ok , what would you have done differantly if you knew what you know now and knew it when you started out in this hobby...
my first real fast car, was a 1965 GTO that I purchased dirt cheap in 1970 with a blown-up engine, but a good 4 speed for $900 ,and a decent rear (I THOUGHT) I had a plan and friends, it soon had a 1969 corvette 427 tri power engine from a wrecked vette, that engine didn,t last long, (bad bearings) I replaced it with what at the time was a custom deal, a 4.25" stroker crank and 6.385 rods and .60 over 13.7:1 cpr pistons, a ZL1 cam with solid lifters and chevelle headers added, remember this is 1970 and SUNOCO 260 gas cost about 40-50 cents a gallon, the rear differential went out, and I got a dana 60 from a wrecked hemi challanger to which I had 4.88:1 rear gears added, and had the correct suspension brackets and drive shaft fabricated, the car destroyed street tires and ran high 11s which was screaming fast for the time (especially for a guy who barely knew how to tune it at the time.)
I had almost every dime I made, or could borrow or do odd jobs for parts for, go into the car and I was getting sweet discounts at the time because I did work at a repair shop, at the time part time at nights while I was also working at southern bell, tel.
I painted the engine PONTIAC BLUE and had the pontiac tripower decals on the chrome valve covers and corvette air cleaner assembly,and 421 decals on the fenders...I was amazed at the number of people who believed it was a 421 poncho!
I got STUIPID and sold the car (without the engine that I kept)
I should have kept that car and continued to work on it,refine it,and improve it, it would have been far easier to work on than all the cars that followed it and saved me tens of thousands of dollars and decades of work.........where did you guys screw up???
for those young guys that don,t know... it looked similar to this but mine was midnight blue
the bottom car looks similar
http://chevellestuff.net/qd/frames.htm
my first real fast car, was a 1965 GTO that I purchased dirt cheap in 1970 with a blown-up engine, but a good 4 speed for $900 ,and a decent rear (I THOUGHT) I had a plan and friends, it soon had a 1969 corvette 427 tri power engine from a wrecked vette, that engine didn,t last long, (bad bearings) I replaced it with what at the time was a custom deal, a 4.25" stroker crank and 6.385 rods and .60 over 13.7:1 cpr pistons, a ZL1 cam with solid lifters and chevelle headers added, remember this is 1970 and SUNOCO 260 gas cost about 40-50 cents a gallon, the rear differential went out, and I got a dana 60 from a wrecked hemi challanger to which I had 4.88:1 rear gears added, and had the correct suspension brackets and drive shaft fabricated, the car destroyed street tires and ran high 11s which was screaming fast for the time (especially for a guy who barely knew how to tune it at the time.)
I had almost every dime I made, or could borrow or do odd jobs for parts for, go into the car and I was getting sweet discounts at the time because I did work at a repair shop, at the time part time at nights while I was also working at southern bell, tel.
I painted the engine PONTIAC BLUE and had the pontiac tripower decals on the chrome valve covers and corvette air cleaner assembly,and 421 decals on the fenders...I was amazed at the number of people who believed it was a 421 poncho!
I got STUIPID and sold the car (without the engine that I kept)
I should have kept that car and continued to work on it,refine it,and improve it, it would have been far easier to work on than all the cars that followed it and saved me tens of thousands of dollars and decades of work.........where did you guys screw up???
for those young guys that don,t know... it looked similar to this but mine was midnight blue
the bottom car looks similar
http://chevellestuff.net/qd/frames.htm