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I had almost the same type of issue with my '53 Pontiac. It moved, but it would not upshift for about a mile and a half or two miles. After that...
69SuperC Since I posted I learned that Calvin Porter who built my truck passed away in May. It is a Porter Ready-Built wrecker and it was...
Max I put an image in Gunner's cars along with the TD I picked up last year for $500 that I'm slowly making into a hot rod. And I deleted the...
I just bought a '75 Ford F350 Tow truck that was owned by Lee Robinson who operated Lee's Amoco Service Center at Grant and Commercial in...
Anyone going to Symco Shakedown on Aug. 12-13 is invited to stop at Gunner's Great Garage just two miles south for a free hot dog and soda anytime...
Doing an article entitled TOOLS YOU GOTTA HAVE FOR HOT RODDERS. Please send me lists of 10-15 tools you think are most important. And not the...
Nice car. Your photos transferred fine as large enough files. Can you give your name, location and facts about your car?
As I said I'd love to try using it. Need a bigger file. Best to sed to my email. Also give your name, location and a few facts about the car. Gunner
All i can do is send it in and let the editor and art director make the final choices. But I would love to do so and see. They might like the...
2011 is the 80th Anniversary of the brand that used to be Pontiac. I have an assignment to do an article about Pontiac kustoms and hot rods for...
Anyone who gets hungry on the way to or from Symco Shakedown on Aug. 13-14 can stop at "Gunner's Great Garage" for a free "hot rod hot dog" free...
Send me an email at Gunnellj@TDS.net and give me some quotable comments about collecting dragasters. Talk about types of cars, who collects them,...
Can you email me a high-res image of your car to try to use in the article? Gunnellj@TDS.net Final photo picks are up to the editor
Your registrations are going to double this week because now you're on the sign at Gunner's Great Garage! Gunner
Going to the Symco Shakedown Aug. 13-14? My new old car shop "Gunner's Great Garage" is just 2 miles south of Symco on Highway 22 (1 mile north...
TIME FOR HAMB INPUT ON ANOTHER AT KUSTOMS & HOT RODS ARTICLE COLLECTING DRAGSTERS is the topic this time. And I am focusing on "rails" or "top...
Need a big compressor and there is a 5 hp 2-phase 80 gal Sanborn advertised "works good but leaks oil from bottom of pump" for $250. At that price...
Ted wants to sell the blown 360 "as is" for $2500 or he is going to fix it. The blower is a polished B & M and it also has a polished intake....
He actually preferred being called LeRoi when I worked with him. The Tex was kind of a persona. He said he was Cherokee Indian, so the opposite of...
Thanks. He is in Austrailia now. The Podunk thing was something that he always said. I included it so friends would laugh at how many times they...
Great Stuff. Working with Tex was always a blast. He lives in Aystrailia now.
I have another article assignment for AUTO TRADER KUSTOM & RODS. This one is a biography of LeRoi "Tex" Smith (who was my boss at OLD CARS...
We just bought a Mopar 360 for a '40 Dodge we're doing in the shop. We also bought a second 360 with a blower from the same party. Second engine...
Actually, the 1953 Pontiac was designed for a V-8 and the holes are there to mount a V-8. Arnold Lenz, the general manager of Pontiac was killed...
Can you tell me more about Porter? I can't find them on the Web. Gunner
H.A.M.B.'ers have been a big help with my last two articles. Now it's time to get some "real world" input on Hot Rod Exhausts systems. What are...
I would like to get some "real world" (is H.A.M.B. the REAL world?) feedback on waxes and polishes preferred by rodders for an article that I'm...
Brooks Stevens did the first Weinermobile and one of the early ones can be seen in the Henery Ford Museum in Dearborn. I do not think it's a Ford,...
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