I don't plan for it to be a daily driver, but it will be driven on a regular basis (weekends). It needs to be reliable enough to make weekend getaway runs out of state. It will need to be capable of 75mph on the highway.
An automatic transmission is almost going to me a must, I have an issue with my left knee that makes a clutch difficult, not impossible, but not comfortable.
I managed a farm repair shop for a number of years, so I know my way around trucks and truck repair...yet I do not go so far as to claim to be a mechanic.
While I would prefer a 6 cylinder, I have not ruled out a V8. I know a guy who has a '55 with a 350 engine in his. It was in the truck when he bought it, whoever put it in did a lot of cutting and fabrication to the firewall, fenders and radiator mount...it's kind of FrankenFab under the hood. I don't know how much of that was necessary, so that's one reason I am asking about fit.
Last edited by lynngrove; 10/06/2014 5:12 PM.
