[455firebird1969]

Nice...

I was driving to work one morning a couple years ago, in the early predawn darkness I was behind a Lucern Blue 1970 TA on NAS Jacksonville. That’s kind of like seeing a unicorn. When you see it you know it is special.

[455firebird1969]

I know this is a lousy picture. But how often do you see a 1970 TA driving down the road?

[napster]

Originally Posted by 455firebird1969

Nice...

I was driving to work one morning a couple years ago, in the early predawn darkness I was behind a Lucern Blue 1970 TA on NAS Jacksonville. That’s kind of like seeing a unicorn. When you see it you know it is special.

Originally Posted by 455firebird1969

I know this is a lousy picture. But how often do you see a 1970 TA driving down the road?

Thanks for the comments. You are correct, it is like a unicorn...you don't see them on the road.

[napster]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

beautiful is it a real ra4

Thanks for the comment.

No, it is not a real RAIV. It was born a RAIII automatic combination. Short story is the original owner was a 17 yr. old senior in high school. He raced it and blew up the bottom end of the RAIII within the warranty period. A service replacement block (still in car) was put in. It is a 4-bolt main RA block. The car was sold to the person I bought the car from in March, 2015.

I purchased the car in February, 2016. During the period the second owner had the car it was changed over to a 4 speed. The engine was rebuilt and RAIV heads were put on.

After I purchased the car, with less than 100 miles on the rebuild, the engine was pulled and had to be rebuilt. Let’s just say corners were cut and the parts used were cheap.

What I have now is really as close to the stillborn LS1 Super Duty Ram Air that I can get. The big item that is missing is a RAV block. However, I have the next best thing which is a service replacement RA block. The rotating assembly is completely forged. The engine has a .30 overbore and we added a 427 stroker kit. Equals 433CID

Last item is the 4 speed was nothing more than a core. Replaced it with a T-56.

[455firebird1969]

My little 4.0 Jeep Cherokee engine, bored & stroked to 4.7. I’ve been working on it since last fall, and it’s ready to go in my 1985 CJ-7. It should make more that twice the power of the 258 inline six that’s in my Jeep currently. With MPFI it should be better on gas too, so I’m looking forward to swapping engines soon.

[TAKerry]

I think i would just put that motor on a run stand and use it as a display. Too purdy to put under the hood!

[72projectbird]

Originally Posted by 455firebird1969

My little 4.0 Jeep Cherokee engine, bored & stroked to 4.7. I’ve been working on it since last fall, and it’s ready to go in my 1985 CJ-7. It should make more that twice the power of the 258 inline six that’s in my Jeep currently. With MPFI it should be better on gas too, so I’m looking forward to swapping engines soon.

Sweet!!!!!

[gtohunter]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Chevy but I don't know year...I think you are close if not on it. My first car was a 1950 Chevy and this is older. Cool to see this on the road. Young guy (anyone under 50) and his son got in as I was leaving.

Here's my first car...a 49 business cpe that kept me busy when I was 14 ! Dad figured I'd spend the summer messing with it and he was right. Did sneak it out on the road a couple of times but never got caught.

[Greg Reid]

I like that.

[OG68]

Saw a 68 convertible the other day at Pep Boys. I was pulling out with my El Camino SS as he was pulling in.

[PontiacJim1959]

How about a 1948 International KB-5 box truck. This truck was used by the Railway Express Agency, sorta like the UPS/FedEx of railroad freight. My brother bought it off Ebay and had it shipped from the Norfolk, Virginia, area to my door step to "just go over it and fix any of the things it might need." Three years later I am still fixing. Never rebuilt/refurbed anything this old or big, and it needed everything. The engine ran great once I got it tuned and running. Try getting parts for it, you don't, so a lot of fabricating and making things work and keeping it looking original. And my '68 Lemans build has been on hold working on this project. I have posted a more complete story on my adventures and work on the truck if interested in doing some reading. I am at a standstill on the rear brakes - cast iron brake shoes and NAPA just doesn't seem to have any in stock? With many business still closed, I am in need of a fab shop to get a set made in mild steel. Got the shoes 3D scanned for fabrication, just waiting on the world to start moving again. http://oldihc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=10178

[PontiacJim1959]

Anyone into trains? I like the old trolley cars and steam trains and have been to many museums and ridden both. My younger brother owns 2 railroads, one is a small commercial railroad, the other a tourist type railroad. When I visit, I hang with him at the railroad and get to ride or sometimes run the assorted trains. He has a pretty good collection as he constantly upgrades as his business continues to grow from what he started with.

He has 4 of the former Ringling Bros passenger cars, an self propelled inspection car, a small switcher engine, then the big 2,000HP engine, a 1949 1,200HP engine, a 1945 Navy 80-ton center cab, and he has added another I think 1,500HP engine. His tourist train uses a 40-ton center cab, but he recently bought another Army 80-ton center cab to replace it, and he has 2 1956 Budd self propelled passenger cars.

[PontiacJim1959]

Originally Posted by PontiacJim1959

Anyone into trains? I like the old trolley cars and steam trains and have been to many museums and ridden both. My younger brother owns 2 railroads, one is a small commercial railroad, the other a tourist type railroad. When I visit, I hang with him at the railroad and get to ride or sometimes run the assorted trains. He has a pretty good collection as he constantly upgrades as his business continues to grow from what he started with.

He has 4 of the former Ringling Bros passenger cars, an self propelled inspection car, a small switcher engine, then the big 2,000HP engine, a 1949 1,200HP engine, a 1945 Navy 80-ton center cab, and he has added another I think 1,500HP engine. His tourist train uses a 40-ton center cab, but he recently bought another Army 80-ton center cab to replace it, and he has 2 1956 Budd self propelled passenger cars.

Few more pics.

[salem1912]

This rode the rail for years a block from my house. P&W 100 line outside of Philadelphia.

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by 455firebird1969

My little 4.0 Jeep Cherokee engine, bored & stroked to 4.7. I’ve been working on it since last fall, and it’s ready to go in my 1985 CJ-7. It should make more that twice the power of the 258 inline six that’s in my Jeep currently. With MPFI it should be better on gas too, so I’m looking forward to swapping engines soon.

Is that a Pontiac engine color?

[455firebird1969]

That is AMC blue. My 1985 CJ-7 has a 258 inline six that is black. I guess AMC quit painting engines blue in the early eighties. The 4.0 engines were black too. I like the AMC blue, almost as much as I like the Pontiac blue for 1969.

This is my 258 that will be replaced soon.

[PontiacJim1959]

Originally Posted by salem1912

This rode the rail for years a block from my house. P&W 100 line outside of Philadelphia.

Was at Steamtown last year and spent the entire day there. Great museum and the 7-mile trolley car ride was the best I have been on. The older gentleman operating the trolley had that thing zipping along at a good clip going to the restoration shop. Talked with him a while as he provided a lot of info and answered all my questions.

[455firebird1969]

That is a cool truck.

[455firebird1969]

Looks like a picture from the sixties, and the car could have been out of the movie from the early seventies “American Graffiti”. You need a pack of cigarettes rolled on your sleeve. Very cool picture!

Originally Posted by gtohunter

Here's my first car...a 49 business cpe that kept me busy when I was 14 ! Dad figured I'd spend the summer messing with it and he was right. Did sneak it out on the road a couple of times but never got caught.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by gtohunter

Here's my first car...a 49 business cpe that kept me busy when I was 14 ! Dad figured I'd spend the summer messing with it and he was right. Did sneak it out on the road a couple of times but never got caught.

Parallel universe! My grandfather gave me mine when I was 15 with the same intention. Mine was a 50.