Went with wife into the Barnes and Noble book store today......looking at the newsstand display and stumbled across a rat rod magazine......some cool stuff in there built completely out of a junk/scrap yard......some very creative minds!!!!
So all being said I had the light bulb turn on in my head...."how cool would an old 30's,40's or 50's 1 ton chevy truck be with a perkins 540 v8 under the hood be!!!"
I have an old 540 out of an 1155 tractor but I don't think it will fit under the hood of a pickup truck. I did some looking and perkins made a configuration of a 540 for fire trucks.....little more compact but they seem very rare to find.
My question is if I decide to go thru w this crazy brainstorm idea I need to find an engine and an old chevy 1 ton truck.....anybody out there know where to find old chevy trucks or automotive 540 v8's??? Thanks
So all being said I had the light bulb turn on in my head...."how cool would an old 30's,40's or 50's 1 ton chevy truck be with a perkins 540 v8 under the hood be!!!"
I have an old 540 out of an 1155 tractor but I don't think it will fit under the hood of a pickup truck. I did some looking and perkins made a configuration of a 540 for fire trucks.....little more compact but they seem very rare to find.
My question is if I decide to go thru w this crazy brainstorm idea I need to find an engine and an old chevy 1 ton truck.....anybody out there know where to find old chevy trucks or automotive 540 v8's??? Thanks