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The past 4-5 years I've been working out of my portable garage which maybe has one more winter left in her. What have you guys been using, shed...
I have a box for all my wiring, and I was putting my fuse panel back together and I couldn't find my fuses. I knew I put them in a baggie in the...
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[ATTACH] I was dicking around with the car last night, and this morning I heard something scraping from my shoe and I pulled this thing out. Makes...
I found some pics from the chop class that a local hot rod shop put on recently. The donor car was a 41 Ford business coupe that they put mild...
Turn out was pretty thin this year, but I think the severe thunderstorm predictions may have played a part. Still a lot of cool cars and some...
Looks like I'm going to be changing my steering column again. Looking through speedway, and summit and saw some that would fit the bill, but I...
I'm on another one of my ADD rabbit holes again, and I was thinking about some affordable bumper options for my 47 Ford coupe just in case I can't...
My wife caught me daydreaming about that plasma cutter that was being discussed on here of course, she gave me the "do you really need this" look...
What are you guys using for bumper-mounted license plate lights? I saw a couple 46-48 Fords with little domed license plate lights mounted to...
I was all geeked up to find an older pickup online at the junkyard for some engine parts wiring etc. When I got to it it looked like they went...
I know kustoms and sleds tend to have higher end paint jobs but given my budget and taste for doing things a little different I was wondering if...
I never heard anything bad about them. In the past I've always used them for their 3D solidworks models. Today was the first time buying something...
What was the furthest you drove for a part that might be a total crapshoot? I was flipping through marketplace on FB and found a guy selling,...
So I'm working on welding the top half to the bottom half of my car together. The trouble I'm running in to is that the welds aren't staying in...
I've been thinking about some of the reasons that I got into hot rodding and cars in general, and to me it's never really been about sticking a...
I've been looking for a way to ship a steering column. According to UPS.com you can wrap up the sharp ends with cardboard stick a label on it and...
When I bought my hot rod project a couple of years ago part of the reason was to finish the project that he never finished. I wanted more than...
I spent almost the whole day yesterday driving and dragging a car on to a trailer with only the front axle and today I'm beat. Then there's the...
So the plan is to in the next week or two to make the two and a half hour journey to pick up this parts car. It's just the shell sitting on the...
The bushings that go into the wishbone for my CE shock kit doesn't fit (the bushing OD is about .75, and the wishbone ID is about .6??) I was...
Was that a thing back in the day? I was looking at the falcon gasser thread and I always thought pro touring was a cooler. Was there something...
I was wondering if anyone in the west Michigan area can help me out with letting me borrow a tool? I'm trying to take the drums off the rear axle...
Where would you draw the line? I'm sure you thought of it before, dropping a big V-8 in a Cord, or chopping a Duesenberg, but if you had the...
Who's kept the bullet holes on their cars? I'm going to keep the on I found on my door, on the outside anyways it made a real mess of the inside...
I've been looking into ways to lift the body off my frame. Could I use these for lifting, or are these more for support?...
I'll start off by saying I work with a bunch of know it all egg heads, and when I bought my 47 coupe I was showing some pic around the office, and...
I know technically the 302/351 doesn't fit in the "Traditional" category, but are some ways to give it that traditional look....other than...
So I went to look at a 41 Ford today...I know taking on an old car like this is a big commitment, and I really want this car I was just wondering...
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