bench-had the thing modified to get a 4 speed in it, guy didn't need to explain why either, and then stuff like a 55 Monterey with a Lincoln 312, and that was one that was what got me that 55 Belvedere, swap it for a set of spun aluminium rims and $25, bought the Belvedere, and put rims on it to boot. 64 Galaxie 500, dropped an early T-Bird 390 in it. So many of the in betweens. At one time I couldn't find anything to try mud racing with, around 1980, wanted a big block MOPAR in a Harvester or "like that"-had found a Keith Black long block and the back half of a harvester, ended up whacking a school bus yellow steel body Bronco, with over the top 302, instead. Really had a blast with it, and it was the first time I was able to understand "3 hour enduro", with crossing the finish line out of fuel, flipped on the top, backwards....they allowed it, don't know about now days though. Might not even still be there, Springfield Oregon. Don't miss those generic's at all, they were spring boards to better days I guess.......
