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Hot Rods of the 1950s Custom Cars of the 1950s Hot Rods & Customs of the 1960s Big Book of Barris
I'm not much into the whole tiki thing, but damn, that guy's good.
Looks like a McGurk.
Are you sure they're not bias-ply? Just because they have the modern size designation doesn't necessarily mean they're radials. They still make...
Heh. Have you seen the R&C articles from the Hirohata Merc restoration that show what the Barris shop's workmanship was really like?
Looks like '46-'48 Olds to me.
If you still have the stock rear, then no. '49-'52 Chevies have U-bolts that are squared-off rather than U-shaped. National Chevy Association...
'39-'62 were the years. Just about any Jimmy is a keeper. Being from a semi, it's probably a 302. My best info says a block casting #...
When they're chopped that far, the only way to avoid having a stupid-looking car is to fix the shape of the quarter windows. And even then,...
I'm pretty sure you can get clear decal sheets and print whatever you want on them with an inkjet printer.
Number 9 is on some run-of-the-mill BMW. I've seen number 3 around somewhere, but the car it was on made no impression on me whatsoever. A...
You might want to consider Stromberg BXOV-2 carbs or Carter YFs instead of the Rochesters. I believe the Offy intake will need some grinding to...
I just dug out my copy of that issue, and I'd take any Valley Custom car over that one. Why start out with a shoebox if you're just going to end...
From my 1953 shop manual: "Install cap screws and nuts, turn the clamps into position against the manifold and tighten clamp bolts to 15-20 foot...
Chopped 49-51 coupes look almost as bad as chopped Model A coupes.
They also put out a Victoria.
I'm pretty sure Offy makes them. Nicson, Sharp and Edmunds made them back then.
Tell ya what. I'll give you ten bucks for your 55, just so it stays in the country. Happy now?
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One of the Goularts (can't remember if it was Ray or Leroy) had an orange GMC-six-powered '34-ish sedan featured in R&C sometime in the late '80s.
Here's what I would do: '29-'32 Chevy passenger car frame, keep the parallel leaf springs, MAS dropped axle w/'51-'52 Chevy (car) spindles and...
I'll tell ya what it's missing... DRAWER KNOBS!
How about the Bugarin Merc?
Bettancourt Merc, Kopper Kart and Tommy Thornburgh's Stude come to mind.
So the bones are from a Ford 8n/9n type of tractor, with the ball & socket ends? That's cool. I've been wondering when someone would get...
They look sorta like Divco trucks to me.
Nope.
Same improved oiling as late 235s, plus beefier rods & wrist pins, and the same cam as the early I-6 Corvettes. I think the head has slightly...
Late-'20s Whippet? Fenders sure look similar. http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/1928_Whippet_Roadster_ssf011.jpg
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