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They exist. Reproduction radios are made for 53-54 Chevrolets that have an Aux input as well as FM, they look totally original. They also cost...
OK, So you have spark at the coil and no spark at the plugs. I would think that it's down to... Bad plug wires. IMO this is highly unlikely...
$100? Fuck. I put damn near $100 worth of GAS in my Lincoln not too long ago!
Saltflats, Ya got that right! Clay, I've thought about it.. but it's gonna be so damn expensive to do this to bein with that I'm just gonna bit...
Yeah MELs are weird. The combustion chamber is in the cylinder, much like a Chevy W engine. One head done, working on the other... Having the...
Saltflats, Thanks. Problem is I'm out of time. Worst case ill yank the heads again over the winter. By then I should be in the new garage and...
Oh, Plans for the car.... :) I've wanted one of these forever. Took me a long time to find THIS car (I had nearly given up). I wanted a...
Ok, Here's an update and a bit of a change of plans. There's some taper in the bores and finally getting my hands on a proper bore gauge...
Funny this came up... I was going to get replacement plugs for my Lincoln that I'm playing with the heads on... I pulled Autolites out of it...
Logically, you would think so. In reality it doesn't always work that way. In my modern OT car, which has a Direct Injection 5.0 V8 I have found...
Won't coke trash aluminum pistons?
You have a 454 in a 1958 Cadillac. Changing gearing to save you a few hundred RPM isn't going to be too cost effective when it comes to fuel...
There's too many "gotchas" for my liking here. IF its really a 26k car with presentable original paint then I'd say its easily worth $35k....
I can think of a couple of (at a REAL stretch) NON-OT cars that used foam in activities of their bodywork. It caused rust in all cases. I...
Nope. Please post an intro per board rules..
Soak it in evaporust, you might be surprised....
Yup. Radial wide whitewalls (Broadway classics IIRC?) Maybe 9-10 years old... i forget. Opened the garage for the first time in months and the...
Why? I dunno... stupidity? My guess is something is wrong in there and this was how the PO decided to "fix" it.
I googled and found this... No clue as to quality or anything though. http://www.blackcar-llc.com/ford.htm
I'm only 38... but... I remember.. All the gas stations had repair shops. Lots of local places that fixed carburetors, radiators, small engines,...
Well, Not much of an update.. Heads and intake are at a local machine shop. When we went to drop the parts off the guy had a Flathead Powered...
Never mind... I was a decimal place off. The engine is .0090-.015 worn, it needs a rebore and new pistons. It's 100 degrees out, my brain is...
Beep, Thanks! Wow! That's some hell of an engine you have! 1) Head bolt torque, gotcha. I have Fel-Pro gaskets. The ones that cAme off the...
58lincoln, Thanks for the hose heads-up! None of the head bolts go through water jackets... Thankfully! Arkie, I have 2... Both PA...
I had some but lost them in hurricane Sandy. Here's an ad for that tire.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH4S1pKwsNY Pirelli bought...
How old are your rubber brake hoses? They can go bad internally and act like check valves causing your brakes to stick on. I'd start there....
I once bought a license plate... Then I realized I needed a car to attach it to......
Very nice! I also have a 60, a Premiere Coupe and a Convertible.
You sir are a Mensch :) This qualifies under the "raise em right" banner.
I've seen plenty of rust free cars from the northeast.... Lots of people here with nicer cars have winter beaters so the cars that aren't driven...
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