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71ChevySS(straight6) · 04-07-2016, 12:30 PM

I have a whole donor truck, an '87 GMC 7000. I could pull all the parts I want from that truck. It has the cast iron headers, I'd just need to make a side-exit exhaust. I wouldn't have to do anything to the engine, it runs perfectly fine the way it sits. The idea of the rat rod project is to go with as little expense as possible. Going out and buying a performance 350/350 combo would completely throw that away.

04-07-2016, 12:30 PM	#3
71ChevySS(straight6) Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: McPherson, KS Posts: 96	Re: Thinking about building a rat rod with a 366. Worth it or no? I have a whole donor truck, an '87 GMC 7000. I could pull all the parts I want from that truck. It has the cast iron headers, I'd just need to make a side-exit exhaust. I wouldn't have to do anything to the engine, it runs perfectly fine the way it sits. The idea of the rat rod project is to go with as little expense as possible. Going out and buying a performance 350/350 combo would completely throw that away. __________________ '71 Custom-10 2wd longbed, 250 inline-6, NP 435 four-speed. Medium Bronze Iridescent. Farm truck deluxe. Rat rod build: 1949 Crosley Station Wagon body on 1993 Dodge D350 chassis, Cadillac 500 powerplant.