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Cobbled chaos
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Відео
Makin holes to fill holes
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small steps are still progress
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today's score may lead to bad ideas
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After work falcon prep
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think I have a plan for the Plymouths
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round 2 on Lemans trunk floor
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I'd rather be buried in hot rods than buried in dirt
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finally checking out what I got with these 36 plymouths...are they salvageable
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found some more numbers on the mystery motor
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a few things I do to make life easier
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replacing the trunk pan part 1...don't b afraid it's only sheet metal
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won't believe what I found...I should've painted it gold
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opening up the 454..more surprises
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67 Camaro goes up in smoke for the new year
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Ya go for it. Cool stuff.
@@christopherarmbruster6241 I'm gonna give it a shot.. worst case I put it back to original
Definitely a forged crank and the rod caps have been sanded to balance them
@@robertwetherington3372 for sure .. somebody spent a little time on it. Hopefully it'll b a good motor for the lemans
Mint
@@DougScriver thank you.. we're slowly getting there
Slow and steady, your getting there.
I bounce around a bit but it's coming together.. thanks for watching 😊
Wow this looks just like a car my best buddies brother owned back in the’70s (was blue and he painted it yellow) rear ended someone got a gto front cap that’s when it got painted yellow, blew up the 326 and then put a Chevy early model 427 , many speeding tickets later his mother sold it to the junkyard
@@peterroper7471 hmmm.. very interesting because this one is blue or kind of an aqua color under neath and it's got a different nose that's various colors. It had a 326 in it when I got it
We lived in the CA Bay Area, Livermore at the time early’70s , watching your other videos your motor you say maybe a 427 , his was a Z11 I think that’s what they called it looks like the 409 but was 427 , made that car nose heavy and of course it was jacked up in the back that didn’t help lol even had the same wheels on it like yours
@peterroper7471 sounds like that one was pretty much exactly how I want this one. The motor I'm using came out of a mud bog truck and wasn't in this car.. it still had the original 326 and tranny... But it sounds like I'm building a tribute car to the one you use to know.. 🤣🤣🤣
Awesomeness
@@DougScriver hopefully it'll get more awsomer🤣🤣
It's your canvas now ! That you are putting an old hemi in it , fills my bill . Lol . The rest is more of a "season to taste" kind of thing . Purists .
@@randomyank7777 that's pretty much my thoughts. It's nothing that can't b undone... I'm thinking I'm gonna go for it😃
It's amazing the things one finds when looking in old things . A nice car , with a new future . What is not to love ? Those mice may not chew steel , but their nests do . I wash rusty metal with thinner , then rust inhibitor primer , then paint to seal it , especially if I won't have access to it later . It has worked well for me so far . Hard to get perfect , but it saves in headaches later . Looks better than it did , & no mouse nests . 👍
@@randomyank7777 those little guys get into everything but luckily it isn't rusted through... I'll definitely get it cleaned up and sealed up. I'm sure I'm gonna find more interesting stuff🤣🤣
At least put a cam in it.
@@WagsAutomotive that was my original thought but with such a fresh motor and all the issues people are having with cams I figured I'd just leave it alone for now
Oooh the things you find 😅
Ya never know what you'll find😂😂
I would like that I have a 39ply coup can’t find a left fender
Alot of parts are pretty close . If you're not a purist and don't mind mixing things up give something else a try. I almost tryd a 40 Ford truck nose on it too... I still might
Good stuff
Thank you. I'm tyryin😂😂
Cool project, Good luck.
@@hungryforknowledge5072 thank you.. gonna need all the luck I can get🤣🤣
Very cool Project. I love the Traditional running driving long term project plan and BONUS its a mopar. Ive got a 40 Dodge coupe running driving long term project that is a lot of fun. Five years in and am allready making some engineering mods but still able to drive and enjoy it. Thanks for sharing
@@dannypeter6565 thank you. Sounds like you have a sweet project too. It's a lot funner to use them as you build them than have them sitting in a million pieces in a shop for years
I wish I still had my 35,, miss that car
@@skeets6060 I miss a bunch of cars I've had. If I only knew how hard it would b to replace them
Very nice Project
@@johnkranz4004 hopefully it gets nicer🤣🤣
If you don't want the other body donate it to me 😂😂😂
@@jimstanley7139 well see what happens once I know I don't need anything from it. Maybe I'll do a give away🤔
@@Kenmillard my problem is I'm in Australia 🇦🇺
@jimstanley7139 oh wow.. could probably buy one turn key for shipping costs🤣🤣
Sounds healthy ! Smoke em if you got em ! Smell that freedom !
@@randomyank7777 it still smells in the shop🤣🤣
Loose the Mustang II suspension.
@@garycamara9955 ya I'm not a big fan of it and doubt the geometry is right. Ill probably end up cutting it out
Agreed, independence is for little girls
You got that fitting a whole lot better than you started with . Sounds like a damn good plan ! Looks good & solid .
@@randomyank7777 thank you.. I really didn't think it would come around to fitting this good without more effort but it actually went pretty smooth
Nice !
