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Inspection camera won't do much good on a flathead. All you can see from the spark plug hole is the top of the valves and the top of the block.
I also suffered the broken throttle cable on my 58 VW Bug. I pulled the broken throttle cable from it's sleeve poked it through a hole in the...
I had a 61 econoline van, it had a huge home made crossmember for a V8 conversion but now had a 144 6 cylinder. We drove to a secluded area of the...
My brother bought that blue 58 ford front clip, it was perfect, no rust and no dents. I bought a 37 ford 4 inch dropped axle from Sid.
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I'm surprised that Pontiac ran at all. JB weld on the cylinder wall and lifters that were so rusty and pitted on the bottom I can't believe they...
Wish you guys would leave those 37 ford truck grills alone. They already are a bitch to find. Mike
Find some 57 Dodge station wagon rear fenders and build yourself a Sweptside pickup. Mike
Many years ago I had keys made for my 65 Mustang by a locksmith by impressioning . They polish up the face of the blank key put it in the lock...
Boy, this right where I am at, trying to put together a plan for the front suspension on my 37 Ford truck project. Loving all this info. Mike
Around 1973 I saw a 66 Shelby Mustang in a junkyard in Denver. At the time I knew nothing about Shelby's but since I had a 65 Fastback I thought...
Many many years ago I bought an adapter to put a Ford FE in my 52 ford truck. Got it from good old JC Whitney for about 35.00. Wasn't the smartest...
Not a ring job but when I was 16 I put a reground crank kit in my 1961 Galaxie with a 292 without removing the engine. At the time it had a rod...
I went to school with a guy that had a gadget in the trunk of his 61 Imperial, supposed to be a Gyroscope. Gyromatic or some such thing. I...
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