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Dirty Phat Rat Rebuild
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Stripping the paint |
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Out with the 427/390, the block was numbers matching.
The heads, intake, carbie were not.
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The engine went into a 1940 Ford Hotrod |
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The new all Aluminium Shaffiroff 540
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Tremec TKO-600
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Lining up the flares
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Primer |
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Engine goes in
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Here we had to reshape the oil pan! The Rack & Pinion Steering (Steeroids) was hanging
down too low for comfort. By making a cut out we could bring the steering up enough so as it wasn’t hitting every bump!
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Painted                                                    and Underneath
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Jason, the restorer
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Dirty Phat Rat