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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3516016" data-attributes="member: 5412">Am I a car guy?Built my first car, 55 Ford Custom Line with a 272 CI Y block engine,(not a v block engine) single barrel Stromberg carb side draft from junk yard parts at 16  years old. Over the next two years, that engine evolved into a wanna be 312 CI Y block  Police Interceptor using parts from junk yards. Found a 4 barrel manifold and mounted a carter carb on it, dual point distributor, and a 3/4 cam designed for marine use. (all low end HP) It was a three speed manual on the tree so it was converted to a three speed on the floor with a hurst shifter. Turn the shifting arms upside down on the tranny and it shifted like a 4 speed. Used the three speed manual with overdrive gears because the main tranny was then a close ratio three speed. Incredibly fast from stop light to stop light which was the "drag race" back in the day. It didn't have the guts for the 1/4 mile, but in a block or two, it was fast. Had several other vehicles that I modded like a 58 ford and a 66 Ford GT 390 with NASCAR heads that was incredibly fast in that day.Grew up helping my dad rebuild his vehicles so it wasn't that hard to modify cars.Now, my truck is going to the detail shop every so often and the dealership for oil changes. Been there done that and don't have a desire to rebuild anything now. Working on them is something I pay someone to do in support of our economy.</blockquote>