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Thanks guys, the more i think about it, the more i want to do it. Now i need to research some pics to find rim styles and stuff. What kind of intake was normaly used? i see alot with the hilborn style injection(my favorite) was this common?

Neat car. If it were mine, I'd go with an injected 283 or 327 mated to a wide ratio 4-speed (T-10 or a Muncie). Straight front axle, nose in the air, dished rear wheel wells, cheater slicks, gutted interior, etc.

As for wheels, Radirs or Halibrand clones would look nice:

-Lee
www.atomicpinup.com

On my 55 Chevy Gasser project, it came with an early 60's Chevy van axle. I had a hard time finding a disc brake setup for it. You may want to look at Speedway Motors for a complete straight axle unit. They come with leaf springs, and shackle setup. Also, you can get the spindle and rotors/disc brakes to fit from Speedway. Since you need to find a Gasser style straight axle, that might be the easiest way. You just get rid of the A-Arm stuff, measure the geometry and weld the hangers to the bottom of the frame. Then the spring perches get welded to the axle below. For steering you can use a crossover tie rod from the existing box, or get an omni rear steer type rack and pinion and mount it behind the axle. No bump steer that way.

Originally Posted by Lee Martin

Neat car. If it were mine, I'd go with an injected 283 or 327 mated to a wide ratio 4-speed (T-10 or a Muncie). Straight front axle, nose in the air, dished rear wheel wells, cheater slicks, gutted interior, etc.

As for wheels, Radirs or Halibrand clones would look nice:

-Lee
www.atomicpinup.com

My buddy just gave me a 283 and manual 3 speed, it needs gone thru, but this should work, i did not think this small of motor would have been used. And yes ive always liked the radirs.

hotroddaddy, gas class cars were classified by engine cubic inch to vehicle weight. You can use any engine that you want. There were guys that ran sixes in the gas classes. It would just have put the car in a lower class. If you go to www.gassermadness.com as previously suggested, there is a history section with the rules and how they changed over the years. It will give you the class breakdowns. What most people don't realize is that most gas class cars were not the highly publicized supercharged monsters that were the face of the gasser wars. In fact, in the beginning, the gas coupe and sedan classes were designed for modified street cars that did not fit into the stock classes. In fact, in the early years of the class, all of the street equipment had to be in place, including front bumpers. Of course, that all changed as the classes progressed.

You can use that 283 with any induction that you see fit and it would not be out of line. Sure, many of the cars were injected but many were not. The engine in my Anglia would be fairly typical of a non injected small block of the day with the exception of a few details.

alot of different rims were used, like the halibrands ive got on my anglia, or the torque thrust style, old aluminum cragar slotted rims, even 5 spoke chrome cragars. the halibrands are going for about 1500.00 a pair on ebay if you can find them, they still make the torque thrust rim, or the old cragars would be fairly easy to find. an injector set up for a small block would run about 2 grand for a decent working unit, just get an old tunnel ram, some old rims, jack it up and just make it a fun car to drive. there were so many variations of these gassers anything and everything was used. now that i look at the 2nd photo again, he has torque thrusts on front, and a set ot E.T. slots on the rear. see run what you brung in action.