john,
i understand your point, but i've always loved doin' things different and i've already built more'n my share of chevy and ford sixes. even had a gremlin that surprised a lot of people, including me! but other than a trio of flathead V8 fords, i've never done much with a flathead. i'm not looking for a record-breaker and may never enter another drag race, but somehow thinking about building a flathead six powered street car tickles me. maybe i'd find parts easier for a mopar engine, but i want something that's not ordinary.
sam,
my step-son has a '50 crosley wagon, too. if i could weasel him out of it, i think that'd be a cool chassis for a street rod.
don,
i remember seeing a studebaker six-powered dirt track sprint car, back in the '50s, in a speed shop in aurburndale, florida. it had all kinds of aluminum speed parts on it. my buddies and i really got a kick out of it and was making fun of it, when the shop owner told us the driver of the car had a room full of trophies, that he'd won with it. i'm not looking for an earth-shattering hot rod, just something cool and different.
thanks to everyone for your responses!
