Alex_M
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Hey folks! I'm new to the forum, so I hope this is the right subforum. I'm a regular over on Ramcharger Central as well as Land Rover Forums, though not as regular as I used to be on the latter.
Last Saturday I picked up this new-to-me project car. I've had trucks, but I've been on the look out for a project car for years. This one came across my marketplace feed as a non-runner for $550. The owner said it was last ran in 2013 but had seen fairly regular driver duty up until that point. It had service receipts back to 1986 and there were about 10k miles on the rebuild a904 trans. I went and looked at the car and struck up a deal, buying the car for $450.
I brought the car home, blew the fuel lines out backwards with some compressed air, added 5 gallons of gas to the half a tank of varnish, and she fired up. Just in time, too, as I blew up the rear end in my '07 Silverado 500 miles from home Sunday night. That's another story.
So the car is a '76 model with a slant 6 and an a904, backed by a 7-1/4" rear end. Short term plans are to patch up some body work, throw on a 2 barrel carb off a w150, and throw an 8-1/4" under the thing. I've got one that's been sitting behind the house out of a truck, but it's only about 3" wider which I think will actually bring the wheels out a nice amount. About 1.5"/side.
Long term I plan to build up a turbocharged 318 and I've got a 727 that I'll throw a shift kit in to back that motor. Fret not... the slant and 904 will live on in a... well the title says '85 w250, but essentially a w150 with a drastically shortened wheelbase and lifted. Off road toy/loaner truck.
All in all I'm liking the little car. It needs some wheels and tires, but it drives pretty nice. It's taken me to work the last three days while I've been working on the Silverado. She's not much to look at right now with the rusted body and the mismatched wheels (I do have all the original wheels with hubcaps, but I had those two Mustang wheels that had tires in decent shape), but I plan to get it there.
Let me know your all's input on the car, things I should check out or look out for, advice on a direction to go as far as swapping the 318. I've read that conversion motor mounts are available. I'll also say that structurally the car is great. All the rust is superficial except the rear floorboards. Fronts look great. I am thinking I will also weld in some 2" square tube to connect the front and rear subframes and reinforce the structure of the car.
I would also love some input on making/getting a piece to patch this bit of rust. The rest on the car is well within my skill set, however this spot under both tail lights is a bit of a special case. This is the one spot I would probably be willing to buy small patch panels if any were available.
Last Saturday I picked up this new-to-me project car. I've had trucks, but I've been on the look out for a project car for years. This one came across my marketplace feed as a non-runner for $550. The owner said it was last ran in 2013 but had seen fairly regular driver duty up until that point. It had service receipts back to 1986 and there were about 10k miles on the rebuild a904 trans. I went and looked at the car and struck up a deal, buying the car for $450.
I brought the car home, blew the fuel lines out backwards with some compressed air, added 5 gallons of gas to the half a tank of varnish, and she fired up. Just in time, too, as I blew up the rear end in my '07 Silverado 500 miles from home Sunday night. That's another story.
So the car is a '76 model with a slant 6 and an a904, backed by a 7-1/4" rear end. Short term plans are to patch up some body work, throw on a 2 barrel carb off a w150, and throw an 8-1/4" under the thing. I've got one that's been sitting behind the house out of a truck, but it's only about 3" wider which I think will actually bring the wheels out a nice amount. About 1.5"/side.
Long term I plan to build up a turbocharged 318 and I've got a 727 that I'll throw a shift kit in to back that motor. Fret not... the slant and 904 will live on in a... well the title says '85 w250, but essentially a w150 with a drastically shortened wheelbase and lifted. Off road toy/loaner truck.
All in all I'm liking the little car. It needs some wheels and tires, but it drives pretty nice. It's taken me to work the last three days while I've been working on the Silverado. She's not much to look at right now with the rusted body and the mismatched wheels (I do have all the original wheels with hubcaps, but I had those two Mustang wheels that had tires in decent shape), but I plan to get it there.
Let me know your all's input on the car, things I should check out or look out for, advice on a direction to go as far as swapping the 318. I've read that conversion motor mounts are available. I'll also say that structurally the car is great. All the rust is superficial except the rear floorboards. Fronts look great. I am thinking I will also weld in some 2" square tube to connect the front and rear subframes and reinforce the structure of the car.
I would also love some input on making/getting a piece to patch this bit of rust. The rest on the car is well within my skill set, however this spot under both tail lights is a bit of a special case. This is the one spot I would probably be willing to buy small patch panels if any were available.
He's got fenders, full 1/4 sections, doors, inner panels, trim, glass, etc, etc.
