No clutch; it's a TH350, but hopefully it will still bring the frontend off at launch with a car under 2300 lbs. if I can get traction!
Hey Chad! No bullet holes, and no room for shine. The trunk is full of Harwdood fuel cell and battery box, so no room for much more than a picnic basket!
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Yep, the 60's gasser look is exactly what I was going for. I used to race a '55 Chevy gasser in the late 60's and after it got stolen I've always wanted to build an Anglia or Austin. The Austin came along, so that made the choice easy.
The radiator is very close, but I'm running a long water pump, so if it is a problem with pulleys I'll change to the short Chevy pump, but I'm positive it wont be an issue. I had the pulleys on it when I measured it all up, and it fit fine. I'm running an electric 2700cfm pusher fan in front of the radiator, so cooling should be fine and the fan wont be a clearance issue. I'm running a Pertronix distirbutor with electronic ignition. Had an HEI, but it was too big a diameter and wouldn't fit when the dual 4 bbls. go on it.
I actually fired the Austin up today for the first time! Very surprised to drop that distributor in and have it fire in about one crank of the engine! Sounds great, but those headers are a bit loud!
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Thanks for the welcome back! I've been selling a few Marlins to finance this build, but picked up a couple old Ballards at the same time, so all is well in Gunville!
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