My first job was working for a friends landscaping business. One of his customers gave him the car. A year or so later, it was 1976, I gave him $100 for it. It only had 14,000 miles on it. I drove it for a couple years and a synchro in the trans went so I parked it. In 1986 my wifes uncle traded a 57 Lyman wooden boat for it. It sat in his garage from then till a couple months ago. Several years ago I told him if he ever wanted to get rid of it give me first crack. The next time he was down he said it was mine, come get it. I have a 56 DeSoto 330 Hemi I plan on putting in it. I put my tape on the most narrow part of the inner fender well and it was 33 inches. The 330 is 27 7/8 at the widest, so it looks like it will fit. The rear wheel wells are 13 inches deep, so all I need to do is move the springs inboard of the frame and I can stick some pretty good sized tires under it. It's kinda funny, you look in the trunk and it looks like it's been mini-tubbed, but it's all factory, and it had little teeny 13 inch wheels with tires about 4 inches wide, Joe.
Sorry, all of a sudden something on my Photobucket acount is not working, will get pics later,Joe.
Sorry, all of a sudden something on my Photobucket acount is not working, will get pics later,Joe.
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