Iowa's 5F09K project

CharlesTurner · May 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM

You need to be looking for a '65, not a '66.

No difference in sheet metal gauge, but obviously lots of little differences throughout the car.

iowa_old · May 16, 2010 at 3:43 PM

the 66 is practically free

and i plan to look at each part

and use only if identical.

the floor is not as bad as i thot,

so will try and save as much of the original

metal as possible.

i'm trying to figure out what happened to this car.

i think it was picked up by a fork lift,

with the forks perpendicular to the front and back of car,

and the rear ends of the front rails

got pushed up thru the rotten floor!

whoo!

the car is totally striped now

except for the steering gear box

and steering linkage;

can't find my pitman arm puller?

plan to build a metal frame under car

to square it up,

weld supporting braces in,

put it all on a rotisserie,

blast it,

and then start replacing metal.

d

iowa_old · May 18, 2010 at 12:44 PM

one side has HiPo motor mount

wonder what happened to the other one?

iowa

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bigal_old · May 19, 2010 at 6:35 AM

Least you got the frame mounts by the pair

iowa_old · May 20, 2010 at 7:31 AM

i'm ready to build the frame jig

to line up the flooring etc.

is there a good thread on how to do this?

thanks

iowa

lscman_old · May 20, 2010 at 12:21 PM

I believe I have the passenger side Hipo mount if you want to e-mail me?

rickmustang_old · May 20, 2010 at 5:22 PM

I have a restored set to sell as well. Rick

iowa_old · May 20, 2010 at 8:38 PM

would this rim be correct for

my K car?

iowa

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CharlesTurner · May 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM

January '67

iowa_old · May 25, 2010 at 4:13 PM

i took the driveshaft out of the automatic coupe

and it was the 50+ inch one.

does someone have the shorter one that i could trade

for, to use it in my K car?

thanks

iowa

Edited by - iowa on 05/25/2010 16:14:12

CharlesTurner · May 25, 2010 at 6:27 PM

Jack Brooks can make you up a correct drive shaft:

http://www.deadnutson.com

iowa_old · May 25, 2010 at 9:58 PM

thanks for the link!

i also would like a link to

info or drawings that show

how to build the sub-frame jig

to keep the car aligned when

replacing rails etc.

thanks

iowa

iowa_old · May 31, 2010 at 10:13 PM

how about this 'K' code tranny?

(if i'm not supposed to use ebay on this forum

let me know)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FOR…=item53e184b9ae

thanks

iowa

Builder11_old · May 31, 2010 at 10:39 PM

Hi Iowa,

I think 750.00 is a steel with the shifter included, if you can get it for that.

C

Edited by - Builder11 on 05/31/2010 22:40:23

oscart_old · June 1, 2010 at 2:27 PM

Looks like someone told him it was priced too low. Re-listed at $950.00

iowa_old · June 1, 2010 at 5:18 PM

it's gone now.

suppose s.o. here got it for a steal

and will resell it?

iowa

65Rangoon_old · June 1, 2010 at 5:44 PM

<font face='Comic Sans MS'>I recognize the VIN on this tranny. It is the one bought by a vendor for just $65.00 (the purchasers claim not mine) from another vendor at the mid Apr 2010 swap meet at New Braunfels TX. I posted the details on the forum after getting back home from the meet. Oddly, even though he was aware it was a Hipo piece based on the tag, he didn't know about the factory VIN stamping until I mentioned it to him. We rolled it over, and there it was.

I imagine that little detail probably added 300.00 to his asking price.</font id='Comic Sans MS'>[Blocked Image: http://s4.tinypic.com/30w2jyw_th.jpg]

iowa_old · June 2, 2010 at 8:41 AM

i see it's back on for $950 starting!!

iowa

oscart_old · June 2, 2010 at 9:52 AM

Yeah, that is what I said in my last post. I bid on it earlier but will watch it now. I will see how I enjoy my C4 and if I want to shift, might step up to a T-5. Will have car ready this weekend with the 3.80 gears and hope that it doesn't drive me nuts. I am running a 4.30 on my '93 5.0 and with the T-5 it is great on the highway. Never fear the gear, but...

iowa_old · June 2, 2010 at 7:01 PM

is there a good link that describes the various transmissions?

i am very ignorant about them.

all i know are the T-18 wwii jeep one's!!

iowa

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