1959 Chevy
Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 10:27 pm
Thanks Pecker.....
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1959 Chevy
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Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 6:48 am
Ouch!! That 59' Chevy didn't do that well.
Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 11:48 am
destroyed a perfectly good car.
damn, i would have thought the full frame would have added rigidity......it got FUCKED UP
damn, i would have thought the full frame would have added rigidity......it got FUCKED UP
Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:14 pm
2:20 it gets fun
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 12:58 am
Waste of a nice car. 
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 7:23 am
'59 chevy: failed 
couldn't they have found some crappy junkyard car to do that with?? thats a beautiful car they just trashed
couldn't they have found some crappy junkyard car to do that with?? thats a beautiful car they just trashedPosted: November 4th, 2009, 5:39 pm
you can see the 50 years of accumulated dirt spewing out of the inside of the rocker panels on impact.
Was a '59 Chevy a framed car, or a uni-body?
This video reminds me that I need to get some seat belts installed in my '58 T-bird
Was a '59 Chevy a framed car, or a uni-body?
This video reminds me that I need to get some seat belts installed in my '58 T-bird
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 5:45 pm
that was a frame car, the lincolns were the first american uni-body cars.
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 5:52 pm
my '58 Bird is a uni-body.
I'm told they made great 1970's demolition derby cars, so there arent so many of them left now.
I'm told they made great 1970's demolition derby cars, so there arent so many of them left now.
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 6:12 pm
'58 birds were badass. I'm partial to the '59s w/ the 430 lincoln motor 
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 7:26 pm
Mine's got a rebuilt 460 in it, taken from a '73 Mercury.
Heads are decent castings (not the shitty '72 heads), but at some point will be replaced or at least ported on the exhaust side.
And needs some shorty headers.
Has a 750 Holley carb,
Edelbrock Torker II intake,
Accel coil and Street Billet distributor,
Dual exhaust thru Cherry Bomb glass packs,
C-6 auto trans with Hurst V-matic 2 shifter.
4.10 gears in a 9" rear end with a Detroit Locker.
Rear end also had the goofy stock springs replaced with some stout leaf springs and steadied with ladder bars.
Needs about $1000 worth of tires this winter. Old weather-checked bias-ply M/T Indy Profiles ride awefully, but will smoke and burn to thier death before they get swapped out.
The original radiator needs a small leak fixed and an electric fan w/ shroud added. Gets a bit hot at times!
Lots of other small jobs needed as well. My coolant catch can is currently a Miller High Life tall boy tucked in beside the battery! Something to tinker with over the next decade or so....
Bastard starts hard though. Like its out of gas, but it isnt. I think its timing related. I am by no means a motor-head, but I guess I will be eventually.
Heads are decent castings (not the shitty '72 heads), but at some point will be replaced or at least ported on the exhaust side.
And needs some shorty headers.
Has a 750 Holley carb,
Edelbrock Torker II intake,
Accel coil and Street Billet distributor,
Dual exhaust thru Cherry Bomb glass packs,
C-6 auto trans with Hurst V-matic 2 shifter.
4.10 gears in a 9" rear end with a Detroit Locker.
Rear end also had the goofy stock springs replaced with some stout leaf springs and steadied with ladder bars.
Needs about $1000 worth of tires this winter. Old weather-checked bias-ply M/T Indy Profiles ride awefully, but will smoke and burn to thier death before they get swapped out.
The original radiator needs a small leak fixed and an electric fan w/ shroud added. Gets a bit hot at times!
Lots of other small jobs needed as well. My coolant catch can is currently a Miller High Life tall boy tucked in beside the battery! Something to tinker with over the next decade or so....
Bastard starts hard though. Like its out of gas, but it isnt. I think its timing related. I am by no means a motor-head, but I guess I will be eventually.
Posted: November 4th, 2009, 8:31 pm
d0ve "dove" heads?
Posted: November 5th, 2009, 6:24 am
I wish...
Mine are D3VE's.
it was the D2's from 1972 that everyone hates and avoids like the plague
Mine are D3VE's.
it was the D2's from 1972 that everyone hates and avoids like the plague
Posted: November 5th, 2009, 7:06 am
that smart car has its place forsure, out here it aint the wreck that'd kill ya, it'd be your friends having to rescue you fromt he mud,snow, and whatever else it cant get thru, and the front tires have not much airdam ahead of them and climb a parking curb real easy, know a chick thats been stuck in a parkinglot atleat 3 times 