1971 chev tractor puller

[car66]

168ft. only 2wd gas truck that pulls, but thats not too bad for the first time out. i'll share video when the wife gets it on you tube.

[low&slow]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. Can't wait for the vid

[mcbassin]

This project is so cool! Get any video of your pulls?

[car66]

the wife got videos of the pulls, after she gets them on you tube, i will post them here.

[car66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Q62x7YJxk

open diff so it didnt pull far

[Heavy Evy]

so badass!! I always wanted to build a 2 wheel drive puller

[car66]

got some work done on the truck over the last couple of days. welded the rear end, added some wheelie bars, changed the offset on a set of wheels so i can finally use the puller tires i have for it. next up is to build a weight rack in the bed, and do a little motor work. hopefully next pull, the front end will get off the ground...

[Mustard72]

Very cool. Can't wait to see some video with the puller tires on there. Let's see some air under the front tires, too! But if not, it's still a pretty cool build, and lots different than most of the others. Nice change of pace.

What plans do you have for the motor?

[car66]

i probably wont be running the puller tires until next season because because they would bump me to the exhibition class which would mean no trophy lol. as far as the motor goes, i adjusted the valves and changed the timing. when i pulled the first time with it, it sounded a little fluttery so i knew i needed to do a little work on it. no surprise since that was the first real hard run on the motor since i put it back together. the next pull is in august so ive got plenty of time to work on the truck.

[mcbassin]

I love the video! that has to be the coolest puller out there.

[car66]

thanks mcbassin. im the only guy that pulls a 2wd gas pick up out here, everybody else pulls with a diesel pick up. honestly, seeing the same diesel trucks "roll coal" as the youngsters put it and pull the sled eveytime gets a little boring from a spectators stand point. im hoping that my truck will make some of the farm kids around here bring the 2wd farm trucks out and try to compete lol

[car66]

since i took the headlight buckets and everything out of the front of the truck, i wanted to replace the headlight areas with some aluminum plates so i did. i custom cut them myself but thought they could use a little something extra...

[car66]

thought you guys might like this one. so, the wife told me that i couldnt get both wheelstanders on the trailer, well, this is what happened ha ha ha



no, they are not touching. there is about 3'' between them. the 71 could also move forward more.

[rebel714x4]

I'm building a 67 pulling truck I'm going kinda a different right tho however I'm running a sbc
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[car66]

a small block and still pull a sled as long as you got good running gear, traction, and your weight set right. are building a 4wd or a 2wd?

[rebel714x4]

I'm building a two wheel drive I've been around pulling my hole life also I'm going with a two ton two speed test four speed with a divorced transfer case powered buy .125 over stroked small block running no cooling system block will be concreted
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[rebel714x4]

I'm building a two wheel drive I've been around pulling my hole life also I'm going with a two ton two speed rear end

four speed with a divorced transfer case powered buy .125 over stroked small block running no cooling system block will be concreted
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[car66]

awesome man. there needs to be more 2wd pullers in this world lol. over the winter we plan to do some drive train and motor work to the truck. either build up the small block in it or change over to a 454. mine only has a th400 in it for now, we are thinking of changing that out for an old school truck four speed and maybe a transfer case to turn it into a wheel standing machine. when the wife gets the video of the pulls from this past weekend uploaded to the you tube, i'll post them along with videos of the pro mod trucks that were there.

[tarafied1]

very cool! I used to pull 1/10 scale RC's, a prostock tractor and a 2wd truck. Always wanted to do a full scale!
Love this build

my tractor


2WD puller (my wife is a bus driver)

[car66]

those r/c pullers are awesome tarafied1. really like the USHRA decal on the bus.

[rebel714x4]

A transfer case would help a lot I'm Hoping to have my done by spring how did you do last weekend
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[Dieselwrencher]

Nice project! One of my friends has a nasty 2wd with a 540 in it! My machine shop guy used to have a 2wd dodge cummins puller. That thing was a blast to watch!

[car66]

we didnt do too bad, 190ft the first pull, 184.64ft the second time out and the third time was exhibition because we changed the tires so i didnt pay attention to the distance. all in all still not too bad for a stock 400 that is needing some rings thrown at it. before the next pulls, we are going to swap out the 400 for a 454. next pulls are sept. 20&21 but if we dont get it done by then, there is an end of the year pull in eastern washington in oct.

[Dakcrew]

Where are the pulls in late September? would love to come see this truck run!!!

[car66]

lynden,wa just a few minutes south of canada