1965/73 Cheap Build Up

[watahyahknow]

somehow hearing others talking about some of these healthproblems make me feel like i havent got it as bad as others have to live
age hands you things you realy dont want or where tinking of when you where young and invinceable and theres no choice in it
hope everyone will mysteriously heal overnight and live without pain , but have as little chance of having it come treu as for my lottery ticket to reap 30.000.000.000 euro's today
theres still hope though : i hope everyone has an awesome midnight and a great new year

[Strodder]

I hope you all have a Great 2015 and not do this. I know I'm going to try better.

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by Strodder

I hope you all have a Great 2015 and not do this. I know I'm going to try better.

Least your progress had a squibbly line & not flat line like mine.

[Palf70Step]

Man, you have the same production schedule I do.

Happy New Year!

[Palf70Step]

Man, you have the same production schedule I do.

Happy New Year!

[66-PMD-GMC]

Similar build plan as mine Dennis... don't be so hard on yourself. . It happens

[watahyahknow]

my schedule keeps a straight line right around zero done for about 4 years sofar
dunno wat is the better line

i did bought an engine for the project though , its being delivered tomorrow (yahoo)

you guys are going to laugh :
its a jaguar AJ6 6 inline and its going intoo a 1978 chevrolet c10
planning on buying the jaguar 4L80E transmission too

its an odd ball engine but it wil make more power out of the box than a chevy inline 6 will make hotrodded to the hilt
besides the jag engine cost about a 10th of the price of a used chevy unit were i live

all aluminium block and head , steel crank . 3.6 liter . 24 valve . twin overhead cam . fuelinjection
the engine doesnt take as mush space as the pickup so the first part of the project will be to get it running on a teststand with a megasquirt 2 setup

[watahyahknow]

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[Strodder]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

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Sorry, but I'm not sold on that engine. SBC is the best way to go regardless of the price where you live.

[Bugeyev8]

Glad to see my project is not the only one moving slow

[Strodder]

Once I get some of these small jobs out of the way I'm going to be working only on my 65 and my friends 40 Ford Woody.
I keep on taking on new jobs, but that's going to change. I already turned down 7 jobs. I want to drive my truck before I die.

[padresag]

Originally Posted by Strodder

Once I get some of these small jobs out of the way I'm going to be working only on my 65 and my friends 40 Ford Woody.
I keep on taking on new jobs, but that's going to change. I already turned down 7 jobs. I want to drive my truck before I die.

feel that you are running out of time? that 40 would look like a nice project to work on
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[66-PMD-GMC]

Cool engine.. however... I disagree on the Jag engine being superior to the standard GM inline. However again... you gotta use what ya got.. :-)

[Alan's Classic]

Happy new year Dennis. I like the graph. We can all relate.

[joedoh]

now thats a weird engine swap!

[watahyahknow]

yeahi know usually they pull these engines out in favor of a chevy small block
parts are way more expensive and theres little available for tuningparts
other than that the engines are REALY strong and solid

[watahyahknow]

double post

[watahyahknow]

the small block is the swiss army knife of the engines out there
you can buy any performance part under the sun for it to make it do just about anything and do it cheaply too

it will take forever for the small block to die out
even now that production of the small block has stopped at chevrolet
because there so many parts made for it allready it will take that long for those parts to wear beyond economical repair
ad to that the fact you can still build them from scratch with the parts available in the aftermarket

personally i think for the price per horsepowe a stock but turbocharged and tuned LS engine has it beat

but i agree the small block is still is best for starting intoo hot rodding or wrenching in general

the truck now has a 305 small block in it
if the registration didnt say inline 6 and if it would be so hard to have the truck reregistered as a V8 while still keeping its classic status
i would be plunkin a LS type engine in it and be done

it isnt and this engine is the cheapest / best / simplest alternative here in europe to the chevy 6 inline ........ as long as i dont want to buy performance / hotrod parts for it

[Strodder]

I guess things are different in Europe than here. How's the torque on that engine?

[watahyahknow]

according to wikipedia 165 kW (224 PS; 221 hp) with 325 N·m (240 lb·ft) cant find rpm but i know the engines dont like to rev too mush aspecially the 4.0 version wish has a verry long stroke

the ports are not verry whell matched to the intake and there a couple of other small things i can do to boost performance with a little time and not a lot of cash
just making it breathe a little eazier can boost performance by 30 hp

[Mjminino]

Hell yeah, looking good!

[Strodder]

Originally Posted by Mjminino

Hell yeah, looking good!

Thanks. So you finally got caught up?

[daverod]

did this guy ever get done.....hahah

[watahyahknow]

hey the truck im building is sitting in storage for about 5 years now , i cant even work on it where it is now
planning on getting this jag running on a teststand first
get the transcontroller i need for the 4l80e i got for it and once thats done drag one of the trucks out of storage strip all the rusty stuff of it to the frame put it in my garage and do a frame up rebuild over ............ bout another 5 years i guess

[Strodder]

OK, It's time for an update. Worked on the front part of the 73 Bed and did some metal work to match the rear. Also reshaped the running boards to blem into the rear fenders.
Before:


After:




The Running boards just didn't look right, so I did this to them. I also mad that small piece on thop of the running board to make it look like it should look like it's stock.


BTW, I did both sides. Here is how I matched them.




I think it looks much better than stock. It blends into with the fender, like it should have been.