56 oval
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:34 pm
I picked this December of 56 oval (which makes it a 57) up from Aaron a few weeks ago. It's been transplanted onto a 66 pan that's in great shape. It was lowered with a 6" narrowed adjustable beam, 2.5" dropped ball joint spindles, and the rear was dropped a notch or two.
I couldn't drive it like that, so I cranked the front end up as high as the adjusters would allow, and re-indexed the rear spring plates up 1 notch on the torsion bars. It's able to clear my driveway without getting hung up now. I just didn't enjoy driving it around smacking the front beam into every bump in the road. There still aren't any shocks or a bump steer shock, but it's making progress. Sean enjoyed seeing sparks flying out from under the bug when he followed me home from Aaron's.
The motor is a whoooped 1600 dp that has low enough oil pressure that the light on the dash is on more than it's off, so it came out. I am going to rebuild it for whatever, but I am in search of a 36hp to put in there. The patina is great on this thing.
This is after I raised it!
Here is when I picked it up.
It's current stance
A sweet plate I found on ebay
I couldn't drive it like that, so I cranked the front end up as high as the adjusters would allow, and re-indexed the rear spring plates up 1 notch on the torsion bars. It's able to clear my driveway without getting hung up now. I just didn't enjoy driving it around smacking the front beam into every bump in the road. There still aren't any shocks or a bump steer shock, but it's making progress. Sean enjoyed seeing sparks flying out from under the bug when he followed me home from Aaron's.
The motor is a whoooped 1600 dp that has low enough oil pressure that the light on the dash is on more than it's off, so it came out. I am going to rebuild it for whatever, but I am in search of a 36hp to put in there. The patina is great on this thing.
This is after I raised it!
Here is when I picked it up.
It's current stance
A sweet plate I found on ebay
