Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

Tod Lane · 08-15-2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

OK, let's start from the top. Somewhere in this thread I thought that it was said that you can get the car for "next to nothing". Even scrap it has to be worth $400 or $500 bucks. Where can you get a car that runs (I'm Assuming that it runs) for less than that? My biggest concern would be getting the stock ECU to do what I need it to do. I'm pretty sure that it controls not only the engine but the AOD trans too. 8.8 stuff is all over the place if you look, that's not a problem. To start, just find some shorty Mustang headers and make them fit then put some kind of down pipe on them, it doesn't have to start out pretty. Make sure that the engine is sound and the car is safe and just take it out. Again, my biggest concerns are the ECU and the AOD.

Actually the car is moms, I can get it cheap. Dad doesn't want her endangering the world anymore with her driving...

It starts runs and moves just fine.

Ron Middleton · 10-21-2011, 04:12 PM

Does this car qualify:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aspen...item4cfae19a92

Mark Yacavone · 10-21-2011, 06:02 PM

Small valve 318, P/Stock stick!
As The Stray Cats said " Rev it up and go"

Phillip marvetz · 10-21-2011, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Middleton

Does this car qualify:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aspen...item4cfae19a92

Yes, But I can get one that's a lot nicer for less $$$.

dennis dunlap · 10-21-2011, 10:15 PM

Alex ,Now why are you starting out whacking on the Cadiliac combo from the git-go , Build you one of those Lincolon Continintal set-ups they are every bit as soft from the start,,,,,,,,, Dunlap -Murphy SS-GTMA yey it,s a OLDSMO_LAC,,,,,,

Joe Toller · 06-15-2012, 02:03 AM

Love it!!!

How about a 78 T-Bird, 400? There is alot of potential lurking in a 400, cleveland-type heads, C6 and a 9", a ton of torque, and easy as heck to find?

I'm being pointed towards a 460-powered 74 Torino, but the 'Bird popped out at me.

doglover44 · 06-23-2012, 08:14 PM

How about Ryan campbells R/SA Chevy truck

CaptCobrajet · 06-23-2012, 11:12 PM

In 200+ posts, no one mentioned this cream puff. 1964 Ford Galaxie 352/250 in O/SA. It gets a 1.12 Autolite or a 470 Holley. You can still buy a complete core engine for $150.

BP

10-21-2011, 04:12 PM	#2
Ron Middleton Member Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Jackson, Ms. Posts: 350 Likes: 183 Liked 12 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Does this car qualify: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aspen...item4cfae19a92 __________________ #4892 J/SA. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,809 Likes: 2,899 Liked 5,111 Times in 1,948 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Small valve 318, P/Stock stick! As The Stray Cats said " Rev it up and go" __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

10-21-2011, 10:15 PM	#5
dennis dunlap Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 221 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Alex ,Now why are you starting out whacking on the Cadiliac combo from the git-go , Build you one of those Lincolon Continintal set-ups they are every bit as soft from the start,,,,,,,,, Dunlap -Murphy SS-GTMA yey it,s a OLDSMO_LAC,,,,,,

06-15-2012, 02:03 AM	#6
Joe Toller Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lewistown, Montana Posts: 550 Likes: 78 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Love it!!! How about a 78 T-Bird, 400? There is alot of potential lurking in a 400, cleveland-type heads, C6 and a 9", a ton of torque, and easy as heck to find? I'm being pointed towards a 460-powered 74 Torino, but the 'Bird popped out at me.

06-23-2012, 08:14 PM	#7
doglover44 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Carlisle OH Posts: 1,386 Likes: 4 Liked 489 Times in 227 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! How about Ryan campbells R/SA Chevy truck __________________ Jake Biermann

06-23-2012, 11:12 PM	#8
CaptCobrajet Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Marion County Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! In 200+ posts, no one mentioned this cream puff. 1964 Ford Galaxie 352/250 in O/SA. It gets a 1.12 Autolite or a 470 Holley. You can still buy a complete core engine for $150. BP