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I prefer Brockman Mellowtones on all my Kustom builds. Just sounds authentic 50's hopped up. They can make them in different levels of loudness,...
I had a Ford engine do that. Blew the filter right off the car. It was the check valve in the oil pump.
The upper tailgate is awful heavy to begin with. All pot metal. And it's pretty pitted, like most are. My plater quoted me minimum 1500 to plate...
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Got all the curved glass cut ( had to replace one broken quarter window, due to cracking while fitting it up), Seat is still in upholstery jail....
Feel bad about this one. Got the major bodywork one, all mechanicals are finished, painted, chromed, running and driving. Now the big money stuff...
Perfect wheels for a Watson era Kustom!
If you're not doing high end metal finishing, the cheaper ones (with proper mods) seem to work very well. And to reinstate, buying used will get...
Fantastic work!
Plastic windshields suck.
I've used a Snap On 6 point socket on a bolt head rounded by a Craftsman one. And it worked!
Probably don't need to strip the old plating, but I tried using Lab Metal to fix some weld issues, on steel, when I made some trim pieces for an...
Great idea! My buddy Kenny tried to put up a shoebox Ford with a well done chop, but it had an S-10 sub. SO it got shot down. Now he can put it there!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My 55. Took 4 years to build, while driving all over the Eastern half of the country, to Kustom shows. Retired in 2003, but...
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