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 Hairy Hauler

I wanted the Hairy Hauler to be something you could drive anywhere, or drag race on the weekends when you felt like it. This is a nice combination if you can pull it off. Now for an early 60's feel when wild customs were popular and drag racing was king, I knew the truck had to be blown or injected, preferably on an early Hemi. It also had to be running a stick, and the top HAD to be chopped - and that's just for starters! So now the search was on for the right body.

The search ended when I stumbled across a '34 International ½ ton pickup in a field in Nebraska. Not only was it different from the average Ford or Chevy, but the slope and shape of the roof was just screamin' hot rod. Especially once I got 3" whacked out of it!

One of the main reasons for me to build a vehicle like the Hauler was to show people how to completely build a custom vehicle from the ground up. The thing that makes a project like this tough is that nothing is made specifically for this application and things aren't going to just bolt right on. The best that you can get is some sort of universal kit that will need to be adapted to fit your needs and application.

The purpose of this project is to teach people how to think outside the box and build and fabricate stuff when parts don't fit, or nothing is available. You can do this and still have things look good and be safe and reliable. On the outside The Hauler looks like a show car, but with a 500hp injected early Hemi, a 6spd, and 15" wide slicks, this thing has the attitude, feel, and performance of 1961. But it also has the reliability and driveability of today's new parts and technology. That's what you want, something you can drive. . . AND smoke the tires and scare old ladies with. That my friends, is what real hot-rodding is all about!!!!

Specifications

VEHICLE:
1934 International ∏ ton Truck with a 3” chop in the top and a custom shortened bed.

ENGINE:
1955 331 Hemi punched out to 350 cubic inches. Machine work - Shacklett Automotive Machine, Nashville TN
Bored: .100 thousandths for 348ci.
Final bore: 3.9125
Stroke: 3.625
Rod Length: 6.625
Block height: 10.384 center of crank to top of deck

Ross Racing - forged aluminum pistons, 10:1 compression
Total Seal– rings
ARP– engine bolts and studs
Hot Heads– Cam, lifters, pushrods, oil pump
Felpro– gasket set
Hot Heads – Aluminum Hemi heads. Based off of ’55 331 heads
100cc combustion chambers.
Stainless steel 2 1/16” intake valves
Stainless Steel 1.8 exhaust valves

Hot Heads – Billet aluminum roller rocker assemblies…… polished finned valve covers and valley cover. ….. Spark plug tubes

Weiand - aluminum water pump for big block Chevy
Edelbrock– timing set for small block Mopar

Hot Heads - polished aluminum water by-pass, pulleys and brackets, thermostat housing, timing cover

Taylor/Vertex - magneto converted to HEI ignition

Hilborne - 8-stack fuel injection
Blower Drive Service– Install electronic injectors, plumb and install fuel rails, convert system to EFI
F.A.S.T Electronics - ECM, harness, all sensors and hookups and injectors
Capanna Speed Shop – Adapter for chevy transmission
Mallory– Series 250 race pump and filter and 5-point regulator
Russell Products– Braided stainless steel 5/8” fuel and return lines
KC Racing– Hemi oil pan

Stainless Works - Custom stainless steel headers and exhaust system…..Custom polished stainless steel air induction tubes

TRANSMISSION:

Richmond - 6spd tranny with Long shifter

McLeod - Pressure plate, Blow-proof bellhousing, Street Twin dual disc clutch assembly and hydraulic throw-out bearing

Denny’s - nitrous ready custom driveshaft

FRONT SUSPENSION:

Heidt’s - Super ride independent front suspension w/ polished stainless steel control arms, spindles, swaybar, and rack and pinion.
Aldan - coilover shocks

Wilwood - polished aluminum disc brakes w/ drilled and slotted rotors and aluminum hubs

ET – 15x6 polished10 spoke Gasser wheels
Mickey Thompson– Sportsman front tires

REAR SUSPENSION:

Art Morrison - fully adjustable 4-link with internal frame rails and crossmember with driveshaft loop.

Currie - 9” Ford heavy duty axle with 35 spline axles and 3:50 gears and Detroit locker

Wilwood - rear disc brakes with built in E-brake and vented and slotted rotors

TCI– polished stainless steel panhard bar, and coil over shocks

ET – polished 15x14 five spoke wheels
Mickey Thompson - Sportsman tires

FRAME:
Fully boxed original frame
Stainless Steel Brakes – Dual master cylinder and brake booster. Stainless brake lines. Residual valves and rear proportioning valve. Braided stainless brake hoses
TCI – universal clutch and brake pedal assembly

BED:
Pro’s Pick - custom bed and smooth tailgate

Bed wood and Parts - custom bed wood consisting of wormy maple planks and stainless steel slats

Moon - Chrome 14 gallon gas tank

Bitchin - chrome battery box for Optima battery

Billet Specialties - taillights

BODY:
3” chop in top
Classic Instruments gauges

Motorhead Jewelry - Custom dash inserts and accents

Ididit - chrome steering column and 4” drop
Halibrand - 3-spoke steering wheel with leather wrap and “waterfall” horn button
Borgeson– Stainless Steel u-joints and steering shafts

Painless - wiring harness
Bitchin – floors, and polished radiator support rods

Griffin - Aluminum radiator
So-Cal Speed Shop– Stainless steel headlight pedestals and and Swan-neck stainless steel mirrors
Glide Engineering– Folding bench seat frame
Watsons Street Works – universal power window kit
Sachse’s rod Shop– weather stripping
PPG– custom red metallic paint

Paint Code

PAINT SOURCE: Auto Body Color and Supply (Nashville, TN)

Hairy Hauler Red

Credit:
Custom Color created by Stacey David and Ron Payton of PPG

Paint Source:
Auto Body Color and Supply (Nashville, TN)

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