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i started working in a gas station when i was 13, i have changed tires using tire irons and wrestling the tire around the floor , we also had the...
its been a long while but to my recollection,redistrip was an electrolisis (spelling)process .not a chemical acid dip.
in high school,i think i painted my dash with every color flake that cal custom offered. i used to repaint that dash every few weeks.
beautiful pu.
that astro van sissor jack does work pretty fair.
i know from reading his articles in hotrod and rod and custom that he had old cars and old car, stuff stashed in barns and sheds all over the...
in 1980 i bought an OT second generation 1970 formula firebird from my neighbor.i had some head work done and installed a hotter cam,i put trans...
call it awsome.
nothing wrong with a pontiac,i would keep it all poncho .
there is an old unwritten rule, that says any time you get something old for yourself,you better get something new for the little woman!
i wish i had that buick!
if you cant run with the big dogs,stay on the porch!
i like it !
i am in the middle of a 2 door conversion on my 64 nova wagon. i just bought nova number 18 as a parts car.
here in nevada i take my youngest grandson (he just turned 5)into pick a part all the time.
when i was in high school ,one of my friends put a turbo charged corvair engine and corvair transaxle in a 1957 izetta.
i love the build process,but i wish the actual build went together as fast as it does when i build it in my mind!
i sure like that 3/4 view side shot.i had always pictured my 41 chevy with the bed shortened up a little.you got the porportions in balance. good work
congratulations, that first ride is always a good feeling!
at one time i had 11 cars but i got tired of the constant harrasement by the city . the city used to come by weekly and photograph all cars in...
i bought a whole shackle set for a 1941 chevy pick up from Egge Machine . i think they are still located in Santa Fe Springs Ca.
i had THE AAA office do a vin verify for me. its been quite a few years ago ,so i dont know if they still do.
thanks for the story. i enjoyed it very much. its a good thing you got pictures floating the body to your shop, otherwise anybody you told that...
that should be a fine automobile ,after you sort out its little problems!
dorman help products used to sell a replacement rag joint for gm and ford .i am pretty sure they are still available.check auto zone or mabe napa.
and his name was Tony!
add me to the list of...i like the roadster look! good save!
compton service center was on atlantic, just north of artesia blvd.
i remember him and his wife showing up one time at orange county cruise nite in that yellow tub with that damn mountain lion in the back seat!
its been a long time since i did the lowering on the 46 chevy truck i used to own, but if i recall correctly you will lay grill valance long...
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