Introduction from Ottawa, Ontario

J12 · OTTAWA, ONT

RE: Introduction from Ottawa, Ontario

henrys57wagon · WOODLAWN, ONT

Yes, Renfrew. We are usually at Hazeldean

Here is a cake our daughter made for my 60th

how about some delicious cookies

and the real thing.

v8deuce · OAKVILLE, ONT

welcome to the site have fun and enjoy all the comroderie on here don't take to much seriously we like to kid and joke lots.Great truck and don't worry about making it perfect the small block will be fine everything is changeable but it is a cool feeling driving something you built biggrin

Randy

Sacotu · COBOURG, ONT

that 57 that i posted up above has a 261 straight six in with dual exhaust.

J12 · OTTAWA, ONT

henrys57wagon wrote:
Yes, Renfrew. We are usually at Hazeldean
Here is a cake our daughter made for my 60th
how about some delicious cookies
and the real thing.

She did a great job! I hope the cake and cookies were as good as they look. biggrin

It's a really nice ride. I have a soft spot for Belairs, they are my favourite car.

J12 · OTTAWA, ONT

v8deuce wrote:
welcome to the site have fun and enjoy all the comroderie on here don't take to much seriously we like to kid and joke lots.Great truck and don't worry about making it perfect the small block will be fine everything is changeable but it is a cool feeling driving something you built

Randy

Thank you. That's good cause life's to short to be serious all the time. smile

I can't even imagine how it must feel driving something you built, but I am really looking forward to finding out.

J12 · OTTAWA, ONT

Sacotu wrote:
that 57 that i posted up above has a 261 straight six in with dual exhaust.

Really? That's great to hear that there are still some around being used. I heard those were amazing work horse engines. Really heavy duty.

What kind of rear does it have in it? Just wondering on the gear ratio.

MScott · EASTERN ONTARIO

Those 261's weren't bad performers either. I remember my dad had a 58 Pontiac with one and it would spin the speedometer past 120. Surprised a few V8s in its day.

henrys57wagon · WOODLAWN, ONT

I have a 70 250-6 with about 80K on it that was taken out of a Chevelle if you want to go to a 6. Have you started a build post on here?

I beat the crap out of my dad's 59 Pontiac wagon, 6 with 3sp standard. Would spin like he**.(non posi)

-- Edited by henrys57wagon on Saturday 29th of March 2014 08:45:17 AM

J12 · OTTAWA, ONT

henrys57wagon wrote:
I have a 70 250-6 with about 80K on it that was taken out of a Chevelle if you want to go to a 6. Have you started a build post on here?
I beat the crap out of my dad's 59 Pontiac wagon, 6 with 3sp standard. Would spin like he**.(non posi)

-- Edited by henrys57wagon on Saturday 29th of March 2014 08:45:17 AM

I think the 6's are nice, but I am going to see if I can make do with what I got right now in the meantime.

I have a 305 in my truck that it came with when I bought it. I have to see if it's going to work out. If it's going to require a lot of work and money then I might have to look for another engine. I am hoping I can get a couple to a few good years out of it if it's in good shape.

No build post yet. I haven't had it that long. Just got it close to the end of summer last year.

I will be creating one once the snow melts and I can get out there to work on it.

workin class · FINCH, ONT

Henry do you remember Glen Turners 66 Chevy II with the 6. I bought the car from Glens estate and drove that 6 for 3 years. The motor came out of his circle track car 285 hp. I have pics some place. The car now belongs to Ed Crilly at WICKED GARAGE although the guy I sold it to boringized it with a small block. yawn.

-- Edited by workin class on Saturday 29th of March 2014 09:45:32 AM

Sacotu · COBOURG, ONT

J12 wrote:
Sacotu wrote:
that 57 that i posted up above has a 261 straight six in with dual exhaust.
Really? That's great to hear that there are still some around being used. I heard those were amazing work horse engines. Really heavy duty.

What kind of rear does it have in it? Just wondering on the gear ratio.

he used a dana 45 rear end out of a late 50's gmc from the states. i'm thinkin 3.08 or close to that we also switched out the 3 speed on the column to a s10 t5. dual intake dual exhaust. cant beat the sound of a twisted six. if anything it had more people taking a second look when we were at cruise. v8 in a tf is not that rare

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henrys57wagon · WOODLAWN, ONT

workin class wrote:
Henry do you remember Glen Turners 66 Chevy II with the 6. I bought the car from Glens estate and drove that 6 for 3 years. The motor came out of his circle track car 285 hp. I have pics some place. The car now belongs to Ed Crilly at WICKED GARAGE although the guy I sold it to boringized it with a small block. yawn.

-- Edited by workin class on Saturday 29th of March 2014 09:45:32 AM

Sorry to take away from Jen's spotlight :)

Can't say I remember that car, however Glen had a different car nearly ever month. In the early- mid 60's I was in a car club that he and my brother plus 3 or 4 other guys started, "the venturis" (as in carb).

Our dad ran the Sunoco on Merivale in the 50's-early 60's and Glen's father used to come in for gas with a foreign ? car that was a 2 stroke.

Are you talking about Ed's wagon? If it's the same wagon it was at Daves in Carp and I told Dave I would buy it and the next thing I know one of the Ariel boys bought it. It passed through a few hands before Ed got it.

I had bought some parts to build an NHRA stock drag car out of it.

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Nice pic sacotu, i hope that blue wire in the pic was just a temporary hook up? Lol

henrys57wagon · WOODLAWN, ONT

sasquatch wrote:
Nice pic sacotu, i hope that blue wire in the pic was just a temporary hook up? Lol

nothing a dozen tie wraps can't fix.