My dad and I are building a 53 Plymouth Wagon, that will eventually be my daughters car (she is turning 9 next week)
So far here is where we are:
The 218 Cu In engine had compression of ~ 100 on all 6 holes after we free'd up the valves with a mallet, so we got it fired up and it purred like a kitten with good oil pressure, so we just replaced the gaskets, and strapped the head on our milling machine and whacked it .080" to get a little higher compression ratio. Installed an Edelbrock intake, with a pair of B&B carbs, along with Longdon's manifolds, and HEI. Fabbed up a mount of a GM 1 wire alternator to finish off the engine mods.
Made an adapter plate to mount a 94 Mustang T-5. We ended up using the stock flywheel, and pressure plate (had it rebuilt/resurfaced) and the clutch guy found a clutch disc that would work. (S-10 I think?)
Picked up a 8.8 rear from a Ford Explorer (4.10 sure grip) with rear disc brakes:
and added Disc brakes to the front, using the stock hubs and Jeep rotors with GM calipers and a set of Fat Man spindles.
