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Mounting a Big Block 4 Speed in a 1950 Fargo. 50 Fargo
Mounting a Big Block 4 Speed in a 1950 Fargo. 50 Fargo Build Part 3
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In this video I fabricate engine and transmission mounts in John’s 50 Fargo using LG AV8 mounts. To support this channel please …
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i would square cut the front of the sump of the pan where it goes straight up and down
Nice work
Great work I am impressed and I too have been learning. One benefit to having the engine back in will make it handle better as the engine will be further back behind the front axle like newer car designs.
you do great work wish I had your patience
Great job Lee. I'm learning a ton. Keep it going. Thank you! 😎
Yep, these hot rod upgrades just keep growing as they go. Thanks for sharing.
-Spanky
Nice job Lee 👍 you have better weight distribution with the engine further back in the chassis 😎
why not a 460 ford eng
I dig it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had this issue with a straight 6 Toyota engine and to overcome it we made the sump fit over and around the crossmember and we also changed the oil pickup location.
Just one comment apart from great viewing MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND SHANNON AND FAMLIY CHEERS BRIAN
Good thinking placing that engine there. Pickups need as much weight back as they can get, especially with that heavier big block on the nose. This is a total transformation to the power and handling of this rig. There will be miles of smiles.
Great job. Pro layout and fab work. Dodge truck, Ford front axle, and a Chevy heartbeat. Cool part is, is you left it a stick.
Great old skool hot rod build you do there! Love every episode and can't wait to see the next in row – Thanks!
just run a ford Windsor v8
If you had notched the rack crossmember, how much do you think it would have been?
Also if you did that, could you have left the firewall alone without cutting it?
Nice work. That Big block Chevy is going to have some nice driving torque between gas stations. Those Fargo frame rails look very similar to my '41 Int'l PU. I used a welder series MII set up and a 350/350 turbo. Later I swapped the 350 for a 292 inline six and really like it. I don't blame your customer for using what he has. Shooting the money cannon at a project doesn't always work.
It’s ridiculous and that is what hot rods should be.👍👍
I'm learning a lot from your videos. I have a '48 Dodge Business Coupe, that is in need of an engine and after watching your videos I think a BBC is way too big for the area they being put into …it makes them too hard to work on in the future IMO. Thanks for sharing this and your great problem solving!
Oh sorry are we supposed to ask what motor to put in lol. Awesome job very well done. Boy oh boy you making BOB super proud of you. Excellent job Lee. 🛠️🇨🇦🛠️🇨🇦👍👍
Sorry but I would never cut a fire wall like that it’s looks bad AF … never cut a square hole to put in a round peg.. allways arch an cut a small rounded square for the Distributor… it’s jus more logicly. Right 😢
Should of put a Mopar 440 pass car with a front sump engine in it. Sell the Chevy engine………….
Awesome and professional workmanship Lee, you are so much fun to watch, I am 79, and an old Hot Rodder form the 60's, and so appreciate what you are doing, I only wish you were around when I was building cars in the 60's. I now live in Washington state, and hope to maybe someday get to say hello personally. Keep up the great work, and thanks for sharing your ideas…..AND Merry Christmas to you and your family….:-)
A friend has a 55 Fargo with a big block Chevy. Super fun. Brand loyalty of engine and trans is pointless.
Loving this build!
Customer wants 454 then that's what he gets he's paying the bills, would I do it? likely not but I'm the kind of guy that keeps a Ford in a Ford a GM in a Gm and a Mopar in a Mopar, I'm doing a Jeep and everyone says LS it…not a chance getting a built 360 AMC.
Nicely done Lee, gotta love a BBC stuffed into a Dodge. Great job getting past the obstacles and still having a quality build. 💯🆒
The owners vote is the only 1 that counts. Our vehicles are an extension of ourselves. 80's
Very slick!
I was looking for an engine stand mounting bracket for a flathead V8 that uses the exhaust mounting locations. I couldn't find one in Canada, only the US. Knowing that you fabricate some parts for sale, I wondered if this is something you've made or would consider making and selling?
I'm up there with you, about the parts labelling; makes reassembly so much easier.
especially if there's a time delay before things go back together, again.
Thanks for sharing!
👍😊still looking for a duelly well a ford door 74 do what you have done !!!
Use what you have .. has been my motto for years! Might be a little nose heavy, buts it's a hotrod, so learn its quirks and live with it!
Got to love Hot Rods?? You own it , do what you want with it??👍
Don't understand the must put a Mopar engine into a Mopar sentiment. Whatever works is fine. Not a restoration by the numbers.
Very nice. I first thought front pan but didn’t no they don’t do them? Not even racing pans. Now the domino effect. This leads to this then that leads to this. New prop now and will the rear take the new power plant? You always succeed in the end. Cheers thanks for sharing.
Great problem solving. I’m sure that when you’re finished it will look like that 454 will look like it came that way.😊
Always abide by the Hot Rod montra for that smile. Love the big block in the Fargo. Can't believe John's not content and now wants a complete firewall, go figure.
Dude!!! Great video on how to make anything fit!!! With a cut-out wheel!!!✌️
So far…so good
OMG keyboard critics can be so opinionated – what happened to "It's yours do what pleases you!" I'm going to install a Mazda Rotary engine in my 1935 Ford 3 Window Coupe tomorrow!
You gotta ask yourself how many cross members that came with the trick from factory ha two or three piece cross members
Beautiful fab work – can't wait to see what you do with the firewall !
Some folks will just never get hotrodding. 'Use what you have' should be your new catchcry.
Wish you had zeeded the cross member to just clear the rack, then remove the top/rear segment from the cross member. Rotate the angle to fish plate the cross member with the just removed segment.
V8 S-10 swaps did this to dimple the right frame elevated step-up.
I think everything would have cleared at the second firewall trim?
Big block looks good in there. I have a 52 dodge panel I put ls with s10 frame under it. Did my grandads 51 dodge for my dad small block with s10. Firewalls had to be cut out and moved back. And agian looks good
Lee,
That table saw is turning out to be a great addition to your shop.
Yes sir this is definitely a case of use what ya got. And when you get another firewall fabricated to suit the engine it will look factory. All of these vehicles that had an inline six do not look right when a V8 engine is installed unless they were manufactured to accept either a six or a V8. A custom firewall will do the trick. This will give this truck quite the sleeper identity.
Great job Lee. You make it look so easy. 🍻