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LUV:
1977 Strip
Name: John E. Maneth
Location: Great Bend, Ks, USA
Forum Name: luv383
Notes: This started out as buying a lil truck, putting
a big motor in it, and driving it on the street. I couldnt put very
large tires under the fenderwells, so a friend suggested narrowing the
frame. As this was being done, he also suggested i get the rearend narrowed,(
of course he knew someone who could do all this, lol).I wanted to use
the leaf spring suspension to still be able to drive on the street.
After much head scratching, and a lil cussing, we figured out the suspension
wasnt going to work. A friend was re-building his race car, and building
a new ladder bar set-up, so we found a "new" rear end set-up.After
my wife saw a racecar roll, and crash, she decided i needed a rollcage.(what
a thoughtful wife). I now have a narrowed ford 9 inch rearend with 4.86
gears in the back. It is tubbed, and sheeted in the back, the battery
has been moved to the back, rollcage installed, and ready to go. With
a new Chevy 383 engine, and a powerglide transmission with 5500 stall
converter and transbrake, on pump gas, i'm running a best of 11.24,
at 118 mph in the quarter mile. Its been a 7 year project, and it will
never be completed, lol. Plans are for sheeting the back to enclose
the fuel cell and battery, and to paint the truck bright yellow, with
teal and purple stripes.i hope everyone has a project like this, and
can look back over the years, and think to themselves ,,,,,, What The
Hell Was I Thinking ??!! LOL. |
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