What it is

It might be of interest to know what I have to work with. In 1979, shortly after my son Cody was born, I pulled the engine (350 c.i.) out of a 1969 Chevy Caprice and put it in the 55'. Under a large cottonwood tree I used a come-a-long and chain on to the biggest limb I could find to hoist from. Oh the memories! In 1980 while working in Ticaboo, UT I got a 4 speed transmission out of a 1976 Corvette. It is a Borg-Warner Super T-10. In Colorado I traded the Corvette shifter for a new Hurst Competition Plus shifter. I thought I had really cut a fat one. The fellow I traded with went right out and bought me the Hurst shifter($200). Later I found out that used Corvette shifters sell for well over $200. Boy can I wheel and deal! A couple months later I bought a dual quad manifold with carbs (2 four barrel carburators) at a yard sale for $75. The guy I traded shifters with offered me $400 for my $75 purchase so I felt better. That manifold & carbs, engine and tranny are in the car now. I will probably make the manifold & carbs a wall hanger in the shop and put a single 4 barrel on for better gas mileage. Or not, dual quads just look cool.