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have always liked the early Stude pickups, as they are unusual,
attractive, and rare. I had also dreamed for years of creating a 1000
cubic inch twin-engined monster. I am combining these two into the
KiloKube pickup. The truck will have two 502 Mercruisers in the rear in
tandem, connected to a funnycar-rated Powerglide trans, and then
connected to a Ford truck transfer case. I will not be using the 4-wheel
drive function, rather just turning the power line back to the rear to
the narrowed 9" Ford Fab 9 rear with 4.11 locked gears.
Scott's HotRods in Ventura will be building their in-house coil-over IFS
(Independent Front Suspension) with power rack, and constructing their
own 4-link rear.
Tires, per the pix, are 31.5 x 18 x 15 Mickey Thompson Sportsmans in the
rear on Conco pro rims. The fronts are to be 15 x 8 convo pros, with
as-yet undecided front rubber.
The interior will be Mustang buckets seats, Ididit tilt column, custom
gauge pack and dash, and gray velour upholstery. The running gear will
use a Chevy small pump/remote reservoir power steering, and 6-piston
Wilwood monster brakes all around on 12" discs.
I will probably use Vintage Air for the AC, and some manner of stereo,
although the sound of 16 cylinders pumping at the back may be enough
music.
The engines are intended to use Edelbrock injection, and Vortech YSI
mondo-sized blowers.
Color is to be Viper Yellow to match the funnycar. The body will be left
essentially stock.
Some innovations will obviously be required, including cooling. My
intent is to make the tailgate a radiator, in addition to one up front.
The underhood area will have the fuel cell, batteries, water reservoirs
(for additional cooling and ballast), trans cooler, and lots of fans. |
