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My 37 flathead came with the oil pan broken and I'll need a new one in a few weeks. Do these interchange between the model years? Mine was cast...
I can confirm directly from Hungary that it's not, that one looks completely different. :p
A couple of hammers for metalshaping. Now with the bead roller finished, he's doing an english wheel. He hasn't started it yet, the big wheel is...
Yes he did. He had the axles and the rollers done by a shop, but everything else is self-made. The frame is rectangular tubing, the drive is a...
My brother made this bead roller: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
This is serious shit. I've seen a lot of cars arrive in containers that had been dented or otherwise damaged when loaded and tied down. Sometimes...
Me in the mirror of the '49 Fiat: [IMG] Working on the brakes: [IMG]
I've been working on my 73 Olds wagon as my first build for 4 years now and it's still not finished. Bought 3 other cars in the meantime,...
Man, this was the best car event I've ever been to! Congratulations to the organizers, you and the club made an excellent job. Meeting Bluto from...
Found a cigar still in its wrapper under the carpet of my 59 Edsel. My brother lit up right away. :)
I'll be there with a couple of friends.
This is the pan from the inside. [img] There's a lifter that has fallen out while we were rotating the block, I'll try to find and take a pfoto...
I worked a bit on the motor today and took photos. A lot of pictures will follow. I still haven't found any casting numbers on the block itself....
I didn't know there were German made flatheads. I only knew about the French ones. The only answer I can give you without looking at the motor is...
Yes we do, most definitely! :D The wagon is my car, the project I'm working on currently.
Hi, Regarding American cars, the most of them are from the seventies and eighties and a lot of them are in a bad shape as stupid owners patch...
Wow Bruce, now that's the kind of information I was looking for. I'll definitely check all this when I remove the crank. Here's a picture of the...
I'll try to find the 99. The holes are trapeziod shape and they are quite big. The lower 2 are similar, the upper one is different, it's almost...
Thanks, I've already visited this site but it didn't help. One of the points that mess it all up is the 4" stroke - and I'm not 100% positive it's...
Hi, I'd like to know what year the motor we've found is. It was in a '38 Ford but some clues make me think it's not the original motor in the...
Hi all, Actually, we're not hotrodding yet, but have just found a '38 Ford and I also have a '49 Fiat that we plan to hotrod in the next few...
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