I'm trying to use the parts that I have, i like to keep stuff as original as possible but mainly it's because of money. I bought this '47 for $200 for parts and it has a lot of things that i can use, and i don't really care about the bolt patterns or anything, but i might put a nova rear end under it that i have. I'm not really restoring the truck, just getting it drivable. I have put disc brakes on the front, but i made the bearing adapters and brackets and stuff so that i can use newer rotors and bearings, that's the one thing that i wanted to make more modern and it hasn't cost me anything. I have a 216 that someone else rebuilt and lost interest, and it came with the bellhousing and transmission, i have a 250 i could've put in there, but it doesn't look as nostalgic as the 216, and i don't need to go fast. I spent 3 years and thousands and thousands on my '67, frame off and all that, with a highly modified 327 and posi and the go fast stuff, but I don't want to do that again, and i can't afford it now, plus i'm having more fun just trying to make it work with what i have.
Last edited by Jake T; 11/17/2009 3:55 PM.
