1964 ratrod heres the story
 

i found this heap while looking for a motor to replace my old 305tpi in my transam with.. and i saw too much potential there to let this go. so 2 days and 500 dollars later she was mine.

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got her home and put some old tires on it. i didnt want the six cylinder that was in it.. or the 3spd.. but i still wanted to see if it ran and drove.. it did, but poorly.. so i removed immediately and started work

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Looking good man!! Not a bad buy at all!

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Great lookin' project!

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i had this old motor layin around in my garage so i took it to the machine shop to be tanked bored and have the valves and valvesprings etc. replaced. went crazy on jegs.com.

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i picked the truck apart piece by piece. and man was it nasty. so i sandblasted the frame, primed and painted it. replaced all the shocks and new bushings.. by the way that was the 283 i was going to use. until i got my other motor back from the machine shop. the whole front end came off in one piece.. and the fenders and stuff would NOT come off. apparently the PO welded all of it together and put tar everywhere inside it. so i left it together, and will leave it until i can afford new fenders, inners, radiator support, and front valence, or whatever its called i just sanded it down and painted it i didnt want to put any time into it if im just going to replace it in a few months.

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man i'm diggin that front clip with the red in the middle,i might steal yer idea but mines got blue accents,,till i can afford chrome!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lookin' great. Keep up the hard work.

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:metal:

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Man,you didn't waste anytime did you? Looking good.I wish I had the time to work on mine more.Keep up the good work man

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Yeah nice progress. That power plant looks nice too.

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i got the cab back, seam sealer in, front clip on, motor in and a few other things

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At the rate your going you'll be done in no time... Good taste I have a 65 c-10 and a 1979 Matercraft stars and stripes

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nice truck. i think i would have left it blue.:ito:

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I noticed you took that single plane intake off and replaced it with a dual plane one. Good move for a heavy truck like this.

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great job!!keep the good work up.

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SWEEEET! Keep us posted. You are moving FAST! Looks like fun.

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more pics

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At this rate I give you less than a week and you will be cruising. You wanna come up this way and work on mine when you get done? lol
Good job man

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update...
i put headlights in, and wired up the tail lights..
got exhaust on, quiet mufflers, and cutouts..
re-routed wiring for appearance purposes.
lowered back end 4'' to help level out the truck..

set-backs
Shredded radiator while test driving...

will post more pics later..

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Looking really good man i like that mill .....is it a 350? .......Chris....

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Nice build....Now I know what a black truck and red grill look like....

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heres a vid of the new exhaust cutouts bein uncapped


and the radiator
Attachment 416930

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i picked up a 71 chevy pickup disk brake setup today.. going to do this swap this weekend hopefully

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sorry. i forgot noone likes the word "ratrod" anymore