Re: [AMC-list] time to find a stout 5

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

If the block is truly toast, you could always have it hot tanked, paint 
it up, and make a table out of it.

Matt

On 5/25/2010 12:17 AM, das24rules@xxxxxxxxx spouted this sage advice:
> ok, so, maybe i was gettin excited about the 401. i went to do a little
> looking lastnight. oil pan had a spot in it rusted almost clear thru. so i
> tapped on it, and yup, like i suspected, it punched thru. so, i started
> whacking harder to get a bigger hole in it. guess what. OIL PAN IS SOLID 
> WITH
> DIRT, RUST, AND CRUD!!! so, i dont think this motor is going to even be 
> worth
> trying to save. will pull heads and oil pan and see if any is 
> salvageable. o
> well, that snow plow wasnt worth nothing but scrap metal price to me. just
> would be friggin sweet to have a 401 in a 62 classic 2 door, with a 5 speed
> with 3.89 gears to be able to launch well and smoke people if i wanted.
>
> that 3.89 geared ford 9" is from the 76 ford ranchero i was drag racing 
> last
> year. amazingly, a car that HUGE actually has a rear axle that is only 1/2"
> wider than the 62 big body car, and the frame iteslf is 3/4" wider.
> eh, i would love a lot more to find a 4.0/t5. id love to build into a 
> 4.6 like
> marks setup. that sounds like it would be fun, and still decent on fuel.
> dave stohler
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