@@randomyank7777 thank you . They should do the trick for now and we're cheaper than reupholstering the originals
Looks like a great start !
@@randomyank7777 thank you I'm making progress... Slowly 🤣🤣
Clean slate . Ready to Rock again ! Awesome .
@@randomyank7777 I'm goin kinda crazy on it🤣🤣
Have parts , will cobble ! That would be Cool with the old Hemi in it ! It's a start !
@@randomyank7777 🤣🤣 exactly !!!!
GO FOR IT
@@markorr1874 I'm trying 🤣🤣
Killer cool project car!
@@sageoz9886 thank you. It's going to b a fun one. It's getting a 390 under the hood
@ proper muscle😎
@@sageoz9886 I agree
Go with the hemi. And just have a spare alternator and distributer in trunk if those are prone to give issues
@@jamesferrell9404 I think that's what I'm going to do. It's the perfect car for it and it's sat too long
There are so many mopar 'LA" engine parts that will fit, I have a `55 331 With an adapter you can use electronic dist. , Dual roller timing set ( if you have the short snub cam) Harmonic balancer ,however the key way in the hemi is a quarter turn off. easy to remark.
@@dennisschoenfelder5242 I'm thinking I'm going to run it for now. It needs a home. If I have problems with it I'll swap it for something else
Old HEMI 😊
@@bobsmtih3593 I'm thinking your right.. I may as well get some use out of it
How about a small block Plymouth 273, or 318, or 340 motor for the coupe? Very dependable and shouldn't be all that difficult to get parts for. Also, just keep them more stock as they would be a lt more power than the original old six banger flat head motor that it came with. Also, itwould be more Mopar like than a Chev or Ford motor. Just sayin'.
@@LeeAnneBeal that's definitely a consideration. I don't really want a run of the mill sbc .. I actually didn't think about a Mopar motor... I'll look into one . Fuel injected would b nice too
Results of DEI hiring.
Late 70, 454 LS5 360 hp (originally). For an early 71 car. Chevelle, Elcamino, Monte Carlo. Heads are oval port which came on that motor type.
@@70ss454_elco that's seems to b where everything is pointing to . I'm just glad it's not a smogger motor and should work nice in the lemans. Thank you for your info!!!
It's a good one for sure ! Looked like 10R21541 or 341 . Hard to say , when they fade that way . A fresh 1970 454 BBC is nothing to sneeze at .
@@randomyank7777 I'm pretty certain it is a 70 454. A buddy of mine was kind of involved with the blazer build it came out of and said he thought it was a 70 454also
@@Kenmillard I saw that post . I once had a 64 Pontiac Tempest , station wagon with a 326 , 2 barrel , & a 2 spd. power glide trans . It would smoke the tires off of the car . The front was the same as a GTO of that year .
@randomyank7777 those 326's ran great . That would've been a cool wagon
Last three look like 547 or 347 on the front block #
@@Micheal-t6s I probably should put my glasses on to read them.. I'm in denial about getting old and needing them🤣🤣
@Kenmillard Have my 3.50 readers on now. 😂 😂
@@Micheal-t6s do you know if the l88 cast on the back of the block means it's a L88 427 from what I'm reading that was cast on the l88 but this isn't a 4 bolt main. Then in the bell housing area where it's cast high performance pass it has an F4 which is supposed to mean it's a high performance 454
@@Kenmillard Let me do some digging. Might take a bit. A guy hit the power poll in front of my house at 2am and I still have wires hanging off my house. Mostly cable and guide wires. I will dig into it though.
@Micheal-t6s oh wow .. ok thank you so much . I've been looking into it some also but I don't know the number system well enough .. it kinda keeps bouncing between 427&454
Be SWEEEEEEET if it's a 427. Sweet project.
@@Micheal-t6s from what I'm gathering it's looking more like a 454. I have to check the numbers on the pad on the front of the block still though. Thanks for watching!!!!
@Kenmillard The info I found was on that stamp #, 427 cubic inch 4 - bolt main caps Late 60's -- 68 or 69 Look on the right side rear of block. It should be stamped HI PERF PASS. I believe that you have a 427
@Micheal-t6s it's a 2 bolt main. It does say high performance car on the back of the block. I'll check more #'s tonight
Thank you for you info. I'm open to all info and advise
@@Kenmillard 2 - bolt mains were car engines. 4 - bolt mostly trucks. Pull the valve covers and run the head stamp numbers. Rocker arms might make it difficult to see. The head numbers should let you know if they are passenger or truck and 427 or 454. I'm hoping you have a 427. I got lucky when I bought an old chevy truck. Guy threw in a 327 out of a 66 Chevelle. It spins over. Flat top pistons. 2 - bolt main.
Looks as clean as the top end , & that timing chain looks new too . I'd say you scored a fresh engine with low miles . Run it !
@@randomyank7777 that's what Im thinking. Don't mess with success 🤣🤣
Be sure and take us for a spin in it. I miss the old cars and those V8s. Shout out here from Sudbury Ontario !
