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Old 08-01-2016, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix View Post
When the ten dollar junkyard 1953 Chrysler Hemi engine I stuffed into my 1946 Ford Coupe roared to life and didn't smoke. I was sixteen and now at 72 I still have the catalog and all the order slips from Honest Charlie's Speed Shop that made that moment possible.
Wow! A guy I knew put a Hemi into a Ford coupe and had to move the firewall back. I put a '50 Olds in my '47 Ford coupe using an Honest Charlie adapter plate. Small world!
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