Bill Eaton's (427TJ's) Newest Ride!

[Verne_Frantz]

Yep, I remember those twist-in aluminum spacers. I put 4 of them in each spring in the '62 (forgot to mention that) Rode like [censored].
The neatest thing about Bill's '55 is that it's STILL old school, rather than "recreated" old school. And the way it was done back then stood above the rest with that aluminum work everywhere!
It is a real time capsule!!!

Verne

[427TJ]

Yeah, those wood blocks cracked me up when I first saw them. I don't plan any 6-grand "Ronnie Sox" clutch side-step launches so the blocks will stay in there for the time being. This thing's strictly a cruiser, even though it idles like a P-47 Thunderbolt. I've had it out twice on local drives and it is a beast. The front brakes need an adjustment and I need to work-out the tune-up--advance curve and timing tweaks--but so far so good. A buddy (who is far smarter than I am) will help me get the tune-up dialed-in. Sure turns heads out on the street, especially when I idle up to a red light in neutral and it's going "WUMPITY-WUMPWUMPWUMP-WUMPA-WUMPWUMP" with the solids clattering away. It's just obnoxious.

[427TJ]

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it's STILL old school, rather than "recreated" old school.

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Yeah Verne, and I really didn't get the full effect until I came home at 2 a.m. and saw it in the garage and got a look at it. I did change one thing on the car and that was the steering wheel. My buddy had an extra Superior "500" black plastic wheel so I swapped-out the wood wheel in about 10 minutes flat. I think the 500 looks a lot better on there. I was looking through my copy of "The Gasser Wars" and a lot of those cars have similar 500-type steering wheels.

[Verne_Frantz]

A little hotter on the hands in the Summer, but it does blend in with the interior better. Good choice!

Verne

[Dog427435]

Those wheels were the only way to go! Though most of the ones I saw never had a working horn.
The price list on these from 1970 shows a retail of $8.95-$12.95, but the wood ones were $24.95!

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[ORIGLS6]

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Sure turns heads out on the street, especially when I idle up to a red light in neutral and it's going "WUMPITY-WUMPWUMPWUMP-WUMPA-WUMPWUMP" with the solids clattering away. It's just obnoxious.

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Obnoxious? Nah, COOL!

And the wheel swap is a good thing.

[mmcporter]

WOW--NICE

[427TJ]

Had a smart car buddy over all day today to help me get the tune-up figured out (he did all the brain work). It was doggy before so we took off the cap and saw that the advance springs (old MSD electronic dist) were actually the heavy "shipping" springs used by the manufacturer for shipping the new distributor and meant to be replaced with lighter springs during initial install and tune. No wonder the damn thing wasn't advancing properly. SO, over to the nearby speed shop for the correct lighter MSD springs. My buddy put in one silver and one blue spring and now it advances nicely and is all in by 2400 rpm with 38 degrees total. Tweaked the timing slightly also. Now it happily pulls past 5500 wihtout hesitation and no ping. It's like a whole new car. My buddy said it reminds him of his old '69 Z/28 the way it quickly and happily revs past five grand on banzai throttle bursts. Pow, pow, pow on the shifter and we're bombing down the street at 60 (in a 35) in seconds flat. Nice to have the tune-up figured out. Now I await a new/rebuilt 3310 Holley from Eric "vintagemusclecar" to replace the aging spread-bore unit.

[Xplantdad]

Video please

[427TJ]

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Video please

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You insitgator. I'll shoot some next weekend, weather permitting!