I knew a guy who did something like that on his stock car. He rigged up an oil can with a line that ran down to the exhaust headers. About mid race, he would open the valve. The oil hitting the headers would smoke like crazy. He would stop, jump out and raise the hood, dig around the engine, then come up with an old piston and connecting rod. Throw it in the cockpit, slam the hood down, jump back in and off he goes! Pretty funny!If I could I would still own a 65 Chevy pickup with the old straight six and the shifter on the column. Heat old trucks except for the shift linkage getting stuck every now and then. Of course then you had the fun of jumping out of the truck with a hammer, popping, reaching in and giving the linkage a whack, slam the hood and drive off.
Or you can have some fun and make a production of it. Install a couple bins under the hood. (Plenty of room) Place some old engine parts in the bins. Next time the linkage sticks do as normal but also beat under the hood with the hammer a bit. Then start pulling the old engine parts out and tossing them in the back of the truck. People just love to see some fool jump out, beat the engine in his truck and start throwing an alternator, maybe a cylinder or two, what ever you can lay your hands on, then jump back in your truck and drive off.
Not that I have ever known anybody to do that of course.
Here is my old Chevy. Ol' Blue.
I'm a Mopar guy ever since I can remember. Never thought I'd own another brand, unless I got a good deal on a Toyota.
That being said, this truck is pretty much a family heirloom, my grandparents bought it in March of 1970. It's been passed & traded down thru the brothers & sisters & did not get any better throughout the trading of hands. When my mom inquired about it, I told her that if she got it, I would restore it.
It's a highly optioned 57 Chevy 3100. Original 265 V8 now with a 4 spd on the floor.
It took 4 years to rebuild, It doesn't get the greatest fuel milage, but even though I have other vehicles (Mopars) I can drive on weekends, I do enjoy driving this beast whenever I can.
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Sweet
Best truck iv‘e seen in a while. Congrats.
That's really sharp. I love those old Chevys. I had a great aunt and uncle across the road from where I lived as a kid. They had an old 58' sitting against their back fence that I wanted so bad I could taste it. My dad kept telling me, "you don't need that old piece of junk." I don't know what ever became of it.
It's so low tech or no tech, its awesome.
Here is what it looked like when I brought it home.
Better to put and 12valve cummings in itPowered by a 300 6 cylinder Ford.
Prior to 03 so it rattles real good .
