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Ol' Ron · 01-21-2021, 06:36 PM

I reality, I don't kow much about the early cars, other than the trans and reak axles can't stand up to much abuse. In the early street days the 404 Ols engine was king, and cheap, it did't take long before it hot bigger, 324/372?? In 55 the SBC came out and a 283/ Dum cam for $18,75 made more power than 2 flatheads. And then there was the Hemi. Stock cars and racing brought back the flathead. At this point you start by coping what others do, but this way you don't get any better, so you begin to experiment and after 7/8 years we set a track record. You can't believe how proud we were. unfortunately, they??? sabotaged the radiator with small pieces of shop rags . well at least we got their attention.

01-21-2021, 06:36 PM	#12
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,861	Re: Calling Ol'Ron, calling Ol'Ron... I reality, I don't kow much about the early cars, other than the trans and reak axles can't stand up to much abuse. In the early street days the 404 Ols engine was king, and cheap, it did't take long before it hot bigger, 324/372?? In 55 the SBC came out and a 283/ Dum cam for $18,75 made more power than 2 flatheads. And then there was the Hemi. Stock cars and racing brought back the flathead. At this point you start by coping what others do, but this way you don't get any better, so you begin to experiment and after 7/8 years we set a track record. You can't believe how proud we were. unfortunately, they??? sabotaged the radiator with small pieces of shop rags . well at least we got their attention.