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I also like to grind off casting ridges on outside of block & heads before a little paint splashed on
Forget some of what you did to engine. Hope you did a clean up on ports & gasket match. Have always found pretty easy to smooth out some of those...
Nice truck good buy. For safety sake, move the gas tank under the bed.
Glad u will not be driving 2700 miles on slicks. Do not like that crazy idea.
Do not believe you need to cover all the wood in fiberglass. You already have it supporting the body. Doubt will sit out in rain. I vote for wood...
Looking forward to seeing this thing pushing your rail with old fashion wooden front bumper. Great look with that old rail
^^ great drawing, you do or where from?
^^^^^^. The 2 of you jerks trying to kill the site
Great, congratulations on great speed week. What was meaning of orange light? When turned off coarse banging & clanging increased - salt...
Manual hole punchers. Big ugly holes are best
Marty, have you looked at Bonneville 1954 video posted by jivebomber? At about 1:50 mark looks like streamline dragster making a high speed pass....
Seems I always see idler pulley on those GMC blowers to take up the slack. Will you have trouble tossing the belt off?
I like many clean customs. I try never to critize another persons idea of a nice car. That is an ugly thing. Time to finish my drink & relax
Put a fuel pressure gauge on back carb. Mount it where hood meets cowl in your line of sight try to take a glance at top end. If to busy there (...
At the 1:56 mark looks like a streamlined front engine dragster. Hope Marty Strode sees it might give him ideas for his rail project
Very nice.. clean up interior & keep. Engine turn over? What happening to passenger running board or is that leaves on it?
The guy with a Kia front end, should have hit him with baseball bat….
Just googled destaco clamps & read some but do not see how Chris will use with lightening holes in wood. Look forward to more of his build...
Took a few minutes to admire Chris’s wood work. See smoothed edges on plywood & all those lighting holes. Tail pieces lightening holes even...
That cost of $17,000 is about $220,000 in today’s cash. A lot of money in late ‘40s. Would love to know how long it took to build & how many...
In that 2nd run, right rear wadded up bit more & started to shake bit more then left. Appears to me anyway…. U the expert
Sweet looking rail ( covered )
Gotta say: that fade paint job & color look great
Hope to see final result. Don’t let us hanging
Amazon has no reviews on that book. What do u think? Any good, worth the cost?
In your second run - person you ran against did a 12.5 but 120 mph. How the hell u get that combination? High gear, slow time, great speed - strange
I am no artist but wow, looks like a lot of work in that one.
Seems to me 335k miles on gas 4 lot of miles pretty worn engine. Why that last plug will not come out, aluminum head? Water in that cylinder? Oil...
I vote for the 6” extension. Nice to have room in the cab & like others said, mirrors are needed especially when towing. How about cut off the...
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