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#15644 05/03/2004 3:26 PM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 | Just had to report that we started up the 283 in the '61 last night. I'd forgotten how GOOOOOD she sounds!! The low rumble is a beautiful thing!
We are trading out the gears in the rear end and working on the brakes next week. Should be on the road soon. Can't wait!
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#15645 05/03/2004 6:46 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 | You're a Good Man Charley Brown. YES!! another 283 lives. I put one in my 55.1 last year. I went with dual exhaust, rams horns through an "X" pipe to the old-time Smithy's mufflers. IT IS a sweet sound.
Congratulations!
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#15646 05/03/2004 8:47 PM | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 117 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 117 | | | |
#15647 05/03/2004 8:56 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 54 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 54 | I know the feeling!! i finally got my 350 going the other night. gotta love that sound! do you have any pics? | | |
#15648 05/04/2004 6:58 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 | Gee, it's good to know other people "dig" the purr and rumble of a good engine.  If all our trucks were in the same place, we'd have a killer bass section.  The '61 has dual exhaust coming out just behind the rear tires, and the exhaust man did a great job - all new work. I do have pics (by the way, big61fourby, your truck is good looking), but they are just jpeg files saved on my hard drive. I haven't figured out how to insert them into a post. help? :confused: Husker | | |
#15649 05/04/2004 7:08 AM | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | If all our trucks were in the same place, we'd have a killer bass section We would have more than just a base section considering that there are representatives of just about every V8 and inline 6 GM ever built posting on this site. How bout a hot 270 jimmy between a small block and a big block for a rythym section with a line of 230-250-292 modern sixes doing harmony and a 235 with 12" smittys sings lead! Boo  | | |
#15650 05/04/2004 8:32 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 | Oh yeah, buddy! Sounds good! Here's a wild thought at 1 AM: somebody more musically inclined than I could actually "mix" a recording of just that. People could "tape" the sound of their engines, and they could all be mixed together. Funky... Like Ray Steven's "Chickens in the Mood" only with engines. No, no, Thoroughgood's "Bad to the Bone". Or wait, a whole collection ranging from classical to rock. Hmmm... would that sell?? :confused: (Think I've been awake tooo long) I wanted to test to see if this link would work for a pic of my trucks. I'll add more pictures, if the link works. Testing, 1, 2, 3... Husker http://community.webshots.com/album/14014928xURxVr?300 | | |
#15651 05/04/2004 7:44 PM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 158 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 158 | Nope, the link doesnt work. Try again.
- Shane
- Shane (ChevyToughRebel) 2 Trucks; -1955 3/4 Ton Chevy -1979 3/4 Ton Custom Deluxe 20 4x4 1955 Second Series 3600 GED = Git Er Done
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#15653 05/06/2004 2:21 AM | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | If you're not using it I wouldn't mind borrowing that 37 for 10 or 12 years!
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#15654 05/06/2004 3:28 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 438 | Oh, is that all??? :p
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