1964 Olds F-85 - Project Red Ransom

[Rocket 442]

Current incarnation is a street/strip car and I want to be able to drive it this spring/summer, but I have begun gathering parts and researching quite a bit. Have the general blueprint for what I need.

Car is a 1964 Olds F-85 Deluxe. Current incarnation is a Street/Strip car but that is changing now.


Currently:
- 455 Olds F Block
- Edelbrock Performer RPM Heads
- Modified Performer Intake
- Mondello JM-20-22 Cam
- Harland Sharp 1.6 Roller Rockers
- Trickflow 3/8 Chrome-moly Pushrods
- Spectre Ultra Low Profile Intake Plenum & Dual Filters (only way I could get it jammed under the hood without cutting it)
- TH400 Trans
- Trans Cooler
- Griffin Radiator (can't remember specs on it at the moment, but its a biggie)
- Dual Electric Fans
- Mini-tubbed

Plans
- SpeedTech Upper & Lower Tubular Control Arms
- SpeedTech 1 5/16" Chrome-Moly Front Sway Bar
- SpeedTech Tie-Rod Adjustment Sleeves
- Viking Double Adjustable CoilOvers
- ridetech Spindles
- Canton Racing 6qt RR Oil Pan & Pickup
- Accusump Accumulator
- Oil Cooler of some sort
- Sway Bars
- Headers (hopefully some that I don't have to completely beat the crap out of)
- Exhaust
- Electric Cutouts


Still in planning:
Engine
an Olds 455 is an odd choice, but with only marginal additional weight compared to a small block, my parts, and my familiarity with it its the best choice for me. Biggest issue I can see is the Oil, which I hope to solve with the Canton Racing Oil Pan and the Accusump. Eventually a EFI setup would be nice, but that'd be farther down the road.

Long-term Transmission/Rear-end setup
Current TH400 is built well, but may want something more personable later on. Rear-end I'm still not sure on, we'll see what happens and what I can find out.

Springs, Shocks, Chassis.
Still learning my way through this, but no better way to learn than to do it wrong and redo it. Looking at adjustable Coilovers. Also plan on continuing to stiffen the frame.

Interior
I want some supporting seats, but nothing too race-based as I want to be able to drive it 4 hours away without dying. I have to do the carpet, and I want to keep the dash itself close to stock, and possibly replace some gauges with some more useful and better designed ones for quick readings.

Wheels/Tires
I could spend years debating this, so I'm just waiting until I can sort out what will work. I want to keep it somewhat classic, so maybe a Salt Shaker or similar, hard to tell as these cars can look odd with some wheel designs.



and I'm sure there a bunch of stuff in my head I'm leaving out. It'll be somewhat of a "budget" Pro-Tourer for now, with the hopes to continue to replace and upgrade as I go to turn it into a serious pro-touring car that can compete with todays cars. Gonna be an interesting journey, we'll see how that goes.


Car as it currently sits, Obviously the suspension will change quite a bit.


















More the height I expect it to sit at:

Wheels/Tires will be switched as well. Not sure on those yet.