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Title: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: 57chero on 2017-09-18 20:46
Flipping through the November issue of Street Rodder  at the store and there it was a 55 chevy conv. made into a roadster with a 427 sohc with a 671 blower sticking through the hood. He also used a customized 57 ford dash, I guess he got tired of seeing chevy motors in Fords at car shows and magazines he calls it Poetic Justice. I bet that really pisses off the tri five guys, cutting up a convertible plus putting a ford in it.
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: slumlord44 on 2017-09-18 23:15
A friend of mine way back raced a '55 Chevy with a 289 Ford in it. Did it just to piss off the Chevy guys. I always thought it would be neat to put a Y Block in a '55-'57 Chevy.
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-19 05:42
I want to see a Flathead in a 68 Camaro RS ! :003:
that 427cammer in a 55 sounds phenomenal....hahaha
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2017-09-19 08:42
My 36 Chevy has a 351C/FMX/M II/8" for a power train.  I have to admit I have had a little too much fun with it over the years (since 1980)!  Makes the hard core Chevy guys nuts!
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: hiball3985 on 2017-09-19 13:52
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-19 05:42
I want to see a Flathead in a 68 Camaro RS ! :003:

I'd love to see that too  :003: If I ever get back to our local show there is a beautiful 57 Chevy with a 427 Ford power I need to get pictures of.
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: JPotter57 on 2017-09-19 15:06
I found a picture of a black 57 chevy on the gasser madness site a while back with a flathead in it..
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: junior58 on 2017-09-19 19:05
I had a 39 Chev coupe with a 352 in it. Was really a 58 chassis with the coupe body dropped over it but, regardless, the Chevy guys hated it.
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-20 04:18
this site is getting better every day.... :003:
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: Ecode70D on 2017-09-20 05:59
Guys
     This is great stuff.
   
Guenter
      Do you still have the picture that I took of the 36 (?)  Chevy coupe with the Ford engine?    I took at Star drive in last year or the year before.   Thanks Jay
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: SkylinerRon on 2017-09-21 03:18
There is a 68 Camaro w/a flathead. (Bonneville class car I believe)
Wouldn't waste a SOHC on a ch** body.
There is a 65 Mustang w/a Y-Block bracket racer.
It's fun to mess with the knuckle dragging Chev guys!

Ron.
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: hiball3985 on 2017-09-21 08:35
For anyone who hasn't seen this one, it's one of my favorites. Turbo charged Y block in a GMC..
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-21 17:50
hahaha... I can't believe all of that.... :003:

when Jay sees this Jimmy truck, he will know what to do with his 54 Y block....hahaha....  Just don't tell your wife, Jay :002:
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-21 17:53
google says its true

:icon_cyclops_ani: :023:

(http://www.speednik.com/files/2012/08/flatheadcamaro1.jpg)
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-21 18:18
here's the story on the 55 SOHC

https://myclassicgarage.com/social/posts/152449-427-ford-sohc-powers-a-1955-chevy-convertible (https://myclassicgarage.com/social/posts/152449-427-ford-sohc-powers-a-1955-chevy-convertible)
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: hiball3985 on 2017-09-21 18:22
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-21 17:50
hahaha... I can't believe all of that.... :003:

when Jay sees this Jimmy truck, he will know what to do with his 54 Y block....hahaha....  Just don't tell your wife, Jay :002:
That Y uses a 239 crank, and is only 258 cu inch..
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: rmk57 on 2017-09-21 18:38
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2017-09-21 18:18
here's the story on the 55 SOHC

https://myclassicgarage.com/social/posts/152449-427-ford-sohc-powers-a-1955-chevy-convertible (https://myclassicgarage.com/social/posts/152449-427-ford-sohc-powers-a-1955-chevy-convertible)

What a waste of a SOHC...................
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2017-09-22 08:52
2X......heck no......200X
Title: Re: 55 chevy with Ford power
Post by: JPotter57 on 2017-09-25 11:41
Same thing I thought, what a waste of a Cammer...Dont care how bad it pisses off the chevy guys, that cammer needs to be in a Ford..