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« on: January 06, 2007 12:11 AM »
Heres my dAds Model A Coupe, Been working on it quite a bit lately.

3.5 inch chop, Hes replacing all the wood with Steel.

Custom 2x6 .120 Wall Rect. Tube Chassis. 364 Nailhead, with Hurst motormounts and Tranny Adapter for GM manual.

Plans are for a late ('64)Gm 3speed and overdrive.

Supposedly this motor is an old hotrod engine, thats got 12:1 Pistons been balanced and a hot isky Cam in it and everything. It does had a Sheifer aluminum flywheel onit. SO it could be true. IT came out of a 56 Chevy that a friend had, Still has the hurst adapter motor mounts on it that we are gonna reuse, and we traced it back to the guy that built it in the 60's.

The motor is topped by a early weiand 2x4 intake with twin WCFB small base carbs.

SHould be a lot of fun
Heres the pics.

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RE: Armstrongs Nailhead Powered Model A Coupe
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2007 6:56 AM »
i really like tos motor mounts both urse and the hurst ones
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2007 3:21 PM »
Ooooooo--that's NICE!!  Overdrive--my favorite.  I like the looks of everything.

 The fully syncronized 3 speed saginaw w/overdrive was 1966-1969 or 70 available in passenger cars and pickups.  The overdrive unit can be bolted to a saginaw 4 speed with a couple easy modifications.  I have the recipe if your Dad is interested.  Keith and I have a couple 4 speeds and OD transmissions awaiting this swap.  I also have some good overdrive wiring diagrams I scored off the Inet.

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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2007 3:43 PM »
I have the ingredients to make this dish so I would like to look at your cook book.


The CQQP is LQQKN' good, the engine looks GIANT in there.
soaken wet shoes and winkled fingers...
hours and hours
inch at a time...

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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2007 4:26 PM »
Yea, i got the gear wrong, Dads got one of the newer Syncro 3speed/ODs to use...    I tried to talk him into using it on a saginaw 4spd...  He says the 364 will have more than enough torque to use the 3speed well enough.

overspray, i have a saginaw 4speed that i had behind a hot 250 I6 in my 49 chevy, that i want to make it a 4speed/OD for the 6, instead of going to a T5....   that would make a great tech Post...

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« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2007 5:50 PM »
my father in law has that or a simmilar setup behind a 327 in a 62 impala in line out at the farm
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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2007 7:42 PM »
Here it is.  One mistake in this article is that it must be the 66 and later fully syncronized 3 speed with overdrive.  The 65 and down overdrives (GM) are shorter in the 3 speed box/case and not syncronized in 1st gear, thus the overdrive unit is different on these and will not swap to the 4 speed..

http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/overdrive.htm

Click on the exploded view in figure 1 and 2 to enlarge the picture.

"Took my foot off the gas and man alive--I shoved it on down into OVERDRIVE"
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2007 10:25 PM »
so my 65 OD will not work?
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« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2007 10:42 PM »
Not unless it is an early 66 dated late 1965.  The gearbox on the full sync 3 speed is the same size as the 4 speed (saginaw) gearbox.  The picture of Armstrong's chassis is the big (66 up) gearbox.  Side by side there is noticable difference between the 65 and 66.

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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2007 10:21 PM »
lookin great I love the frame! Gonna keep the radials?
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2007 5:22 AM »
WE dont know yet, it might end up with a set of those Coker Raials that kinda look Bias..  he wants to drive it lots..

he has a set of 50 Streamlite Wheels for it, (think solid disc halibrands) but cast aluminum, that hold 46 Merc hubcaps..

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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2007 9:30 PM »
Heres an Update, redone rear Ladder bar mounts, brake pedals, and the OD installed.








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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2007 9:31 PM »
couple more.