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That looks great! Are the body mounts higher in the rear? Also, what'd you do on the rear roll pan piece? It looks really nice.
I like that! Yeah the body is just sitting on the frame rails right now. It'll have the body mounts higher in the back to make up for the height...
In the end, it's all about bad ass hot rods and good times, right?
Maybe, just maybe, we got off on the wrong foot. This is my Project thread for the CAR I'm building. It is a fine CAR, that will eventually do...
Science fiction was all the rage back in the day...
I think we're all a little bit into revisionist history :) how many traditional, 50's style hot rods with SBC's actually have a road draft...
That truck is mean looking!!
Hi Dirk! I did not know this actually. When I got the truck it was just body on frame like it is now. I had thought it looked funny, thanks for...
But in form and execution, this car will be more a traditional fifties car than a lot of earlier hot rods out there.
Yeah, that we'll see I suppose. Obviously, these style trucks in a chopped fashion is a new development, with Gene Winfield's chopped, fendered...
And one from the front!
Hi All, I'm building a period correct, early fifties style 1935 Ford Pickup. Here's where I'm at. I scrapped the 1935 Ford Frame and went with...
Hi All, Decided to get the Flathead in and go from there. The engine and front crossmember will be pushed back two inches from this point, but...
I've been avoiding pushing the wheelbase back to avoid making the truck look too scrunched up, like where the stock axle would be, but I'm torn....
@AVater Yeah most definitely. It's got a 8BA sitting on the rails, I've got a 59AB that's gonna be sitting in there in the next few weeks. The...
Hey Guys, It's been awhile since I've been on here, but I'm finally working towards building a fenderless, highboy, 1935 Ford pickup. I have seen...
the one on state st
Westside drive in Cruise,Boise Id, this Saturday nite 3/22/14 starting at 5:00pm Hot rods ,Vintage racecars,vintage bikes
Hey, Im in new orleans for a few days,is there any cool car stuff to see ?
On the plane home now !!! those two ol hardtops were so bitchin!!!!
He was hooking the dirt tracks before most of us were born !!! 84 years young
Has anyone else had trouble with these caps ? I just bought a repo set . they seem to b good quality,they dont go on flush all the way around,lips...
dont forget that the 400 is externaly balanced,unlike the rest of the small blocks, so make sure you have radiator room out front for the big...
there were some guys here in austin hauling a challenger a few months ago,there working on a 40 yr reunion for next year 2011.cars are being...
Hi Lucky, we are planning on coming by friday!!
Thanx Guys :D i'll call my Matco dealer and see if he has any and if not i'll jump ship and buy from the competition haha
I've found these for lugnut sizes, (ie. 17mm, 19mm, 3/4") does anyone know if they make these in nominal SAE sizes like a 3/8" through an 11/16"?
get the book: route 66 backroads by Jim Hinckley Its all the stuff thats a few miles off the highway that you would never know about. the kingman...
Very interesting about the NJ deal, well then i learned something. I didn't know Cat's Eye referred to the manufacturer i thought it just...
Hey all, i recently nabbed a turn signal switch offa Ebay and was wondering if anyone knew it's original source or manufacturer? It was sold as a...
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