I painted the rims International Harvester red. I thought about black and would have probably went that way if I was going to with hub caps and beauty rings.
I went red as my theme seems to be making it look like what someone would do in the 1960s with their dad’s old farm truck.
Drive train is a 235 with Fenton headers, dual exhaust, SM420, with 3:55 third member. Rochester one barrel.
I have a T5 with the 0.73 5th gear, but I am sticking with the SM420. It brings me back to when I was a kid riding the school bus … just like the sound of shifting the SM420.
I have an Edelbrock two carb manifold and the Carter Weber/ Pinto carbs setup that I will be installing this winter or spring.
Nothing wrong with a Rochester, but I want the bling of dual carbs, especially if I take it to a car show. I can show the kids how they use to do it before engine (dear I say LS) swaps. I did toy with putting in a 265 sitting in the corner.
I don’t go to car shows all that often but at one, I was next to a restomod with a Viper engine. I kind of chuckled and wished I had the dual carbs on to emphasize a different approach. Don't get me wring, the Viper powered AD was very nicely well done - but not me.
