Car guys and gals??
- Thread starter Bambooflyguy
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It can do this...
Or climb this...
Originally with the 20 gal racing fuel cell, it had about 140 mile range, which required carrying three 4 gal rotopaxes wherever I went. I resolved that range issue by having a custom 60 gal tank fabricated. With twin Walbro fuel pumps, the Hellcat can get thirsty when you stomp on the skinny pedal...I still get a grin when entering an onramp to the freeway and watching the trailer rigs moving over, only to see a blur as I get in front long before they make the lane change...sort of like the Enterprise when it engages warp drive...
So, this is Brute. It started life as a 2014 four door Wrangler. I couldn't wait for Jeep to build their long rumored pickup, so I had one built. AEV added 23" of frame, closed off the storage area of the cab, and added a 5' composite bed. I added a 5.7 hemi, XD60 axles with ARB lockers, King coilovers & air bumps, 40" tires on 17" beadlocks. It started life as a trail rig, but slowly progressed as a camping/fishing rig...adding a 19 gal aux tank to increase range to 400 miles, rooftop tent, awning and 50 qt 12 volt fridge, fly rod holder..
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I told my kids get good jobs...I'm spending it all...
BriGuy
Life of the Party
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
I have a daily driver Dakota and an Outback for fishing….but with a Hotrod it makes getting from point A to point B waaaaay more fun!!
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
Dang Brute….those are some killer bad ass rides! Hellcat powered…gotta love that! I rode in a Hellcat Challenger and still remember my stomach in my throat when it launched……wow! Keep ‘em coming, lots of awesome toys out there….
Looks like a fun truck project. I got 1.1L, somewhere around 55 hp, and 5.5" of clearance. It was a total POS, but rust free, and took me about 10 years as a rolling restoration. Paint/body work came last.
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
MGTOM, beautiful car! You got me on the corners but…..I’ll have an edge on the straightaways!
You'll probably have the edge everywhere, I just don't drive hard anymore. It's serviceable bamboo transportation, British boo of course, when the weather is right.
fatbillybob
Steelhead
You just know the deck will be bamboo.
That would be amazing with bamboo flooring inside the cab and a built in carpet floor mats surrounded by bamboo flooring.
fatbillybob
Steelhead
Ok...and bamboo rod box on either side of the bamboo flat deck for flyrods fully assembled...think Ram boxes on ram trucks but cooler!
joefromchicago
Steelhead
Have no pictures, but my first car was a '64 GTO.
My most memorable was a '64 Falcon Sprint, 351 Windsor, Edelbrock intake manifold, Holley double-pumper, Hooker headers, Autolite dual point distributor, Ford 4-speed top loader and 9" Ford differential. Car was an absolute beast.
My most memorable was a '64 Falcon Sprint, 351 Windsor, Edelbrock intake manifold, Holley double-pumper, Hooker headers, Autolite dual point distributor, Ford 4-speed top loader and 9" Ford differential. Car was an absolute beast.
Bambooflyguy
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Wow joe….I’ll bet you wish you had one of those cars today……
joefromchicago
Steelhead
The friend I bought the car from (actually both cars now that I think about it) called me this year to see if I knew where the GTO was and the last time I saw it, it was up on blocks one block over from my childhood home, about fifty years ago.
Sold the Falcon back to him and the next time I talk to him will ask about it's history.
My dad had a Falcon with a small block Windsor…it was pretty snappy…
wish I had a couple of my Mom's rides...that 95# woman was heavy footed all the way to the end, driving way too fast in a V-8 Lexus in her 90s...my fave a copper 53' Merc coupe with flathead V-8 when we were kids, chirping the tires on demand..she had a bunch, her funnest to drive a 71' Jensen Interceptor with a 440, torque beast..held onto that one for a long time, would ask me to come by and blow it out once in a while...was happy to oblige
