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Sacotu


COBOURG, ONT

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i've posted about her on steves nova site and canadian poncho but she is a hot rod, so heres the story. there wasn't enough to restore because of good old ontario salt so i didn't feel to bad about hacking her up. right now i've got rid of the back doors and used doors off a 65 2 dr post. they are 11" longer and filled in the back windows. Front clip is a one piece for a nova. i had purchased floors for my 70 pontiac and they were the wrong ones and wouldn't take them back. they were for a 70 chevelle. the floors were 1 in wider then the acadian so i took 1/2 in out of each side and now they fit. for seats i'm going with the 6 way electrics buckets out of the 99 grand cherokee that was totalled i'm also using the sun roof. i've also scavenged a roof rack off a 70 chevelle wagon. the subframe or floor was next to non existent. For frame and suspension 2x4 squared tubing using s10 leafs and suspension in the rear, front is a I-beam. Drive train is a 427 steel crank w/ a tunnel ram dumping into a super t-10 with a 67 9” posi out back narrowed to 38” backing plate to backing plate. right now she is in storage till the 70 is out of the toy room




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Very Nice! I'm glad to see you did it right with the Sedan doors. Looks so much nicer than with the shorter 4dr front doors. Great project.

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Adslow65


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Cool project... I agree the Sedan doors make a world of difference!

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Sacotu


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looked high and low for the doors. eventually i traded a radio delete plate for them. had to do the road trip for them from north dakota. i remember rolling thru custom in sarnia with them in the back of my saturn wagon. custom guard just said nice score when i told him what was in the back.

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Sacotu


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whats slated for the front "a rat"



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Sacotu


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i can go 2 more inches on the rims. these are 10"

fender wall exit headers for a rat for a 1st gen

can you say 3"

front motor plate

like my tight rearend

 



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Impressive build,, Very nice with the new doors!!

Thanks for posting this, very interesting!!

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Steve    will it have a trailer hitch ?? 



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Sacotu


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hard to believe, but i think this thing will be trailered if going any distance. the beast has a class 3 hitch and i'm thinkin the 2+2 is going to get one too



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the beast hidden class 3



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123pugsy


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Nice project.

I was thinking of doing a 2 door wagon for my next project also.
Looks good so far.



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meoracing


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Really nice wagon. I like it!!

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Frankr


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Looks awsome as a 2 door sedan delivery.
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Sacotu


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i know i said storage till the 2+2 is out of the shop. but had to put the crank in the block and she does look sweet



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Nice unique project. Love the long roofs and a Canadian only car is way cool.

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for you Cadillac Thug a Tunnel Ram Rat






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You are one busy "retired" man I get tired reading about all the work you do :)

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meoracing


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the only thing better than an engine on a stand is an engine that just went into a new ride.

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Nice ride! Any progress as of late?

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Yes where is the wagon like to see or hear some updates. Following these builds is like a good book ,just waiting for the next chapter.

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Sacotu


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really nothing happening with the wagon till the rag is out of the mancave. but while i was giving a coat of paint to the 454 for the 2+2 i figured i would also give a gm duplicolour rattle can shot at the 427. you know you can't have a clean unpainted block on a stand. i've acquired a big quadrajet carb from rat boy for the 454 so i positioned the intake, carb, valve covers and breather for a photo-op plus it makes me feel like progress.



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Yes i like your train of thought its something to do and heck its just plain cool. Time spent in the garage is better than sittin watchin the TV .

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meoracing


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Nice looking engines.

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I like the Mickey Thompson valve covers, I don't know if you noticed but they have a little overspray on them biggrin 

If you want to make some progress why not degrease that 800 cfm Quadrajet and throw a kit in it.



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Sacotu


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meoracing wrote:

the only thing better than an engine on a stand is an engine that just went into a new ride.

 no progress on the wagon but did get the engine into the 2+2 rag chassis



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