Posted by Mike (WA) on January 28, 2012 at 18:57:35 from (174.24.213.243):
In Reply to: Fire truck posted by Paul Janke on January 28, 2012 at 16:41:03:
My first rig was a '36 Chev pickup- 206 OHV 6 (the 216 came out in '37). Flat out was 37 MPH- thats when the valves floated. Dad said I could probably coax another couple of MPH out of it if I put in new valve springs, but didn't seem worth it.
It moved quite a bit more smartly after I put the 283 V8 in it. Burned up the Powerglide after a couple of weeks because I didn't realize you had to hook up the kick-down rod from the carb to the transmission. Parked it for awhile, then sold it to my cousin in about '74. I think its still up at his place, in pieces.
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