My 29
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My 29
I don't know if I posted pics before but here is my phantom rpu, titled as a 29 Ford pickup. Picture taken this year at Bonneville "lake".
A closer shot of the engine, before I built the collector/silencers. Engine is a 260 from a 63 Fairlane.
A closer shot of the engine, before I built the collector/silencers. Engine is a 260 from a 63 Fairlane.
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It will put a grin on your mug. The car weighs around 1900# so the 260 scoots it along pretty well. It has a T5 and a 57 9 inch with 3.50 cogs. I've had it to the top of 4th which is over 100. Engine is bone stock, pulled from a car that had sat for at least 15 years. All I did was put in a new timing chain and seals. The intake I built using a 302 efi lower and mounted 2 of the diminutive .98 venturi 260 Autolite 2100s sideways. I think they are like 190 cfm so still less than 400 total.
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Windshield frame I got at a swap meet for $1. I asked the guy what it was and he said it would have cost a lot more if he knew. It was taller and flat when I got it. I chopped it about 2 1/2" and notched the center to VEE it. Then I cut the top off the 29 Model A 4 door cowl and built it all back to fit the windshield. I don't have any good pictures of the build but here's a little better shot. The glass is just butted in the middle with silicon.
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A little more detail. The back of the tub was a 27 T touring. The doors were back doors from about a 24 T touring car and I used some pieces of old window garnish moldings to make the tops kind of blend into the cowl a little better. The grille is 34-35 Chevy that I cut 4 inches out of. Headlights are Guide that I found on an old Oliver combine. Bed is from a T pickup with 22" whacked out. I made the firewall with my HF bead roller.
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Didn't happen. Bonneville was under 6 inches of water when I got there, all events cancelled. Still on the bucket list for a re-do.
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Here's a few from when I was building it. I had a machinist mill out the dividers and then blended them in with a porting grinder. I also had to weld the ends of the coolant passages shut a little and re-machine the gasket surfaces because the passages hung over the ends of the 260 heads. The basic intake was a 302 efi from an 88 Crown Vic. The carbs are both original 260 items, .98 venturi's rated at about 190 cfm each. The spacers are the stock Ford items with the coolant passages. I couldn't come up with any other thick 2bbl. ones so all my linkage would clear. It is just a little cold blooded with no carb heat and I have to leave the chokes partly closed until it's almost warmed up, but other than that the set up works pretty good. I have the accelerator pumps in the slowest holes but might richen them up one setting. I used parts from pickup truck carbs to convert these both to manual chokes.
