boostedzx3
New Member
Hey guys, Im excited to find this forum and it looks to be a great place from what I have seen. Ive found that car forums are a great way to exchange and learn all kinds of new information. Its been a long road to get where im at and some hard times the past few years that I finally came out of. The day I acquired this car was actually the start of a very positive spin on my life.
A little about me is that im 26 years old, so the looks I usually get in the car are quite different. Most people for whatever reason are somewhat amazed that the younger generation can too be involved in the street rod scene. It started when I was younger around 6 as my dad started taking me to the NSRA nat's in York PA. I grew up around street rods, car shows and Saturday night races at a local dirt track. My dad however knew nothing about cars so when I turned 16 I realized that I could probably never own anything like a street rod and I started to lose interest.
Around the time I was 17 however the tuner car scene started coming around. I went and bought myself a Ford Focus and started messing around with it. I started buying my own tools to work on it, and have since aquired anything I need to work on anything that I have. Ive taught myself everything that I know and am still learning. In 2005 I started building my own turbo kit for it from scratch, with a friend doing all the aluminum welding and me buying all the parts and fitting them up.
Then a few years later I stumbled upon a 1969 mustang grande coupe that needed a motor but had a great body to work with. I ended up putting the original 351w 4 barrel motor back in the car and had something nice to run around in for awhile. It was only a FMX transmission so it wasnt as fun to drive as a 4 speed would have been.
So I started looking for something I had been after for some time. I was on ebay one morning before work when I spotted a 1923 t bucket. The owner had passed away the year prior and his nephew was auctioning the car off. He was also looking for a trade of a vintage muscle car. I decided to email him and after running up to see the car we decided to make a deal. I was now the owner of a 23.
The car is powered by a 1970 440 CI mopar out of a superbee which has a 727 bolted onto it with a manual valve body. Its a Ford 9" rear with 3:73 gears and it is pretty powerful.
I brought the car home on a cold day in April of 2010. It wasnt a perfect car and is still not by any means. The good was the car was running, the interior was in need of a little work but overall was ok. The electrical is an absolute nightmare, the car couldnt stay cool on a 60 degree day to save its life and the steering is downright scary.
I have since put a 3 core radiator in with an electric fan, instead of the single core with a belt driven fan. The interior was just recently recushioned and redyed by me which turned out remarkably well. Now im after tackling the steering and the wiring.
The thing I need the most help on is the steering
With the big block theres not much room to put a steering column on a slant through the firewall. The way its currently done looks like a vega box with a column brought up vertically through the floor. The radius rod then runs off a pitman arm down the side of the car outside of the frame and attatches to the top of the spindle. The steering flat out sucks, the tire rubs up against the radius rod if a sharp turn to the left is needed and the vertical column makes driving it cramped and somewhat shakey.
Thanks for the read, ill be around and i'll see what pictures I can attatch here to help you see.
A little about me is that im 26 years old, so the looks I usually get in the car are quite different. Most people for whatever reason are somewhat amazed that the younger generation can too be involved in the street rod scene. It started when I was younger around 6 as my dad started taking me to the NSRA nat's in York PA. I grew up around street rods, car shows and Saturday night races at a local dirt track. My dad however knew nothing about cars so when I turned 16 I realized that I could probably never own anything like a street rod and I started to lose interest.
Around the time I was 17 however the tuner car scene started coming around. I went and bought myself a Ford Focus and started messing around with it. I started buying my own tools to work on it, and have since aquired anything I need to work on anything that I have. Ive taught myself everything that I know and am still learning. In 2005 I started building my own turbo kit for it from scratch, with a friend doing all the aluminum welding and me buying all the parts and fitting them up.
Then a few years later I stumbled upon a 1969 mustang grande coupe that needed a motor but had a great body to work with. I ended up putting the original 351w 4 barrel motor back in the car and had something nice to run around in for awhile. It was only a FMX transmission so it wasnt as fun to drive as a 4 speed would have been.
So I started looking for something I had been after for some time. I was on ebay one morning before work when I spotted a 1923 t bucket. The owner had passed away the year prior and his nephew was auctioning the car off. He was also looking for a trade of a vintage muscle car. I decided to email him and after running up to see the car we decided to make a deal. I was now the owner of a 23.
The car is powered by a 1970 440 CI mopar out of a superbee which has a 727 bolted onto it with a manual valve body. Its a Ford 9" rear with 3:73 gears and it is pretty powerful.
I brought the car home on a cold day in April of 2010. It wasnt a perfect car and is still not by any means. The good was the car was running, the interior was in need of a little work but overall was ok. The electrical is an absolute nightmare, the car couldnt stay cool on a 60 degree day to save its life and the steering is downright scary.
I have since put a 3 core radiator in with an electric fan, instead of the single core with a belt driven fan. The interior was just recently recushioned and redyed by me which turned out remarkably well. Now im after tackling the steering and the wiring.
The thing I need the most help on is the steering
With the big block theres not much room to put a steering column on a slant through the firewall. The way its currently done looks like a vega box with a column brought up vertically through the floor. The radius rod then runs off a pitman arm down the side of the car outside of the frame and attatches to the top of the spindle. The steering flat out sucks, the tire rubs up against the radius rod if a sharp turn to the left is needed and the vertical column makes driving it cramped and somewhat shakey.
Thanks for the read, ill be around and i'll see what pictures I can attatch here to help you see.
