Thread: International/Ford

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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hiya dlotraf33, Your little pickup is cool and using that International cab is a neat finishing touch. What I would like to know is what make are those wheels you have? And adore your piecrust tyres, I don't think we would be able to legally use them over here,but a pair would look cool on the back of my Bucket. Can I also add, that the material you chose for your interior is way cool. To me your truck is certainly not what I would call a "rat rod" and just get out there and drive it.

And drive the heck out of it I Do. The tires are border line legal, dot casings and 2 rain groves. (yeah right). I suppose it depends on the cop. My inspection station says they would pass it though, although that might be more of a courtsy for me. The wheels are aluminum slots 15 x 8 1/2 rear and 14 x 6 front. The fronts are ET, not sure on rears, made in usa cast in backside though. I appriciate the compliments. The interior was material donated to me so all it cost was a can of glue 9.99 + tax, and a handfull of hog rings.

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my favorite car that i have owned was a 66 nova ss clone. it was an all original car that we put a straight axle under. bb 4 speed car with 4:11 gears. a hotrod is a hotrod to me. before 1969 there was no such thing as a streetrod . they were all hotrods .

Originally Posted by shine

my favorite car that i have owned was a 66 nova ss clone. it was an all original car that we put a straight axle under. bb 4 speed car with 4:11 gears. a hotrod is a hotrod to me. before 1969 there was no such thing as a streetrod . they were all hotrods .

Thats very true. Now everything has to have some catagory or classification. back about 30 years ago I bought a 62 chevy nova with a straight axle under it. It was bieng built as a drag car, and I turned it into a street car, powered by an overhead cam pontiac 6 cyl, and muncie 4 speed. A little squirly but pretty cool.

Hi, thanks for your reply. When I purchased my bucket there was a set of Western wheels that look just like that on it, and I think they were made in the USA. The other question I forgot to ask is, can you tell us a wee bit about how the engine runs etc with the dummy blower as a carb spacer, any problems etc?? I would like to put one of those small B&M street blowers with my triple 2's on top on my bucket. I got room for V type belts but I not after that blower whine more the look and ,heck something else to polish all the time.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hi, thanks for your reply. When I purchased my bucket there was a set of Western wheels that look just like that on it, and I think they were made in the USA. The other question I forgot to ask is, can you tell us a wee bit about how the engine runs etc with the dummy blower as a carb spacer, any problems etc?? I would like to put one of those small B&M street blowers with my triple 2's on top on my bucket. I got room for V type belts but I not after that blower whine more the look and ,heck something else to polish all the time.

I pulled rotors and used only the case. fabricated plates for ends, top and bottom. It actually has an insert down the center, sealed on top and bottom.
I discovered a piece of 4" steel square post, the type used for supports in construction and signs, which has more rounded corners than 4 x 4 box steel, is exactly the same inside dia. as a holly square bore gasket. The blower mounts on top of a std edlebrock performer manifold that i got off ebay for $15. Originally I was going to angle cut a spacer to go underneath blower. This would have mounted the blower parallel to block deck, and then I was going to make a dummy v-belt drive. I still may at some point. So esentially I have a square bore carb spacer. The blower housing is just window dressing. I was originally going to run 3 duces using a vintage speed 3 2bbl to 4bbl adaptor, but felt that since this was longer than blower it wouldn't look right. But that was just my opinion on the look. I have seen 8 2bbl's on top of blower and all those carbs look pretty cool. I assume if the housing was sealed up properly with no vac leaks it would work similar to a tunnel ram, although I am sure flow would not be as good. I was more worried of all the potential leaks than anything else. So I came up with the insert. I ran into a guy at the drags last weekend that has either a 4-71 or 6-71 in which he is hiding his alternator inside. I have to see the inside of this as I haven't figured out in my mind how he is routing the fuel mixture thru that. Hot Rodders are very creative.

Whiplash, On the wheels, Back when those were real popular there probably was a least half a dozen companies making that type of wheel. I actually hated those back in the mid 70's because everyone had them. At the time the were the least expensive aluminum wheel you could get. But now you hardly see em. And it was the era I was after.