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http://www.supremehotrods.com/store/chassis-or-frame-rails/84-1935-1940-chassis-frame-rails-fully-boxed.html I thought that was a decent price...
Thanks for the compliments.... I'm working on selling one of my other vehicles which will help out my funding and possibly help move things...
Yea... the guys there that helped me load it up were real cool. They would have talked my ear off if I had all day to stay there. I did spend a...
Update Pulled the body off the frame. Seems the gantry crane I built is worth it's weight in gold. But the frame is worth it's weight in cow...
One of our QA guys worked on the Miller Stadium project in Milwaukee. He said the people who couldn't pass the structural test were sent off to...
This reminds me of a recent story... I had just saved us a shitload of money by doing a timing belt job on our Audi and I was all proud of...
Update... Not much done on the car itself but I've been gathering parts. Ordered up a set of rails and bought some steel to fab up a frame...
Right on mang... ... the real world. Welding on the bench is one thing.... 175 feet up in the air on a skyclimber welding on boiler water wall...
LOL... I remember an episode of Monster Garage where a guy welded up a gas tank and Jesse asked him if he had tested it for leaks. The guy was...
Ex-millwright / boiler tube welder ... now safety guy here.... Someone above said it best... "a puddle is a puddle". When I started...
Just a quick update... I had a chance to start picking away at the engine bits. I'm removing what is believed to be a block that allows an...
After reading everything here? Sorry but I disagree.
I thought the same thing.... the goverment has been know to do less stupid things.
36 ford 5 window
Yea.... they were quite proud of the work they put into getting it there and equally disapointed that the CIA took it from them. Seems they are...
Let's hope it's rebuildable. 2nd that....
Yep.. you got it. I knew I was on to something when he told me it was at the museum.
I thought the pan looked really small but I see all of them look that way after looking at some pics of other engines. I never thought of an oil...
Pics...
Take a look at the pics and let me know what you think. The things that stand out to me... Dry sump oil system? Sensor on the back of the right...
Well... I just got back from picking this up. I really didn't want to divulge that they were sitting at the air national guard museum until I got...
Will do... I have to get it off the trailer. Contact G. Brown. His cell is..651.245.2435
I'm pickin the one up tomorrow. I'll shoot you his contact information if you want the other one.
Not sure but based on some of the articles it seems the engines were listed as having a bit higher hp rating than automotive engines. Said they...
This is correct... I actually went out and got my A&P licence out of high school. I never did work in the industry but I know a little about...
Just noticed in one of the articles that they did run automatic transmissions on the carts.... plus I see some articles list the engines as 425's...
He said the transmissions were used in the cart but it doesn't make sense to me either.
Cool... this is what I wanted to hear.
Guy said the cart is gone "seized by the government" were his words.:rolleyes:
Tall tail indeed ... it would be kind of neat to boast having the fastest 36 coupe on the planet though.
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