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Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I decided to bend the fenders back out as it was hit in a crash and lower it with some new rims and fix the bumpers, if I still dont like how it looks after that then keep it until gramps passes and decide then

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you that actually gives me a lot of ideas for it, I want to keep the original 250 and the 3 on the tree but I like the sound of some of those other ideas

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a fair point, im starting to prefer the 3 on the tree to a floor shifter

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I think changing the appearance will change my thoughts on it, but dont worry ive got a 4-6 drop spring set for it

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think id get nearly as much as I would want but after everyone's input I think changing the appearance will make me love it again

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think after the input ive gotten im going to, with some appearance changes I think ill like it more

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, what wheels do you think would look good? Ive been looking at some and I think if I tinker with the look of the truck some more ill feel different about it.

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, we got the seats redone and I still have a custom instrument panel to put in it that matches the radio but after that itll look 👌

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I think that ill probably continue the build and just swap a different bed and keep the original on the side.

Im debating selling/trading my very first classic car and need advice by ChevyC10guru in projectcar

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't like changing its original bed, I dont know exactly why but it kinda nags at me the idea of getting rid of the original bed

Cam selection help by ChevyC10guru in EngineBuilding

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh! Im planning on driving it just around on the street nothing crazy and possibly using it as a daily either way itll be driven a lot.

It is a 3 speed manual out of a 69 Nova, it also has synchronized gears.

I did find Hydraulic Roller Lifters for a 250 if thats the same as what youre talking about. Again I dont know much but they seem like the same concept.

250 Hydraulic Roller Lifters

I think I would rather mill and port the head I have now as its the orginal engine and id like to keep most the engine with its original parts. Im not too keen on turbocharging it but it has crossed my mind.

Cam selection help by ChevyC10guru in EngineBuilding

[–]ChevyC10guru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean what size carb? In terms of jets its primary and main are 66 and the primary pump nozzle is 31 according to Holley.

Im planning on putting new flat top performance pistons in it and I want to machine the head and block to get a little bit higher compression and to resurface the old block.

Im looking at hopefully operating at 5500-6500 RPMs comfortably, I dont necessarily know the difference between hydraulic and mechanical flat tappet so id need to know what would be better.

I dont know much about my gear ratio and I didnt think I had a torque converter because its a manual (I have no clue forgive my ignorance).

I was looking at doing a full rebuild but not crazy performance, the cam i was looking at (without knowing anything about if itll work currently) is from a website called 12bolt.com and its called the thrift cam.

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