The Gearhead thread

For all the gearheads on Tman , whatcha got , anything gearhead related. Cool cars , trucks , repair shops in your garage , cars you have seen , places you have gone , tools etc. You name it.

I'll start , some pics from the dragway ......

Some of my builds back in th 70’s and 80’s

Above are
40 Ford
68 Dodge Power Wagon
72 Challenger
35 Chevy w/ suicide doors chopped 2”.

I didn’t have much choice of paint often since it was free from my buddy’s dads body shop!

Love that old Powerwagon...talk about a tank of a truck!

1978......57 Chevy Station Wagon...454 ..closed chambered heads...Sid Erson cam...stock (bottom end ) junk yard motor...2 Holley 600’s....4:56 posi rear....Turbo 400 trans with stall speed converter.....Drive it up to New England Dragway and drive it home....best ET was 12.69 @108.88

My Driver today.....67GTO ...PHS numbers matching...and original interior...original motor ,trans,and rear end....a real unmolested GTO. A lot of options too.

I painted on some hand laid....Brandy Wine Candy stripes on my Sons Brand new 2014 Camaro...a few years back.

That power wagon is cool! And the old 40's stuff.
Still workin on this 74 highboy

My sons 64 Grand Prix....California Car

Traprjohn , I love that plum crazy challenger !!!!!

Some of my past rides -

2012 Kawasaki Ninja

1991 Acura NSX

Nessi, I bet that 57 chevy would have made a beautiful moonshine running car

My 57' Chevy and 69 Chevy pickup in the works.

Where’s all the gear heads ?

Car shows by me have some old cars but more and more of newer corvettes and challengers are appearing. I laugh and want to let them know I can see those everyday on a used car lot. Lol.

Yup...those tools show up at our cruise nights....I don’t get it either.

I gave up my gear head ways. I had several GTO's and other assorted stuff, mostly Pontiacs.
Got tired of maintaining or trying to maintain older stuff without decent quality parts available.

Got tired of car shows, swap meets and having other gearheads either tell me about what was wrong with my cars or how they used to have one just like it but with some features that never existed.


Don't miss it at all.

Power Wagon question: I seem to remember an old model with a PTO wench. Am I correct?

Not a gearhead. 72 XLCH back before customs came out of a box. The guy that painted it was a perfectionist and when the paint job was amazing. I could only afford the tank. The next year he painted the fender and they matched perfectly. In my humble opinion a sportsters is the best sounding bike that has ever been manufactured.

Nice ride , ApocalypticGoatH

Those old skool customs are way better than new stuff that comes out of a box.

Learned to drive in a '67 Dodge RT 440 Mag. Then I bought a stock '51 Ford Victoria. Went from the '67 RT to a '69 Super Bee SixPack. I think I still hole the speed record on Main St. in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

Unfortunately I don't any digital pictures of any of them. I did find a picture of a '51 Ford Victoria with the same paint pattern, only mine had two spotlights whcih I had some real fun with.


Moosetrot

Cool , '67 RT and a '69 Bee with a 6 pack.....really nice cars.


Extra awesome holding a local record of sorts. A friend of mine (now deceased) holds the record for White st here (25mph limit)
Doing 120mph with 2 witnesses (one in car) with a late 60s' T-bird. That record may stand for a long time or forever , White st is now so congested even late at night to make a run like that nearly impossible.

Thanks
More free paint !
Worked well since I was a Vikings fan for a few yrs ....the Purple People Eaters were some of the best defensemen ever.

We don’t have any fancy cars but we do have a place for when they aren’t feeling well.

Nice shop , plenty of room.

That 57 is just plain beautiful!

Thank you trap dog

My ride I built up 2 years ago. Bought on line from Connecticut. 1979 Chevy Caprice Aero Coupe.
Stock it was a 305 V8, 3 speed automatic w/2.76 gears (a dog).


Then I proceeded to build it. Replaced the rearend with an 8.5 posi. w/3.73 gears. All new hub to hub.

Replaced the engine w/headers and dual exhaust. It was a 350 stroked to 383 w/aluminum Corvette heads.


Purchase a 700R4 transmission and installed a special crossmember. New HD driveshaft.

It still needs work (as usual). But as always a project in the works.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now that’s a sleepah ! Very Nice indeed

This is a friends v drive drag boat that is a 1974 hull he restored and I want to do one similar myself. Amazing adrenaline rush sitting next to that big block when it launches.

^^^^^^^^^ Now that’s a handfull !

1989 F150 4x4 with a 3.9 Cummins 4 cylinder diesel. Slow and sounds like a tractor but I average 26 mpg, been on a couple road trips to New England and back, never a hiccup. I rolled and tipped Kirby marine paint on her three years ago, due for a fresh coat.