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So this showed up at the hotel I'm currently staying at in Bowling Green.

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Dude, just because I post hot rod pictures I know lots of it. There's plenty of hot rods I like dude.

I'll read sometime soon.
 
You do or you don't know a lot about it?
 
I don't. What I meant in my last sentence which probably didn't make much sense because I fast type without thinking is, just because I posted some nice hot rods now and then, doesn't mean I know a lot about them.

But you probably have gotten your answer in my second sentence. If I might go read about it, it means I don't know about them much. All I know they have existed practice by the 30's or 40's. Or maybe even in the 20's. It was like a whole new style for cars. When it happened, it's spread the world like a bang. In my theory, that is. Like, if you have built a hto rod or made a nice 40's or 30's ford look like one, I bet if you were in the high school, everyone would think you're one cool hell of a guy.
 
I like it!
 
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That's not unusual. Most of the stuff you see inside the engine bay of a modern car isn't actually the engine.
 
White & Nerdy
That's not unusual. Most of the stuff you see inside the engine bay of a modern car isn't actually the engine.
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Even then, the engine seems to fill a bit more space then that. Maybe it's because the wheel wells are gone, but damn, that looks small.
 
Custom878
Holy hell, that engine is tiny.
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Chevy small blocks are not big engines dimensionally. Neither are Fords for that matter. A fully dressed 302 is only about 18 inches wide.
 
On the other hand of course, if it's set up properly to run hard and with high compression, a small block can be sweet in a gasser because you can zing out the revs to make up for the lost cubes. SBC power-shifting @ 9,500 rpm = tits.
 
Cano
On the other hand of course, if it's set up properly to run hard and with high compression, a small block can be sweet in a gasser because you can zing out the revs to make up for the lost cubes. SBC power-shifting @ 9,500 rpm = tits.
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Screaming small blocks at that RPM is intense.

Though, you have not lived until you've heard a 477" big block Ford at 9,500rpm.


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Welcome my son. Welcome to the machine.

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Shots taken by @Doog - I hope he doesn't mind too much that I'm stealing his photos to upload here.
 
Cano
That 50 Ford in the last picture is insane. Got any pics of the front, @Doog?
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Nope, those are the only two shots I have of it, IIRC. Haven't seen it since.
 
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My dad is president of the photography society here in town and we hosted a photo shoot with models and some classic cars. :cheers:
 
Here is a pic of my grandfather's 56 Ford with a mildly built SBC (specs unknown). He also owns a numbers-matching '62 Galaxie with a 292 in it, but I don't have any pics of that right now.
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AnthonyD1993
Here is a pic of my grandfather's 56 Ford with a mildly built SBC (specs unknown). He also owns a numbers-matching '62 Galaxie with a 292 in it, but I don't have any pics of that right now.
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Tell your grand dad that that's a nice chop 👍
 
Cano
Tell your grand dad that that's a nice chop 👍
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I'd rather tell him that I want the title to it :lol: I was hoping that he'd bring it when he came over to visit yesterday, but he brought his Astro minivan to bring his stupid dog with him :banghead:
 
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