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I installed a 3" dropped axle in my '53, now have bump steer like crazy, big suprise.......anyway, looking to find or build a dropped pitman arm...
Running shrouded fan and the radiator is shrouded all around also. Just ordered high flow water pump, advanced the timing a skotch (no timing...
Radiator shrouded.......around the outside........ AND around the fan. I've said this before, but, I've seen guys cool Hemis with no more than an...
Running what I believe to be '79 Ford truck 460, C6, and what gears? I dunno, I do know that at 70mph it's running in the neighorhood of 3000-3100...
Brand new HEI...........heated before AND after. Water pump coming off.........NOW! Got a set of 2:47s waiting in the wings. What gets me...
By the time I had them sand blast it to get the paint to stick and to smooth the welds, they had some time into it. Looks like show quality,...
The tires lean in at the top NOTICABLY. Have been told that excessive negative camber CAN cause bump steer. Dunno, I'm in uncharted territory (by...
Bought a '53 Effie with a '79 460 truck engine already in it. Previous owner said the truck had had a heating problem, but that he had replaced...
I just put a Speedway Dropped axle in my '53 Effie and am having problems. The Camber is WAY off! Truck drives crappy! Camber is out -2.83...
I just purchased an aluminum three core for my 53 effie from radiators 4 less from ebay and forgot to ask about how thick it was with the electric...
This one 'landed' at my place literally a week and a half ago. Dunno what I'm gonna do to it yet. I gotta wait 'til this snow and cold weather...
Not only is the car cool, it's work like this that makes people like you 'mastercraftsmen'. I only wish I had a quarter of your talent. JayD...
I'd give $20K for it............so would about 2000 other guys on here. That's one sweet look'in sumbitch.
Here's what I came up with so far.... [IMG] I fabbed up a couple of sleeves that slid over the big ole hubs on my olds front-end and JB...
Hey, Jigger....that's exactly what I'm go'in for, if I can ever figure out how to mount the bullets. BTW.............I've been to Neligh, NE...
I'm lost on this one. I think I'm on the right track though. Got this with 4X4 stance and raised white letters on white wheels.....UGH! I...
Aluminum is a little more forgiving than magnesium. I've seen aluminum wheels bend where a magnesium wheel would have broken. Aluminum is softer...
I started with an $1800 '53 Ford. Was that my dream rod?? NO.............but it was affordable and driveable as was. Now it's just the way I...
Here's a pic of my '53 at the HAMB drags last year. She belongs to someone else now................. [IMG] [IMG]
I'm needing some 15"X6" steel wheels with 5 on 5 bolt pattern with a 4" backspace. Anyone know of someone who might build something like this??...
I know a guy that wants to give me a SBC out of an '82 Monte Carlo that has only 57,000 miles on the clock. These were only 4.4L, so as near as...
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