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04-09-2010 06:09 AM #1
First Drive
After 14 months, I rollled my latest project out of the shop to see what it looked like in the sunshine. It is a BeBops body/frame combo with a 351 Windsor engine, C4 transmission and a 9 inch Ford rearend. I was trying for a newstalgia look so it has a 40 Ford steering wheel, a SoCal front end with the Buick drums covering the disc brakes, outside door handles and trunk handle. I have not started on the interior but I am thinking of white with medium blue trim. The wheel/tire combination were left over from another project but I am thinking about changing them to chrome wheels and wide whites.
I had just returned from the muffler shop when these pictures were made.
A close up of the engine with the air cleaner and hood installed.
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