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My opinion is that version in the old magazine , is very cool. For that era. If that custom had a famous "builder" name involved in exactly same...
Haha! ....Wonderful! I like to see it in your A coupe someday! //Roger.
Chevy 1955. Nothing fancy other than filled radio and lighter holes. Whole dash is silver metallic. [ATTACH]
Thumbs up!
Another time we found boxes with hundres and hundres of dia frame pictures taken in the streets of SAN FRANSISCO in the early sixties!! A LOT of...
Me and buddie was about age 13, found a complete Ford 1947 de luxe steering wheel in mint condition! In a dumpster. I gonna ask if he still have...
Thank you all! Extra Thanks to Hotroddon and Deathrowdave! I think thoose seals should be fine. // Roger .
There is a chopped and cutomized MB likes this in my town, built in the 80's.
Yes. Found three different Ford styles, but no ones fits my application. Nas51098= right outer diameter.(big axle,big housing) Nas51322= right...
Just found that Yukon sells these bearings, to use the small 9" axles in big housings # YB F9-CONV, but couldnt find the oil seals...... If Yukon...
Hi! Yes, you are right there, the bearing is 3.150" outer diameter, but the oil seal ring is smaller. //Roger.
This axle came with the car, and the seals in it is Nas51098, to big for the axle diameter. the oil seal I want to have need to fit, Where it...
It is never to late to give up......... But, not at the moment. There must be thousands of this mix axles out there??
I have a Ford 9" big bearings housing with Mustang 8" drive shafts. Where can I find the oil seals? For this mix-axle? The 9" has the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] These cool pics is for you 66tiger! (It's not my photos ,Found/stole them on internet..........but I felt you have to see your...
Clunker! I couln't sleep last night after I read your post..............I hope this was a made up story? Is this on youtube or elsewhere?...
My old Mercury 1955 Montclair (its now my dads car) was in the TV-serie "Rich Man,Poor Man" in the 70's. Car was imported to Sweden 1978 with...
Where do you adverties Hot Rods / Customs and parts in Australia and New Zealand?? Yes.....I have search on the net. // Thanks !
Sweet engines thoose 427"!! but rare these days. //Roger .
Hi, 66Tiger! Cool crown vic you drove/raced back in the day. Just curious, what engine/trans did you had then? It was less engine and trans on...
Hi! Does Lucas oil treatment reduce whine / noisy ring gear? Or is Any other thing to do ecept changing the ring gear....? It is a Ford 9"...
Hi! Interesting reading! If I was buying gears today it would be 3:55 , just for eliminate some kind of trouble. Thanks! //Roger .
Hi! The backlash was the same, I took the pinion apart for inspection and put it togehter again, I was not able to measured the preload again (...
Hi. Johnny. I did some math here and my gears should be marked. I divided with 5 and got 7 and 2. But I could't find any marks.......... :-/
You mean thinner shims on pinion cartridge? I started with .023" and working Down to .011" and stopped there when I was happy with the...
I have some used gears laying around these are 3:25 with 39 and 12 tooth, and a 2:75 with 44 and 16, these gears are marked and these are original...
Hi Johnny! If I remember right it was 35 and 10 , and could not find any marks on it. Thanks ! // Roger . PS. Any thoughts about Lucas Oil in it?
Jonny Gee! No , its not a spool....but I can agree with you on that picture it looks like a spool. Its just a regular " Hot Rod" Ford 1940 coupe...
Pics after first test run, did a new color pattern. Look at the pinion at the contact surface, is this normal during Break-In ? [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Thanks all of you for information to a newbee. Took it apart and make some shim modification on pinion. Could't find any damages or...
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