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There is a ship hull down on the horizon & headed for my dock.
Prime requisites are a V8 with a lumpy cam, a 4 (or5) speed, & good paint/body work.
There are lots of other stuff that I'd like to see but I want to keep the price to around 25K...or less. I'm a fan of old Fords, 55-57 Chevy's & 64-66 Novas and Malibu's.

I'd perfer something in the PNW so's I could go give it a once over.
Ideas?

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Can someone translate this for me?
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"Hi, my rich uncle finally died and I will get money soon.
I would like to buy a hotrod but don't want to have to do any research myself.
Please show me stuff for sale that I may be interested in."
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Wouldn't mind doing a motor swap.
An LS3 from Jegs with all the electrics, oil pan, yada....$7860ish.

If you have anything worth adding, please do. This is also research, pencil neck.

Sorry if the vague reference to "my ship is coming in" confused any one.
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Prime requisites are a V8 with a lumpy cam, a 4 (or5) speed, & good paint/body work.
It would seem that you want to make noise, bang gears and be seen more than anything else...

Straight axle gasser should fill the bill nicely. Heck, if you just want a lumpy cam, you can stick a stock LS1 with a giant cam in it and get decent mileage, as a bonus.

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Odd posting, but I vote early Chevy II/Nova. Great looking cars and not as afflicted by the muscle car bubble as the Camaro, Chevelle, etc.
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Get a 914 (someone said they were good cars) and SBC with a G50. Stockish tires and quiet mufflers. Sleeper screamer.
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65-68 mustang coupe. Find a good body and resto-mod it.
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If I had $25k to burn it would be either 55 Chevy or a 68/69 Chevelle clone.
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I saw this on CL the other day. Fits the bill. If you buy it, I want a ride.



1955 Chevrolet 2-door 210 sedan OLD SCHOOL GASSER, Built 396, with less than 1000 miles, M-21 4-speed with scatter shield, Pontiac rear end, Ceramic coated fender well exit headers with 3" 40series flowmasters, Alum radiator, Heater shaved, Speedway front axle with disc brakes, New tires and wheels, Clean interior with new carpet,seat covers,door panels and headliner, Body and Paint is fair and not perfect, This is a Old School built driver Gasser, NOT A SHOW CAR. Asking $26,500.00 OBO 541-410-6966 or 541-75-1170

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Dood, you really need a 427 cobra kit car.

Yellow with white stripe. you need that.
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I saw this on CL the other day. Fits the bill. If you buy it, I want a ride.
1955 Chevrolet 2-door 210 sedan OLD SCHOOL GASSER, Built 396, with less than 1000 miles, M-21 4-speed with scatter shield, Pontiac rear end, Ceramic coated fender well exit headers with 3" 40series flowmasters, Alum radiator, Heater shaved, Speedway front axle with disc brakes, New tires and wheels, Clean interior with new carpet,seat covers,door panels and headliner, Body and Paint is fair and not perfect, This is a Old School built driver Gasser, NOT A SHOW CAR. Asking $26,500.00 OBO 541-410-6966 or 541-75-1170

Looks to be a nicely done car but I can't live with the straight front axle.

I've added 65-67 Mustange to my list. Tough to find a 4 speed car.
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Odd posting, but I vote early Chevy II/Nova. Great looking cars and not as afflicted by the muscle car bubble as the Camaro, Chevelle, etc.
Ding, ding, ding!!!

I love me some old GM iron (55 with a big block please):



But as stated by one of our resident car experts the really cool cars (canmero, chevelle, vette, GTO,etc.) have got crazy expensive.

Nova's are getting there but you might still find a deal on one.

Did someone say Chevelle? Another dream car of mine:


Then then is the 67 Vette ($$$$$$$$)

Seeing as you thru in the Jag with the Chevy swap... have you consider a 944/Chevy?
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A couple days of research shows me that Mustangs are way less expensive than them nice Chevys.....and there is a boat load of em' out there. The 4 cammer crate motor is about $6500
from Summit......hummm. I wonder if that can be shoehorned into an early Mustang.

My son is into a Mustang build.......he's got the gear-head gene, I'm afraid. Time to pick his brain, me thinks. A website like this for mustangs is what I need.......I'd even put with smart asses like here as long as someone has their sheet together.

BTW, that's a nice 55. It looks out of my price range. I'm not a fan of the BB lumps. The newer aluminum SBs make them moot and don't add 2-300lbs over the front wheels.
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I have a patient that is selling a hot rod. SBC, Model A roadster, 1929 maybe, awesome paint, but it is an automatic. Not sure if it would be in your price range, or if you would be flexible on the transmission, but it is awfully nice.
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Vintage Mustang Forums is the best site I've found for the old Mustangs. I have a 1970 waiting in storage for me to get my garage freed up. They are far less than some of the more typical muscle cars, you can still get a nice classic Mustang for under $20k. There's several guys on Pelican that are really well versed in building driver/track modified classic Mustangs, do a search and you'll find some good stuff.
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Vintage Mustang Forums is the best site I've found for the old Mustangs. I have a 1970 waiting in storage for me to get my garage freed up. They are far less than some of the more typical muscle cars, you can still get a nice classic Mustang for under $20k. There's several guys on Pelican that are really well versed in building driver/track modified classic Mustangs, do a search and you'll find some good stuff.
Good link, exactly what I was looking for.......but now I want the first car I came across in the classifieds...a track prepped 65..... and the ship hasn't landed yet......bummer.
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Early mustangs can be great. A problem can be trying to have a productive conversation with the folks associated with many of them. There are some good people that are into those sorts of cars but, well, it is generally a different crowd than most who hang out around here and most P-cars.

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