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[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] A new addition is coming. I'm a movie guy. Two cars stand out to me as actual characters in the movies they were in. It can...
[ATTACH] Yep. It’s been in a pasture since 1978. So I’m gathering parts. It needs a lot. The first thing to do is get it to roll. Right now it’s...
Bittersweet. Things I love about these old cars are the lives they have touched. It's unknown to history the dramas that have unfolded in the...
We have had it pretty good for a while with parts availability. I believe those days are passing us by. I had a conversation with my brother...
You know the ones that are or almost are lost causes. You have to think about it though. A lost cause in 1990 is a builder or almost a "survivor"...
[img]273359118_3142612786023374_6376743631069772926_n by Travis Brown, on Flickr First off, I love it. This is not the stereotypical gasser yet...
Barn finds can be cliqued but this one is legit and actually did come out of a barn. It was backed in in '72. This is it today. [img]IMG_0030 by...
We had a little car show at the June Fling in town this past Saturday. I drove the 51 down to it.. It's the first car show/cruise in I have...
You have to give credit where credit is due. If it were not for the previous owners of our cars, we would not have them toady. Now, running an...
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So... I don't ever start a statement with so... but today it fits. I'm under the back of the '51 Ford Coupe. The gas tank is right about the...
I was so happy to be a part of this... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] https://www.junkyardlife.com/2016/10/junkyard-emergency-1934-ford-tudor-race.html...
I'm deep into my 51 Ford Coupe right now. I realize how easy it is to waste money or spend too much on stuff that's never used. It's real easy to...
When I was young, like ear deep in transmission fluid, I was a mad mechanic. Paint would flake. Sometimes things would fly. Now that I'm old,...
Who does not like an honest to goodness gasser? The gas class, it's iconic. A gasser project done right is a sight to behold. I love a gasser and...
Sometimes you have to know your limitations. My projects were too many and too much. I just got my last one...the one. Now it's liquidating time...
The local scrapyard has a Plymouth beside the scales. The guy has a soft spot for the old ones, so he sets them aside for awhile until ..........
This is second hand info from a Flathead Social-media group founder. He states that Offenhauser reached out to him that they’re in trouble....
I'm reflecting on the past year. I guess about September I went and looked at a 62 Galaxie. This was going to be...the car. The car I would...
Just curious I use that term to refer to a manual transmission. Like a lot of antiquated terms we use down here it tends to be very old and very...
How does that affect your mindset today? We all come from different places, different cultures. Each region has it's influences, nuances and...
For 2019.... The first order of business int to get my garage in order. I have never really had a good garage. We moved to a new place two years...
[IMG] There she is. Lest we forget.. The time that has past from that day to now is within 2 1/2 years of the same time span that South Carolina...
Yep.... I'm thinking about selling out. I have a disability. That, and at present my heart is not in it. I want something else. Something........
Have any of you noticed the large numbers discussed? Sums like 400....500....600 or better are being dropped like hat in conversation. Recently...
Or in other words Crap! After running new brake lines under the front of the F100, the hardest most difficult line. I set up for the second most...
Speaking of previous owners repairs and fixes...... I found a working tail light just dangling under the dash of my F1....It lit with the key...
I have an opportunity to get what I have always considered my dream car, a 63 427 Galaxie. I can trust my HAMB friends to be grounded and help me...
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