so its been a week and i still don't have my car fully up and going yet. almost there hope to have it running tonight. i am happy that i got a hurst 3 speed shifter off a 67 fairlane at the junk yard today. there is alot involved in doing the strait 6 to v8 swap.
sorry but that 67 fairlaine was pretty much picked over. but because i'm on the subject i might as well ask if a 9" rear on a fairlane will bolt right up to a maverick or not.
I think the Fairlane is much wider - something like 63". And if I remember right that year had coil springs not leaf springs.
well it's been another week and the struggle still goes on. i have it running, sort of. the nuts on my rocker arms keep backing them selves off. so i'm going to throw a little lock tight on there to keep them in place. and i'm have a little probleam with modifying a 200 z-bar and making it work on a 302. i'm almost their but it still isn't that much fun. but she sounds real good. i put strait pipe and two glass packs under her.
I did exactly that many years ago. I dont remember all I did (too many beers & years ago) but I seem to recall having to remove reshape and reweld the lower arm. I know it wasent fun. Good Luck!!
Locktite will probably not last very long. You should throw the nuts away and invest ~$30 in a set of poly locks.
well i had it running and was driving it around when it died and i couldn't get it restarted. something to do with the valves of course. haven't had a chance to get working on it again been too busiy. but hopefully i get the rocker arm issuse worked out. i finally got the z-bar fixed. it only took me welding on another inch of metal or so.
