Way cool, Gary.  Those wuz the daze.

I love pics like this. Brings back some cool memories. My first swap was in a 56 Chevy 4 dr. We pulled the blown 265 and put in a 327 out of a burned up vette. Put a used manifold with two old AFBs on it and bolted it to the column shifted 3 speed. That thing ran like a bat outa hell. Good times.

BillyC wrote:

I love pics like this. Brings back some cool memories. My first swap was in a 56 Chevy 4 dr. We pulled the blown 265 and put in a 327 out of a burned up vette. Put a used manifold with two old AFBs on it and bolted it to the column shifted 3 speed. That thing ran like a bat outa hell. Good times.

Did almost the same thing. Pulled the run out 265 2 bbl out of my 55 Bel Air and put in a 59 283 4 bbl. Was quite impressed with the difference. Until the also run out Powerglide trans gave out too. Found another used one and we were back on the road again.
 

My first car. It got wrecked in 74, that’s what led to the Mustang. I swapped the frame to the gold body and re-painted it. Rebuilt the engine and transmission and took off to Michigan the day after it was finished from Tucson and drove it back and forth to school in Waukesha 3 times. Traded it wrecked for a new Pinto straight across to a friend of my wife.

Great pics, somewhere along the line I lost all my pics of the old 50 Plymouth I stuck the Olds 324 into so I would have it when I got my license. Fun times!

Bearing Bob wrote:

Here's my build gone bye.
My first vehicle and build began when I was 18, a 1956 F100 big window. I stripped the body and frame down to bare metal. On the chassis I used a 4 inch drop Mor Drop front axle, 1965 Mustang KH front discs and a 69 Mustang steering box. For power my dad gave me a wored out spare 390 he had. When he took the 390 from his 67 Galaxie to the machine shop, he found out his 390 was a 352. So I ended up with the 352, which I had rebuilt to stock specs sans a 4v carb and intake. I hooked the FE up to a Torino toploader and a 9 inch rear. I kept it in Fresno after I moved to Bako in 1979 as I had nowhere else to store it, and like a fool sold it in 1980. These are the only 2 pics I have of it:

How cool is that? I am amazed at what we could do with so little money back then.

video resolution checker.    Pray all is well the car that started Mustang fever at 16 was a high school driver I had to put her down to grow up thank God for childhood memories that turn into grown up dreams took another 24 year to find another replacement that allowed me back into my first dream car I went through 8 fox bodies before I found  the 65 Coupe

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HudginJ3 wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

Wow, I'll have to dig out the old photos of my Dad's '55 T-Bird that he had when I was very young.  I have some pics from when he had it painted that looked similar to yours. 

  One of the more enjoyable cars that I have owned. Back in those days parts were hard to find for it. The fender and bumper were smashed and the fuel pump went out. The guy that got it fixed the body and bumper but could not find a fuel pump. He had let it sit outside with the top off and the weather had torn it up the last time I saw it.
 

I remember my Dad talking about some place he found where they had a field of first generation T-Birds where he found a bunch of parts he needed.  Everything was definitely more difficult before the restoration parts business exploded.  Even when I was first working on my '67 parts availability was still not even close to what it is today.  There was so much stuff that you had to hunt through swap meets to find, and even then it was questionable whether that stuff was any better than what you already had. 
 

Builds gone by Gentlemen

. Say Goodbye to the Blue Coupe say hello to 2020 Twister Orange

Been a busy.   Year new stroked 331 Rebulit Transmission Holley Sniper fuel injection and paint from December 2019 to December 2020

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HudginJ3 wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

  I remember my Dad talking about some place he found where they had a field of first generation T-Birds where he found a bunch of parts he needed.  Everything was definitely more difficult before the restoration parts business exploded.  Even when I was first working on my '67 parts availability was still not even close to what it is today.  There was so much stuff that you had to hunt through swap meets to find, and even then it was questionable whether that stuff was any better than what you already had. 
 

 I know what you mean. I found the "new" body in a junk yard. It was going to be used for a drag racer. The trans tunnel was cut out for an Olds engine and transmission when I came across it. I was looking for a hard top for the white car. It was a tin one buried in the AZ sand up to the top. I didn't recognize it because I was standing on it. The guy wanted $500 for the top and $500 for the body and frame. I only had $500 so I took the body. The white one was a rust bucket. The frame was good but all cut up for the engine swap. When I bought the Mustang it was already 8 years old and parts were getting scarce for it. 
at 10 years old there would be no support. Because of what I learned with the T-Bird I started collecting parts from the dealer, interior parts mostly and all the rubber seals, including a brand new Ford parts manual. The same one the dealer was using, LOL. As years went by the Mustang stores started popping up. Who knew, but I planned on keeping this car.   

It used to be a lot more difficult to restore a vehicle, just from the finding parts standpoint.  I remember spending hours on the phone calling specialty junkyards around the country.  Or combing through boxes at the swap meets where the guys selling the stuff didn't even know what they had.

Coupedaddy, it is beautimus!!!!  I knew you wouldn’t be able to keep it secret until the bash!

That grabber orange still looks good today. Not everybody like orange cars, or red for that matter

Since I first saw Coupedaddy's cool ride parked next to mine at the hotel in Ft Walton Beach I've liked its weathered look. More than once when he mentioned painting it I told him, if you paint it, I'll kill ya. With such an outstanding result of the paint selection, I think I'll let my threat slide.