Longbox55

I like it, other than the wheels.

Ray, please disregard my original post. I misidentified the year GTO as a '70 instead of '69. The edited post has the correct information.

Yes, Liberty Blue Poly (metallic) and Matador Red, according to TPC Global/PPG http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.aspx?image=1969-pontiac-pg01.jpg

Redlines were not a Pontiac only tire, Chevrolet, Ford, and Chrysler all had them as factory by '67, and Ford had offered them on the Mustang as early as '65.

Another vote here for the Paasche H. I have one that I've been using since '87, they're just about indestructible.

There's a few companies that are making them, most of the kits seem to to be geared more towards '50s/60s cars and trucks. The idea is more about having a clean firewall that a conveneint place to put the master cylinder. The kits work just as Bill says, with a bellcrank. http://www.classicperform.com/tech_articles/GotBrakes/GotBrakes.htm http://ecihotrodbrakes.com/hanging_pedal_assemblies.html

Mine isn't in either one.

I recently picked up a magnifying lamp that's virtually identical to yours. Only difference I see is mine is mounted on a stand with caster wheels instead of clamping/mounting to the table. It was about $35 at the local Lowe's.

Yes, the early Tempest did have a torque tube.

Chevrolet used torque tubes on cars and 1/2 ton trucks to '54. 3/4 ton trucks had a hybrid driveline, using a "torque tube" from the transmission to the carrier bearing, then open driveline to the differential. All Chevrolets went to open driveline in '55. I won't speak for Cadillac/Olds/Pontiac, but I do know that Buick was the last holdout from GM, using torque tube drivelines until 1960.

Dipstick location on the 216. http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1941/41csm142.htm

Lets not forget our freind, the Shop Manual http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1941/41csm014.htm

I just checked them, using the original issue 4x4 pickup and the last reissue of the Blazer. The grilles will swap, no problem.

Looks like a modern interpetation of this.

That advise is spot on, Bill. Jus t help with a start on the research, here's the 1965 Gas Coupe rules from the NHRA. http://www.nostalgiagassers.com/nhra-rules-gas-coupessedans-g-1965/ Something to keep in mind, not all gassers had straight axles, despite what all the nostalgia/kulture mags would make you beleive. Many lower class gassers with factory ifs would simply use station wagon front springs or spacers to get the nose up a bit for the weight transfer.

25; All reissue kits should be up to todays standard for detail, even if it is a kit that was tooled up 40-50 years ago.

I have one of that release, it is molded in white.

The Ground Shaker is the same way, only molded in blue instead of yellow.

I did notice something not touched on that's part of the original question, the actual rearend itself. I won't claim to be any expert on early rods, but one thing you would want to avoid for a period correct '50s and maybe even early '60s rod is the now common Ford 9". The 9" didn't come out until '57, so rodders wouldn't have really used them until they started whowing up in salvage yards later.

I hope so, as these were some of the best Chevrolet and GMC truck kits ever tooled up.

That is pretty cool. Here's another source, http://www.microstru.com/index.html. This one is a little more hobby oriented, mainly model railroad signage, but they do have an Experimenters Kit that might prove usefull.

The chrome grille was an option, a very popular one, too. Seems most of the trucks with the painted grilles were either military or the 1 1/2 ton trucks. Also, almost all of the '42-'46 war production trucks, which are virtually identical to the '41/early '42, had painted grilles.

That does look good. Thanks for the tip, I'll plan on using it when I build my '41s. On a side note, if you're building a base model truck, the grille would be painted white.

I've seen it up close. Corkey Coker drove it one year for the Great Race (they put a different engine in for the race), and one of the stops was Danville. I didn't bother trying to count the bulletholes.

There's 2 axles in some issues of that kit. 1 of them is the regular solid axle with functional steering, the other is a chomed drop axle that does not have the functional steering feature. The Hot Rod variant of that kit is that way for sure.