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01-18-2017, 06:33 PM
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1949 Panel
Thought I would throw in my project. Its a 1949 Chevy Panel.
I went with the FlatOut Engineering Corvette cross member. It's going to ride on shockwaves in place of the coil springs. We're at the stage now where we are setting the motor in place.To move a lump like that, I decided on a Chev 8.1L out of a newer 1 ton matched up to a 4L80E. |
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01-18-2017, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Lagrange,ME
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Re: 1949 Panel
that 8.1 should move it alright
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01-19-2017, 12:06 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oblong, Illinois
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Re: 1949 Panel
Welcome WDriller. Looks like a great project!
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01-19-2017, 12:33 AM
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Location: West Plains, Missouri
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Re: 1949 Panel
Welcome to the group, ready to tag along on the build...Jim
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01-19-2017, 12:36 AM
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Re: 1949 Panel
corvette suspension? late model big block? panel? this thing is awesome.
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01-19-2017, 01:09 AM
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Re: 1949 Panel
Ditto with all the above
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01-19-2017, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Scotts, Michigan
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Re: 1949 Panel
Great looking project. It looks solid.
Marc
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01-19-2017, 06:49 PM
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Re: 1949 Panel
Gonna be an a rad ride (no offense, Troy) with an 8.1. Keep us up on the progress.
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01-19-2017, 10:27 PM
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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Re: 1949 Panel
That'll be gnarly with the 8.1. Looking forward to more progress
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03-06-2017, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Regina, SK
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Re: 1949 Panel
Its always interesting to look at the way it was done "in the day".
the welds and the amount of lead pulled out of these joints were incredible. |
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03-06-2017, 12:27 PM
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Location: Regina, SK
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Re: 1949 Panel
Been busy the last few months. New transmission mount is in place and we decided to go with a solid mount on the motor as well.
Went with a Direct Sheetmetal firewall with 5" of backspace instead of the usual 4". gives me lots of space behind the motor. We figured out from this mock up that custom inner fenders are now going to have to happen. The motor itself gets in the way of that. Lots of body work to do for a while now. Its tedious work given the fact that there are no patch parts for anything behind the doors. |
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03-08-2017, 08:40 AM
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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Re: 1949 Panel
Lots of work, but well worth it. Looks good.
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