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I was working on a guy's '62 Biscayne, that "Grandpa" had "fixed up" for him. I had to replace one Qtr. because he had had a disagreement with a...
There is an old Mack, about 2 1/2 ton, in pleasant valley Nv.(just south of Reno on US395. The weeds are starting to overgrow it but I always...
I've got my dads '57 snap-on rollaway. It has the date and Snap-on stamped on the rear lower panel. I'd guess a newer box would also have the date...
The cabinet from the Journal looks just like the one I built from a 55 gal. drum. What I'm adding here is this. I used an old propane tank with a...
Years ago we were asked to donate a cosmetic restoration on any winning vehicle for a charity. The guy who won had a '66 F100. It was a little...
I once built a 1960 Humber Super Snipe with a '58 Cad 365 in it. I also had a VW with a 225 Olds v6. Before I left So. Cal I built an early,...
Has anyone ever visited R&C's lost tin mine? Remember the story? They gave, very vague, clues to this place in Nevada where they had taken...
A good tool to open up the cracks and help in the "V" groove is a spiral cut bit like those used with a Roto-zip tool. I have been using some 2...
The nose is different than most. You want a Continental engine. My dad traded some body work for one(and it's trailer) with a broken front axel. I...
I always thought these were beautiful cars. I'd like to build a dual cowl version of a '36-36'.
Smaller engine but a powerhouse anyway is the '66 and later 290. Dad had one that we drag raced and did very well with. We lost the tailshaft...
As an addition to the above. Dad was a jalopy racer during the late 40's, and we always were involved one way or another. In 1966 he bought a...
When I was a kid (from 10 0n) I worked weekends and summers with my father in a bodyshop. It was an old shop off an alley behind Roberts Rambler...
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