@@abbottsplace8080 I definitely will... I'm trying to get back to the basics of hot rodding and get past the mega wallet builds.. it's been super fun and I hope everyone can enjoy it and get inspired to drag in a car and have some fun. Thank you for watching!!!!
Like the video. Looks like you have some neat projects.
@@Marvin-l9x thank you. I've got a few .. I like to bounce around on different stuff🤣🤣
I saw your short on pulling the valve cover of of it , CLEAN . Nice Le Mans it's going into . Had to subscribe .
@@randomyank7777 thank you!!! There's more to come and lots of other projects
I can see that the balance pad on #8 looks it was not smoothed out much and the other rods were. The previous builder probably balanced the big and small ends of the connecting rods. If so, that is a really good sign. Odds are the big end of #8 was heavier than the big end of every other rod, that is why some rough casting texture remains. The little smoothing on it may have meant that the engine builder overshot how much weight they had to remove from other rods, and then had to remove a little from the lightest rod. With this much work put into those connecting rods, it wouldn't surprise me if they put ARP rod bolts on them. This is a very good sign that you are getting more than you may have expected from a secondhand engine. I think the crank is some kind of aftermarket crank, the counterweights look too smoothed out to be a stocker. You can tell if it is cast or forged if you can see the parting line. If the parting line is narrow, it is cast. If it is wide, it is forged. However, some people will grind off parting lines in race builds. It eliminates stress risers. Sometimes on Chevy V8 engines, people buy entry level aftermarket cranks because it may not cost much more than regrinding the stocker. Other times what caused the engine to fail previously did so much damage to the stock crank, straightening and welding would be required At that price, such common cranks are best thrown out and replaced. Either they buy a new one, or they get stocker cores in such condition that either: 1. A polish and standard bearings are enough 2. It gets reground 10/10. Dave Vizard had a video where he went to great lengths to lighten and reduce windage on a stock SBC and an SBM crank. Such methods could be applied to a BBC crank. However, I doubt that is what they did. I think he discussed his tactics for either: 1. DIY engine builders looking for ways to get a little more from their stock rebuild, using a Dremel. Sort of like the guys who a little porting to their stock heads. 2. Races with rules that require a stock crank.
@@skylinefever I'm sure it's an aftermarket forged crank. It's got a black coating on the counter balances it appears. I believe they did balance it also due to the blob of weld on the crank . Not sure about pistons, if they're flat or done. It had 150 lbs compression all the way around
@@Kenmillard Sounds good. I suppose you could know if pistons are flattop or dome if you put a boroscope in the spark plug hole. Some low price boroscopes either have a bluetooth communication with a smartphone or have a USB-C. The crank has been balanced, I just mentioned that the rods had also been balanced in order to explain that no step was skipped. I suppose a hack could use a bobweight that is close enough, but this shows no shortcut was taken. With compression the same on all cylinders, it would suggest the rings and bores are still in good shape. Since cranking compression is determined by static compression and cam profile, perhaps and understanding of what piston you have could help you estimate how mild or extreme the cam is.
@skylinefever I may scope it . Kinda curious about the pistons... But at this point I'm not gonna change anything.. don't mess with success 🤣🤣 maybe down the road I'll do some upgrades
@@Kenmillard I agree, don't mess with success, you got a lot for the price you paid. I only mention comparing compression ratio to cranking compression because you wouldn't want a big cam in a full size truck, and you wouldn't get the most from a small cam in a light car. I thought of another thing worth checking. Maybe with the right means of checking, you could find if this crank is a stroker crank of some kind.
@@skylinefeverI already put the pan and timing cover back on... I should've pulled a timing gear off to see if there was a part number on the cam. Oh well we're gonna find out soon 😂😂
Speedway motor brand products are junk.
Some are some aren't .. it's just a water neck I had laying around. Figured I'd use it finally before the mice eat the rest of the box🤣🤣🤣
Good stuff
Thank you.. I hope it helps
Did my 65buick gs full pan work good good job
Thank you. I wish this was a full pan but it came with the car so I figured I'd use it
Great find! Looks like Forged Crank, counterweights turned down to lighten it up a bit, forged pistons, a nice timing set and roller thrust bearing behind the cam sprocket. If the top end looks good and lash/preload is set, she should be a strong runner!
@@111000100101001 it ran good in the blazer but with the tall gears it had, worn out turbo 350 and 42" tires it's hard to tell how much power it had
What are the numbers on the front passenger side deck ?
@@Veryrandy8508 I've got to scrape the paint off. I can only partially see 3 numbers
One piece trunk was easier for my Chevelle. AMD and it had to be trimmed, but then fit perfectly.
@@rondrew2857 one piece is the way to go.. these pieces came with the car so I figured I'd use them.. definitely more work
please make your work last , use weld thru primer
@@jamesherald8549 definitely
Let’s go
@@tomhannockoutlaw972 I'm sooo ready
Nice car, great potential. Going to be nice with the Big Block in it.👍🇺🇸👍
@@edsmachine93 thank you .. I can't wait to see how the motor does in it
Nice car coming together !
Thank you. Slowly but Shirley it'll eventually b on the road